Getting 2:1 less important than ever for graduate jobs in UK
Employers increasingly wary of harming diversity drives with arbitrary thresholds
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Fear of fees and debt ‘keep Australians out of university’
Research ‘challenges the view that barriers to university education are driven by socio-economic disadvantage’
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Palestinian students suspended by Israeli universities
Palestinian scholars in Israel facing threats of violence and calls for their removal describe atmosphere of persecution
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China seeks greater regional influence via Gulf university ties
As US institutions’ enthusiasm for collaborating with counterparts in Qatar and UAE wanes, China offers funding and language support to increase its influence
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A university merger in Australia is a political obstacle course
Both boards approved the case for the amalgamated Adelaide University – but politicians still formed a scrutiny committee, say Peter Høj and David Lloyd
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One in five UK medical students ‘considering dropping out’
Warning comes alongside call for significant improvements in healthcare education and training
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Canada toughens approach to international student exploitation
Trudeau’s immigration minister accuses institutions of ignoring costs to students from abroad and demands a recalibration
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Donelan’s UKRI letter over Israel comments sparks free speech row
Science secretary’s condemnation of ‘extremist posts’ by UKRI equality advisers has led to accusations of ministerial ‘bullying’ and censorship
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Academics ‘the real victims’ of 21st-century Australian boom
New millennium has wrought ‘transformational’ change on Australian higher education, and much of it has been ‘negative’, seminar hears
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Recruiting overseas talent getting harder, say South African v-cs
Economic barriers and power outages harming sector’s reputation, but some leaders say country is continuing to hold its own, despite problems
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More countries close to joining Horizon, says EU negotiator
UK and New Zealand’s long-awaited association will spur on talks with Canada, South Korea and Japan, according to Signe Ratso
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‘Narcissistic’ v-cs linked to declining university performance
Hiring committees should ‘measure the egotism of candidates’ for vice-chancellor roles, say researchers who compared leaders’ traits and institutional outcomes
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Run from the chatbots or embrace them? There is a middle way
I tell students that I want to make them my academic integrity collaborators, upholding the quality of their own education, says Kenneth Worthy
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Academics and leaders split on how to promote interdisciplinarity
All agree cross-disciplinary collaboration is hard, but researchers favour material incentives while executives want cultural change, study finds
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Zero tolerance warnings and legalistic responses won’t stem sexual assault
Victims need the certainty that worries and complaints will be listened to and that investigations will be fair-minded, says Owen Bubbers-Jones