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Analysts are enthusiastic about microcredentials but unsure about their suitability in universities

Influx of foreign investment brings opportunities to train skilled workers but institutions must adapt to capitalise

Oxford’s vaccine success shows what universities can do in a crisis, but following up with climate solutions means being proactive with funders, Irene Tracey tells THE summit

Investing in structures and processes that allow students and staff to develop their own relationships is the best way to avoid woolly diversity work, conference hears

Western Sydney University joins Victorian and Queensland institutions in seeking presence in the world’s third biggest democracy

Students’ sometimes unexpected use of AI, from generating emails to translating their original work, is encouraging a ‘rethink’ by academics

Institutions offer more support to tackle historically low participation rates

While the two governing councils have agreed to a combined university, many still need convincing – not least, opposition and crossbench parliamentarians

Government expected to initiate system of caps, potentially using new quality measures, but drop minimum entry requirement idea

Universities consulted on increasing limit from current level of 20 per cent in face of demographic decline

‘Pride’ scholarships aim to make university a world leader in research field

Private university founder calls for governance overhaul as the rector of one of Poland’s leading public universities says it is considering an endowment to secure a more stable financial foundation

‘New Conservatives’ want to axe post-study work visas and stop ‘poorest performing’ universities from recruiting overseas

Times Higher Education data analysis reveals the top universities from across the 13 latest European Union member states

President outlines ‘new path’ towards providing debt relief for as many borrowers as possible

University leaders pin hopes on forthcoming review, as funding erosion and regulatory inflexibility threaten core capability

Latest impasse with European Commission over UK push for ‘correction mechanism’ to avoid being major net contributor 

With national talks aimed at ending the marking boycott at a standstill, some universities are looking to take matters into their own hands

Researchers recommend training after survey also finds that while four in 10 respondents are uncomfortable about staff getting drunk with students, three in 10 don’t mind

Statistics also show degree classification makes little difference to a graduate’s chance of finding a job after university

Territory has moved past wave of brain drain, with some beginning to return and new opportunities for international recruitment, according to Rocky Tuan

As world’s most famous archaeologist makes his last big-screen outing, real-life researchers reflect on how the character and his famous hat and whip have influenced their discipline

Applicants to one of Australia’s major funding streams report spotting tell-tale signs of chatbot use

Trump-appointed conservative supermajority rules that $400 billion forgiveness plan stretched intent of emergency relief

Ucea chair says all students at his university are graduating with full degrees but it took ‘huge effort’ to get there

Shorter degrees and more apprenticeships among other plans to boost staff recruitment

But almost half of surveyed students still want to work more than the newly raised cap

Government waters down proposal to shorten length of master’s degrees

Renewed efforts under way to show worth of creative subjects to students and society as some ‘cheer’ their possible demise

Academic leaders see grounds for improvement despite Supreme Court ruling, though track record suggests reason for sceptism

Trump-installed conservative supermajority ends decades of precedent that allowed consideration of racial diversity in undergraduate enrolments

Berkeley biologist Randy Schekman tells researchers to stop ‘posting pet photos’ if they want to leave the lab on time

Union president at transgender row university backs action against ‘bigots’, but draws the line at property destruction

Malka Al-Haddad fled her academic career in Iraq more than 10 years ago

Suspicion at all levels of France’s hybrid research system means resources and national influence are closely guarded. Fresh proposals to raise quality and stem brain drain face an uphill struggle as players try to hold hard-won positions

Figures show that 2.1 per cent of all students withdrew from their studies by end of May 

UCU branch is first to settle dispute locally with frustration mounting at national impasse

Calls for EU politicians to trim fat from next framework programme, better protect its budget from raiding for pet projects and create a new category for Switzerland and the UK

Switzerland’s Kurt Wüthrich clashes with female researcher after he claimed he was discriminated against at major conference

Staff ‘shell-shocked’ as declining enrolments, mounting costs and investment reversal trigger call for voluntary redundancies

Germany’s only female Nobel scientist questions notion that diversity is key component of research success in modern science

While college press has a special place in the nation’s psyche, a legal ‘loophole’ leaves it exposed

Critics say a temporary boost, in the form of money that had been earmarked for universities anyway, will not compensate for starvation rations

Tory former universities minister urges shift of responsibility to DSIT and binning of ‘Thatcherite rhetoric’ against industrial strategy

London-based provider told to remove text from website that implied it could award postgraduate degrees

Chemistry laureate Avram Hershko says ChatGPT should be forced to cite its sources and state uncertainty levels

While admitting the much-protested model is dead in the US, Dartmouth’s Hanlon leads expert panel in setting out ways that similar language-culture teaching programmes could grow

Charity’s opposition to genetically engineered ‘golden rice’ is immoral given crop’s potential to end hunger, says Sir Richard Roberts

Distance-learning provider seeks to fill university ‘cold spot’ in Milton Keynes

Observers welcome ‘funding correction’, bankrolled from ‘transfer of underspends’ amid flagging enrolments, but say permanent solutions are needed

Redevelopment of hospital abandoned since Hurricane Katrina seeks to spin innovation from medical and public health strength

New guidelines for government-funded universities in India lack critical engagement and follow a political agenda, scholars say 

On a bipartisan basis, members of Congress see value in federal government tweaking rules to allow and encourage quicker pathways

Loss of organisation, blamed on funding ‘uncertainty’, described as ‘shocking news’

Laureate says research laboratories ‘are not kindergartens’, but other prizewinners urge a more supportive approach

The prospect of a Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis run for the White House has enraged many across the sector but others have decided to remain conspicuously silent

Aaron Ciechanover criticises profits of Nature publisher and backs mega-journal model

The University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa leads first ever THE ranking for the region

Regional Australian university to resurrect city campus, as graduate work rights and online study limits douse interest from international learners

Student growth is a key reason why Lucy Cavendish is admitting more state school pupils than any Oxbridge college, says president Madeleine Atkins