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Debate on how far governments should regulate universities without impinging on academic freedom and autonomy

Debate over how to handle polarised issues considered too polarising by students

Just as universities enter election-year battle over their worth, cries of antisemitism – sincere or otherwise – play into their historic partisan vulnerabilities

Toronto’s respectful dialogue guru warns against ‘statement culture’ and says focus should be on scholarship and engagement

Letter by Queen Mary academics is latest to raise concern over plight of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, who was arrested by Israeli police shortly after suspension by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

After top politicians visit Columbia University to demand harsh crackdown on student speech, police at multiple campuses move to shut down encampments

Top congressional Republican comes to New York City to ally himself with conservatives attacking free speech on college campuses

University policy criticised for potential chilling effect, just as institutions come under renewed pressure to promote free speech

University’s president in tough situation, with lawmakers escalating tensions, students angered by quick use of police force, and encampments elsewhere drawing similar responses

Italian philosopher faces defamation charges after condemning use of term ‘ethnic replacement’

After more than 100 arrests at demonstration supporting Palestinians, students revive mass occupation, putting their president under new fire from briefly supportive Republicans

University discriminating against those with gender-critical beliefs, bringing it into conflict with new free speech rules, legal opinion states

Ivy League institution follows congressional spotlight with student arrests and suspensions

The prime minister’s role in appointing university leaders under question as Cabinet attempts to change status quo

The broad approach taken by the OfS’ guidance on free speech will safeguard orthodoxy-challenging work, say Abhishek Saha and Ian Pace

The regulator’s example scenarios fail to acknowledge the harm that even lawful speech can cause on campus, say Naomi Waltham-Smith and James Murray

AAUP plans dozens of events on day of new congressional hearing against student protests, challenging university leaders to better protect academic independence

Extending England’s proposed threshold for legal recourse would encourage universities to adopt delaying tactics, says Abhishek Saha

Both sides claim a win, with Pavlou lauding ‘legacy’ and university saying legal fees have been put to better use

Despite explicit exemption for fundamental research, Greens warn that new regime will stymie collaboration ‘outside Aukus bubble’

Regulator outlines how institutions could respond to various scenarios as it prepares to exercise new duties

Requiring grants for research time previously given as standard will lend funders undue power over topics and methods, says Dennis Tourish

Conservative attempts to silence professors face a difficult hurdle for now in Congress, but keep gaining ground in individual states

Harvard campus drama made famous by Bryan Cranston makes European premiere as Gaza protests debate adds fresh relevance

Scholars are growing increasingly wary of conducting research on and in China as the country strengthens national security laws

Adam Habib says institutions that spoke out over Ukraine ‘immediately invoked institutional neutrality’ on Gaza, questioning whether they would have done the same in relation to Nazi Germany

Lawmakers say legislation is needed to ensure students’ First Amendment rights are protected, with financial penalties for institutions that do not comply

Codifications of how university missions preclude institutional positions would guide expectations and responses, says Paul Gooch

National Education Policy prioritises institutional autonomy but controls remain tight despite attempts to decentralise

Short deadline for universities dealing with issues internally will ‘inundate’ regulator with partially investigated cases, sector fears

Academic freedom is particularly at risk in countries with pronounced social and political polarisation, report says

Some of the country’s biggest institutions have suffered bruising defeats of late despite the justice system generally favouring the powerful. What explains this losing streak and will it change anything?

Heriot-Watt researcher Kate Sang says Michelle Donelan ‘made a cheap political point at my expense and caused serious damage to my reputation’

Michelle Donelan faces calls to apologise as equality committee at centre of Gaza free speech row set to reconvene

Tolerance and respect are still expected, but a new kind of deference to group identity is emerging among students, say Stephen Hawkins and Mylien Duong

Care needed to avoid scaring off doctoral students and burying officials in paperwork, senators hear

Academic leading sex and gender research review for government also criticises ‘shocking failure of leadership in sector’ after professor’s tribunal win against OU

The behaviour of some has effectively served to chill the views of others. But this flies in the face of universities’ core role, says Dawn Freshwater

Mari Sundli Tveit says academia depends on ‘openness, cross-border cooperation and mobility’

Debate risks legitimising dehumanising ideologies, but rebutting such views is how progress has always been made, says Eric Heinze

In latest escalation, Republicans insist documents presented by university to date do not go far enough

A competing human rights framework would help the likes of Jo Phoenix and her critics into a dialogue shaped by active listening, says Andy Hargreaves 

Academic leaders should stay out of politics to encourage debate and promote expertise, says Daniel Diermeier

Administrators toughen policies and responses after watching Ivy League presidents ousted

Supporters of Ghassan Hage claim his dismissal follows a ‘smear campaign’ responding to his condemnation of ‘war crimes’ in Palestinian territories

David Miller argued his views on Israel were a protected characteristic in ‘landmark’ case

Lawyers say ruling shows need for universities to intervene to protect staff, but how does that fit with free speech duties?

Scholar found to have faced ‘hostile environment’ due to gender-critical views warns ruling has implications for all universities, but fears more troubling cases to come

‘Heightened’ crackdown on academic freedom expected as party committees merge with presidents’ offices on leading campuses

Amid creeping political influence over universities, both academics and students are oddly quiet, says Mukhtar Ahmad

Vice-chancellor announces ‘major independent review’ after acknowledging ‘in several areas we fell very short’

Dismissal over workload dispute ‘merely the latest ploy’ in Australian university’s long-running campaign to oust ‘conservative academic’

A change in atmosphere has encouraged academics to return to the country where they were once maligned, but funding pressures and issues with polarisation continue

European Commission stresses that ‘with academic freedom comes academic responsibility’, aiming to ‘de-risk, not to de-couple’ scientific collaboration

Jamus Jerome Lim, who raised issue in Singaporean parliament, says diverse ideas must be ‘allowed to circulate and be subject to debate’

Government says that higher education institutions manage their own events but that it might advise them to “respect…wider social norms”

Codes’ vague, narrow and toothless provisions are failing to promote the safety and well-being of all university community members, says Richard Joseph

As high-profile case drags on, legal experts say issues regulator has faced are a harbinger of what is to come

While Republicans seek momentum from fiery hearing and Penn ousting, professors gain clarity on the size of the fight ahead

New complaints scheme may help ensure more open debates on campuses in time but Gaza crisis necessitates action now, say campaigners