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Long-serving leader sentenced after quashing investigation of former USP administrators

New requirement ‘just the latest lever to reduce net migration’

Prime minister summons sector leaders to Downing Street as campus protests spread, demanding disciplinary action against students found to be inciting hatred

Public supports getting firms that hire graduates to foot higher education funding bill, says union research

Even a favourable MAC report may not relieve political pressure on government to act further on international student numbers, risking ‘enormous damage right across the sector’

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

Study establishes minimum income needed for students to have acceptable standard of living is £366 a week, much more than is provided in government support

‘Differential offer rates are part of the endemic inequalities we see in higher education’, says expert

Quadriplegic researcher and emergency doctor explains why logistical impediments are not the primary problem

Group of leading European research institutions calls for development of ‘next-generation metrics’

Encampments cleared by law enforcement as student protests spread across Europe

Biden backs Republican narrative of excessive antisemitism in demonstrations, while California tries to uncover pro-Israel attackers

Institutions have adopted differing approaches to contending with fake, conflicting and confusing reports about events on and off campuses

Right-wing thinktank argues government, not universities, should be put in control of student visa numbers to ‘reduce the potential for abuse’

Estimates suggest Russell Group’s Chinese fee income has quadrupled in recent years

Kyriakos Pierrakakis tells THE that controversial reforms will help to make country a higher education destination

Vice-chancellors refute claims that the selection process for their roles is politically driven

More than a dozen institutions affected as students join global movement with roots on US campuses

Organisation recognises pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist beliefs may be protected, bringing to an end employment tribunal brought by Shaima Dallali

Ivy League university at centre of nationwide series of student demonstrations will try for smaller events away from campus encampment

Authorities shrug off calls for camps to be dismantled, amid reports of antisemitism but little evidence of violence

Councillors urge government not to place restrictions on post-study work rights

Tracking teaching, grades and research productivity with electronic systems is affecting staff independence and well-being, union-backed survey finds

Institutions where hundreds of roles are at risk will have to radically change the way they operate, staff warn, with big impact on students and the wider community

Nafsa head says universities must recruit more proactively as election looms, competition mounts and unrest grips campuses

Increased share of women in higher education overall masks continuing indifference towards science, technology, engineering and mathematics

While the government plans measures to relieve placement poverty and student debt, observers also expect higher visa fees and financial capacity bar

Honour in international trade category recognises development of global business working with universities, organisations and governments around the world

Former Berkeley chancellor says sanctions on protest ringleaders must be seen to be just, although decisions may now be outside universities’ control

Wealth gap widens Down Under, with mercurial revenue increases monopolised by the few

While indexation change was widely anticipated, backdating of the measure was not

High-ranking party official suggests campuses outside the elite will have to downsize as university-age population contracts

Scholar claims selection process that led to appointment of Robert Balfour was slanted against internal candidate Vivienne Lawack