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Institutional affiliation counts for little in determining students’ future earnings, analysis suggests

Deteriorating political climate causing self-censorship, conference hears

The problem – amid a general mood of satisfaction – may trace to unrealistic expectations, American Academy of Arts and Sciences says

Donna Heinel likely facing three years in prison after using role to serve as main conduit at university with most bribery cases

UK universities could easily cope without Elsevier access for lengthy period, says Berkeley librarian who led system through two-year cut-off

Funding preschool instead has compelling rationale, but US should extend both ends of compulsory education, say experts

Funding changes will help generate ‘intellectual infrastructure’, but universities harbour reservations

‘Families who have more resources will find ways to go around the policy,’ says scholar

Job prospects and Covid-19 among biggest issues for young people, wide-ranging study finds

Combined with results of pensions ballot, union has mandate for walkouts at less than four in 10 institutions polled

Australian analysis also finds that women now tend to out-earn men immediately after finishing university

After banning professors from testifying against the state in politically charged cases, flagship university can’t escape probes and fears of lasting harm

Philanthropist outlines details of five-year investment but says government spending cuts will demand ‘ruthless’ funding decisions

Scholarships can be important, but the risk of brain drain must be borne in mind, say experts 

Barely half of campuses pass 50 per cent voting threshold required for walkouts to go ahead

UUKi conference told that it is wrong to think that Western courses and models can be easily replicated abroad

Open letter from groups representing more than 1,000 universities calls for association to be completed ‘as soon as possible’ 

University says certification is a UK first, but has not counted emissions linked to travel

Online profile seen simplistically ‘as a proxy for being a publicly engaged academic’, warn researchers

Wave of reported injection assaults in nightclubs and bars raises questions over level of responsibility that lies with institutions

Leadership should be about empathy and compassion, sector leaders say

Universities known for their focus on technology are improving in the arts and humanities

Fifty-two minutes that changed the world underpinned by 30 years of basic research

Legacy admissions prove durable in US sector despite Amherst’s decision to scrap advantages

More than a third of postgraduate researchers not satisfied with well-being help, says Advance HE survey

Universities welcome coming announcement but student advocate warns of damage done by restrictions

Students flying in from Singapore won’t need to isolate, as long as they’re from Singapore

Researchers blast higher education system for valuing metrics and loyalty to higher-ups over intellectual rigour

Journals that are part of Cambridge University Press’ Research Directions ‘will better reflect the research lifecycle’ and interdisciplinary research

UK institutions gaining from Australia’s strict Covid-19 border controls, experts say

Graphic novel poses some searching questions about how we interpret the often banal objects that get dug up

State becomes first jurisdiction to step back from its pilot scheme, after being first to get one approved

Physics’ royal society aims to be more relevant than ever with focus on skills, education and business

Report for MPs shows poorer students make decisions based on living costs and are more likely to live locally

With their home economies bouncing back and students keen to travel, countries face vaccination validation as next obstacle

But study challenges idea that papers by colleagues of editors are of a lower quality

Funding guarantee ‘cost government nothing’ and funding reforms ‘delivered no extra students’, Senate estimates committee hears

Months of talks among congressional Democrats shifts community college focus to preschool ages and aids minority campuses and immigrants

After years of crackdown on Chinese-born scholars, US universities in danger of losing critical base of students and workers, University of Arizona-led survey finds

Report on breakthrough technology in cyber-agriculture withdrawn over accuracy and replicability as former researcher sues MIT

‘Parallel universes’ promise more pain for international education, even as Covid finish line beckons

Publishing giant’s offer fails to meet goals of reducing costs and supporting rapid switch to open access, says sector

Two-thirds of eligible college students voted, with Trump-era motivations seen to be generating new political power for campus voices

THE Climate Impact Forum hears issue may still be seen as ‘middle-class problem’ in poorer nations

Higher education minister says circumstances of philosopher’s departure ‘absolutely appalling’

Meeting student demand on climate, Canada’s top-ranked institution to cut oil companies from C$4 billion endowment by 2030

Analysis says lack of insights from outside the sciences could hamper uptake of clean technology

The Nottingham historian discusses founding a library in the Indian village where he grew up and the need for alternatives to the ‘false promises of neoliberal education’

More applications from China than from whole of EU, early Ucas data show

THE research finds that high share of institutions that have specified goal are not counting indirect emissions such as travel

Majority of respondents to major UK survey show signs of depression but fear that asking for support will harm career

Tributes paid to scholar ‘who wore his formidable knowledge lightly’ and brought a ‘global perspective to the understanding of Russian history’

Vast majority of respondents to THE survey say ‘sage on the stage’ still has a place, despite experience of online teaching during pandemic

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

Ombudsman pledges crackdown if institutions fail to come clean

Sector expresses relief that investment will increase to £20 billion by end of parliament, but fears investment not enough to maintain ‘superpower’ aspiration

Changes around student loan terms in England had been expected, but spending review only says announcement in ‘coming weeks’

We don’t need any more science to tell us what the problem is, says top BEIS adviser

Chancellor confirms delay to funding increase but says government will maintain commitment to overall target

International scholars in arts, humanities and social sciences are recognising universities in China, sometimes more than their local academics