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Steepest recorded decline in college graduation numbers joins sliding enrolment and unprecedented campus closures among major nationwide warning signs

Changing term dates leaves staff fearing extra workload pressures and encroachments on research time and summer breaks

Professor reflects on Liverpool’s ‘literary greats’ and how a lost archive led to his ‘warts and all’ profile of the Fab Four and their road manager

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

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

Hepi report on funding options, aimed at stopping politicians from ‘keeping shtum’, sees v-c back a graduate tax as ‘genuinely progressive’

Booker Prize-winning author is latest arts leader to speak out against job shedding at celebrated university

With general public’s trust in science reaching new highs, researchers want more help to communicate their findings

US central bank finds Biden’s promises on debt are potentially turning borrowers away from loans with more favourable repayment plans

Preliminary results showed students who used VR headsets reported greater improvements in how calm they felt compared with those who accessed interventions via smartphones

While enrolment rates are set to surge at the island’s universities, progress on the development of student housing has been slow

Education minister apologises after investigation finds students from migrant backgrounds were disproportionately selected for home visits

Applications climbed by almost 2,000 per cent in 2022, the year of the Russian invasion, but most students chose low-cost courses with minimal entrance requirements

Proponents of new technology say it can alleviate stress on advisers and make expertise more accessible but critics say this work needs a human touch

New government’s decision spells the end of ‘back-breaking’ exercise, commentators say

Early data suggest number of international students starting taught postgraduate courses is down 6 per cent, but some individual campuses hit much harder

Researchers at Paul Smith’s College designed a VR version of a local forest trail using the same graphic engine as popular video game Fortnite

A quarter of modern institutions looking to shed upwards of 50 roles, with agreements on teaching loads and promotion also under threat, UCU survey finds

Universities Netherlands announces new measures to limit international student numbers, but needs politicians’ help to introduce quotas

After 2020 campaign promise, and Supreme Court rejection, president still sees winning hand in college debt relief

First-years in Utrecht targeted by ‘bangalijst’ have been pursuing legal action against members of student group responsible for document

Shadow chancellor’s regional productivity agenda could be driven by devolving parts of R&D funding or creating new kinds of institutions, say experts

Universities must gear themselves up to deal with an activity that has ‘evolutionary roots’, academic integrity expert argues

Private institution to assess socio-economic make-up of its staff and students as calls grow for a national census

Scamsters enlisted dozens of Indonesian universities to embellish the educational benefits of a German holiday jobs programme, police say

Further industrial action planned as union members try to resist wave of university cost-cutting

Report finds that female education researchers are outnumbered three-to-one and face ‘multi-faceted’ challenges

Left-wing victory at India's JNU subject of Bollywood film

US’ biggest charitable foundation, with focus on global health, abandons APCs in favour of preprint repositories

At moment of political threat, Tessier-Lavigne replacement brings continued white male lineage with reputation for scientific innovation and listening to diverse voices

Lack of innovation rewards mean lousy lectures live on, says Harvard University educationalist behind flipped learning

New figures show UK university-business interactions are down 5 per cent, to lowest level since at least 2014-15

England’s Uni Connect programme has funding reduced to £20 million at ‘exactly the wrong time’, says widening participation expert

Karen Cox to step down next month as university grapples with projected £30 million deficit

Student recruitment firm AECC warns that restricting graduate visa route could be ‘catastrophic day’ for UK higher education

Student loan debt could be contributing to Japan’s declining birth rate, researchers find

Delays and baffling rejections are leaving their mark, analyst warns

Pivotal Australian report risks enshrining curse of ‘low expectations’, critics warn

‘Low-risk’ institutions now in the minority as universities carry the can for non-fraudulent visa refusals

In a nation that struggles to get minority students into medicine, Ontario university eyes progress in broader admissions process

Nobel-winning former Royal Society president discusses his concerns over the UK’s ‘too high’ visa costs, anti-ageing science and older academics who refuse to retire

Women who complete their PhDs in workplaces with high harassment rates less likely to remain in research, Danish study finds

Durham again found to have lowest proportion of students from its own region, but highlights work to boost north east's low HE participation rate

Facing second year of faculty no-confidence vote, cardiothoracic surgeon agrees to leave as soon as successor is found

While US prison reform campaigners celebrate reversal of 30-year ban on incarcerated students accessing Pell Grants, counterparts in England and Wales express concern that government inaction has stalled progress

With 3,000 graduate students picketing for higher pay, Boston University dean encourages faculty to ‘think creatively’ about using technological alternatives

Researchers at Risk programme currently limited to Ukrainian scholars

College courses based on Swift and other pop stars grow quickly in US, promising academic value for instructors battling to maintain weakened attention spans

AI lecturers have the potential to free up academics’ time and create more immersive learning environments, but institutions are treading cautiously when it comes to introducing the technology into classrooms

New university monuments will guard against culture war attacks, vice-chancellors argue

Latest salvo sees Keralan state government challenge national president in the Supreme Court over vice-chancellor appointments

Teachers fret about workloads and researchers about job security in ‘rare sport’ of academia

Thousands of employees of few remaining non-foundation institutions say earnings have been heavily eroded by inflation

Rights group criticises government’s move to use region’s lower university admissions standards to its advantage

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

UCU members back more industrial action over job cuts at London institution but Northumbria dispute could soon end after compulsory redundancies ruled out

Facing C$3 billion revenue loss from federal crackdown on overseas gravy train, Ford administration promises to spare 22 of 23 public universities from the toll

Maia Schroder-Lewis case shows difficulties students face in getting help as campaigners and government place renewed focus on mental health 

Experts concerned exodus could be linked to lack of career progression for minority scholars

Evolutionary biologist on the importance of fungal networks and why science is creative