Politics

Open letter on Ariel University from academics across Europe and Israel says EU has acted against its own position on settlements

The shortfall will damage the UK’s reputation and halt projects that are making a real difference to communities worldwide, says Joanna Newman

Conservative professor’s book argues that dialogue across political divide is far more productive than activism and pious placemats

Internal vetting found nothing wrong with rejected research projects, vice-chancellors tell parliament’s security committee

‘Ambiguous’ regulations and lack of clarity around national security concerns are keeping universities in the dark, Australian inquiry hears

Boris Johnson must rapidly step in after Treasury puts block on extra funding to cover Horizon Europe costs, sector figures warn

Administration describes move as opening bid to revive aid for sector’s victims

Social Market Foundation report calls for greater incentives for sectors to collaborate, instead of ‘ideologically fuelled’ deepening of divide

Brussels-backed pilot project has borne fruit, but leaders say creating ‘seamless mobility’ across continent has been even more expensive and bureaucratic than expected

Amid the economic ravages inflicted by the coronavirus, the EU has agreed a huge stimulus package. But while research in some countries looks set for a transformational boost, it may be a different story for teaching

Former Downing Street guru says UK’s new research agency must be freed from ‘expensive disaster zone’ of science bureaucracy

Universities UK and Wellcome Trust express mounting fears about where funding to join European Union research programme will come from

UK’s overhaul of defence and foreign policy sees science as ‘arena of systemic competition’

Netherlands government’s package of support for students and universities comes as calls for fee refunds mount in England

The promise of the new lifelong learning loan allowance is undermined by the insistence on separate and impermeable tracks, says Tim Blackman

Government looking at ways to reduce cost of system as pandemic pushes enrolments up and loan repayments down

Search for small savings may mean overlooking importance of aiding students and jobs, experts warn

Programme that has politicians visit classrooms finds new vibrancy in era of heightened political tension

Autocracy starts with the violent repression of students and academics, say Matteo Fumagalli, Achim Kemmerling, Youngmi Kim and Luicy Pedroza

Measure doubles previous support and sets stage for student loan cancellations

Educational link ‘as bad as it has ever been’, with billions of dollars at stake for universities

We want commercial success but can’t build it on an empty research larder, university lobby tells Canberra

White House targets rules boosting rights of the accused, but with no clear alternative ready

SOAS scholar says free speech is not an on/off switch and speakers could be invited on certain terms

Observers detect message that caution on criticism is price of increased funding, but suspect balancing act will be difficult to sustain

The crackdown on ‘Islamo-leftism’ is a purely political move to court right-wing votes in the coming election, says William Barylo

Worries about Islamo-leftism in France and free speech in England reflect disciplines’ straddling of science and activism, says Alexis Artaud de La Ferrière

Superficial thinking in Canberra is squandering transformative opportunity for higher education, Brisbane forum hears

Catherine Rottenberg applauds a bold attempt to forge a politics of solidarity in response to humanitarian crisis

Plan for unsponsored, points-based route features in budget, alongside freeze in fees for 2022-23

Higher education reforms promised differentiation, but a failure to implement bold changes and a lack of desire for innovation are resulting in the opposite trend, says Liviu Andreescu

To coordinate research translation, a new organisation is needed that isn’t tied to one university but is linked to all, says Keith Ridgway 

Advanced Research and Invention Agency bill confirms plan to place agency beyond reach of Freedom of Information Act

Survey finds that country has become more attractive to prospective overseas students since presidential election

Ethics approval for survey shaping government policy should still stand, says university panel

Liberal politicians glorify Robert Menzies but few share his love for universities, says former Melbourne v-c Glyn Davis

Toll on younger scientists highlights lack of research-specific pandemic aid

UK education secretary says three-year undergraduate programme ‘should never be the default’

Political appetite for post-qualification admissions means universities must work with government to avoid risks to autonomy, conference told

Scholar proposes annual forums among US and Chinese university presidents, virtual international classrooms and end to Cold War comparison to improve relationship

Chinese ministry sanctions Australia’s joint programmes even though analyses highlight endemic problems in foreign teaching collaborations

Hepi event also hears v-cs argue that free speech rows reflect wider social issues ‘at play in universities’ as key sites of debate

Students share in small permanent increase to welfare payments

But Frédérique Vidal admits the term ‘has no scientific definition’, and it remains unclear who will conduct the investigation

With Biden set to revive employment yardstick for for-profits, Republicans demand it be universal

Former universities minister says there is a danger reforms will focus too narrowly on colleges

Organisation charged with leading probe says term has no ‘scientific reality’ and is being used to shut down academic discussion of race and colonialism

Ministers promise innovative funding models for Advanced Research and Invention Agency following debate on relationship with umbrella body

After her first book, The Entrepreneurial State, catapulted her into the academic stratosphere, the UCL economist has paused her audiences with senior politicians to write a follow-up that uses the Apollo moonshot as a model for a mission-based approach to social challenges

While president eyes fees-based relief for students, campuses emphasise need to revive traditional means of support

Different university groupings should have strong, distinctive capabilities that address specific markets, says John H. Howard

Author of a comprehensive appraisal of university finances says officials want universities to keep money flows on the straight and narrow

Education department asserts right to approve language course closures while insisting that it ‘does not intervene’

Administrative costs thought to account for substantial percentage of US research spending

Forthcoming restrictions on Sino-British research are short-sighted, driven by ‘ideology’ and mark a rapid policy U-turn, say education experts

A national ‘great debate’ in England would be more effective than imposing free speech champions and threatening fines, says Dennis Hayes

University and College Union accuses ministers of ‘fighting phantom threats’

Legislation will enable police presence on campuses after years of academics being assaulted, held hostage and blocked from entering buildings

Academics must emphasise that thinking critically does not mean dismissing everything as biased, say Darren Linvill and Patrick Warren

Australian department ‘erroneously’ removed protection for former education minister’s pet courses