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UCL and King’s researchers clash over ‘sarky’ critique of paper that questioned root causes of depression

Three-year time limit to gain competence branded ‘unrealistic’ given high workloads

Part-time entrants at levels 4 and 5 saw the largest proportional fall of all qualification levels

Stanford team tallies productivity decline after top global prize – though without assessing benefits of career transition

Union says at least 5,000 students will not graduate this summer, but employers’ poll suggests disruption is ‘isolated’ and ‘limited’

Chinese firms’ confidence in student flows is being expressed in business licence applications, analysis finds

Designers say pre-application lottery is the best way to reduce costs without compromising on the quality of projects or the diversity of grantees

English regulator ‘making it up as it goes along’, critics say

Overhaul of rule that removes student access to government subsidies if they do not complete at least half of their subjects under ‘active consideration’

Chief executive Susan Lapworth defends English regulator against sector criticism

An ‘uncomfortable truth’ underlies the approach taken by too many Western universities on collaboration with Asia, conference hears

With OfS under fire, shadow minister praises ‘innovative’ new Welsh post-16 education and research regulator

Major annual survey finds marked increase in timetabled classes post-pandemic, with most being held in-person again

Overall US recruitment from overseas up 8 per cent at postgraduate level, according to annual survey

University says data gathered by new technology will only help to assess how buildings are used, but staff fear repercussions of increased surveillance

Admissions service warns that disadvantaged learners could be squeezed out as UK university application numbers hit 1 million by end of decade

The Mongolian researcher on her journey from growing up in a yurt and herding sheep to identifying livestock diseases in the lab

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Restrictive US visa policy has caused a steep drop in Chinese students headed to US on exchange, scholar says

Vishwakarma gets leadership prize for ‘deep commitment’ to surrounding community 

Periodicals ejected from scheme after failing to meet open access publishing targets

Ivy League campus says long-time president deserved record compensation, despite outside questions over equity and transparency

Flat or declining enrolments across Australia spell trouble for university finances and the broader economy, observers warn

Elite universities harbour doubts about shift away from rewarding proven research excellence, says Manchester vice-president, though sector broadly welcomes changes for next assessment exercise

The ‘Presidential Platitude’ and the ‘Forty-Minute Conference Paper’ are among German historian Philipp Stelzel’s concoctions

Journals’ predilection for data availability statements makes little difference to readers’ chances of getting their hands on the data

About two-thirds of providers decreased their carbon emissions over the past year, Hesa data shows

Eliminating fees would pay for itself through tax while boosting equity of access, Duncan Maskell insists

Union would end medical school’s 15-year search for a partner

New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission head stresses need to regulate higher and vocational education together during UK visit

Doctoral students at home petition New Delhi for a 60 per cent rise in stipends, amid rising living costs and appeal of overseas job market

In campaigns to isolate China and deny disinformation, federal lawmakers join angry activists in besieging universities and their researchers

University says 77 professional staff and 36 academics will go, on top of those taking voluntary severance

Groups of leading African and European universities will jointly fund at least a decade of priority research through clusters agreed in the first half of this year, although the delicate details of who gives what are yet to be decided

As annual legislative sessions conclude around the country, academic interference eases but budgetary hopes also fade away

Young people with asylum status say they struggle to get admissions teams to understand immigration rules and recognise their academic track records

Interventions from universities urging a restart of talks struggle to move the dial, with hopes of preventing summer of disruption fading

Study finds that students experienced psychological distress levels more than three times worse than before the pandemic

Universities move from public funding to charging tuition fees

Report reveals that total recovery of full economic costs was a 5 per cent deficit across the sector

Leading US science funding agency reports three straight years of record levels of awards to its early-stage applicants, with some gender and racial gains

Sector leaders and academics from across the UK are recognised in the first King’s Birthday Honours list

Acting vice-chancellor urges staff to end refusal to assess work due to ‘enormous’ impact on students, including nine out of 10 postgraduates

Learners must beware of ‘slick-talking agents’ and should get help from staff at their universities, says academic

Name, image and likeness ruling leads to stampede for student athletes to cash in, plus ‘pay-to-play’ recruiting war

As Trudeau concludes sweeping immigration review, minister sees value in greater geographic division of visa approvals

‘AI teaching leader’ IU, majority owned by private equity firm, adds Canadian university to portfolio alongside London banking education provider

Johns Hopkins professor confronted with repeated instances of image manipulation, though Harvard peer sees no implications for discoveries behind 2019 honour

Delays in degrees being awarded because of ongoing marking boycott could leave those with job offers in limbo

Policies to curb university expenditure on research assessment exercise failed to stop soaring costs, report finds

Universities will be allowed to submit dozens of outputs by an academic – or none at all – to next Research Excellence Framework under proposed new rules

How will proposals to redraw submissions and assessments affect university staff and institutions? THE’s at-a-glance guide to the next Research Excellence Framework explains more

Pollster acknowledges limitations of survey but says findings show need for government, regulator and institutions to take the issue seriously

Massive grant ‘could appear small’ in future, says scholar, as field enjoys influx of industry money

English sector regulator in touch with agency that tracks down ‘rogue traders’ over consumer protections for students

Hepi report says reforms already announced by Ucas must go further

Online education firm had vacancy at top since departure of chief executive Andy Hancock in March

Academics on receiving end of 7.5 per cent over three years in what AAUP cites as key driver of ongoing labour unrest

Research on responsible AI will seek to inform national policy and regulation, says UKRI

‘Staff have been doing more with less, while money is thrown at a political consultant,’ union fumes