Participation gap remains for poorer pupils, despite steady improvement
New figures show record-breaking levels of progression to higher education for pupils on free school meals
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New Australian workforce agency to target graduate shortage areas
Universities’ pleas to train more professionals may now gain traction as Labor government creates new jobs and skills body
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US Supreme Court Justice quits teaching role after protests
Judicial leader of campaign to end abortion rights abandons constitutional law seminar at George Washington University
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Record numbers have their say in university reputation survey
The annual survey, out in November, will be the biggest yet
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Australian vice-chancellors have forfeited public trust
Enormous surpluses underline the extent to which universities prioritise their own welfare over that of future graduates, says Hannah Forsyth
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Nature and University of California expand open-access pact
California continues trailblazing push with major publishers but sees fundamental cost problem still unresolved
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Biden sets new limits on for-profit colleges
Administration nears completion of regulatory overhaul with new rules on student aid, non-profit conversions and prison recruiting
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Most summer school students ‘already want to go to university’
Commonly used widening participation initiative not targeting those who would benefit most from such schemes, study finds
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Rosa Freedman: REF impact rules ‘unfair on researchers’
Human rights expert claims ‘inaccurate’ impact submission written on her work by old employer highlights why funding rules should change
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US suspends Fulbright-Hays foreign-language penalty
Answering lawsuit, Biden administration agrees – for now – that native speakers can get full credit for foreign language mastery
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Short-sighted measures of graduate success are good for no one
Graduate careers are long and pay varies by region – so why measure course value on graduate salaries 15 months in, asks Neal Juster
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English regulator to push ahead with numerical ‘quality’ measures
OfS to introduce new quality condition, including proportion of graduates securing ‘managerial or professional employment’, in October
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Australian universities ‘lose social licence’ in overseas cash push
Swinburne v-c lambasts sector for following English model, but Monash head puts international education on par with key resource exports
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Paris-Saclay president aims for global profile
After predecessor exits to become higher education minister, Estelle Iacona is tasked with completing integration of ambitious, elite amalgam
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Talking leadership 36: Joël Mesot on having a fruitful dialogue with society
ETH Zurich president discusses building public trust in science, supporting apprenticeship schemes and a downside of Einstein’s legacy