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In holdover from print-dominant era, top 330 academic science titles too often seen as banning or hindering published rebuttals of their articles

But academics note silver lining, with larger number of qualified local high schoolers gaining access to city’s high-quality institutions

Study that used MRI scans to measure neural change in students bills itself as offering path for neuroscience to aid curriculum development

First study of its kind estimates lack of in-person interactions hampered innovation as academics spoke only to those they knew already

Two top institutions plan to join forces in potential bid for ¥10 trillion fund, amid concerns over widening gap between sector’s ‘rich and poor’

Capping course intakes causes student surges elsewhere, university president says, calling for ‘urgent’ political action to stem international flows

Union estimates UK sector made £3.4 billion in 2020-21 financial year and calls for funds to be invested in staff

Departures will give presidents more scope to change outlook of their university, although enrolments will often demand like-for-like replacements

Annual Hepi index seeks to track key measure of soft power

Universities should keep basic health protections such as mask mandates in place, argues Australian epidemiologist

Fluctuations in gaokao admission scores indicate growing pursuit of career stability

Academics debate whether spike in interest is down to draft dodging or career reckonings prompted by upheaval

Biggest sector fund believes it is £1.8 billion in the black, after fears of multibillion-pound deficits led to cuts to benefits

Sector ‘re-righting itself’ post-pandemic means more miss out on places in â€˜one of the toughest university admissions rounds in years’

Salma al-Shehab given 34-year sentence over critical posts on Twitter

About 20,000 applicants miss out on top choice as grades are deflated back to 2019 levels

College leaders wary of limited vaccines, Covid exhaustion and LGBTQ stigmatisation in an environment ripe for spreading, though serious harm judged unlikely

‘Ground-up’ system for estimating academic workloads suggests universities routinely set them too high

Research shows need for strong checks and balances on power of executive, according to authors

Demands to accommodate price spikes and satisfy business needs are putting students’ progress at risk, summit hears

NYU economist reflects on stumbling into her field, using data for the public good, and lessons from four decades in academia 

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

‘Under the radar’ practice of charging students to secure their places a sign of ‘increasingly deregulated admissions process’, says Jo Grady

Australian pioneers of institutional-scale block teaching say expansion forced refinements of the model

Hopes that formal escalation of a prolonged political stand-off will finally allow UK-based researchers to participate in EU programmes

‘Absolute support’ for Australian government’s decision to quarantine extra places for disadvantaged students

Sector faces battle to make its priorities heard as candidates reveal little about their views while pandering to Tory base

Analysis of more than 50,000 behavioural and brain sciences articles also suggests their results are less likely to be replicated by others

Addressing issues with trainees dropping out or moving abroad as important as increasing places, says new Medical School Council chair

But preoccupation with the mundane sidelines universities from the main game, according to vice-chancellors

With Covid exam disruption mostly gone but early entry schemes still in the ascendancy, admission stresses have been brought forward

President forced to search for third ministry candidate since May, leaving sector rudderless as universities face enrolment decline and frozen fees

Karl Andersson has long attracted controversy over his interest in sexually suggestive images of teenage boys, so did university investigate this?

Rebalancing of undergraduate intakes after fee freeze ‘not a factor’ this year but may prove important in future, says Ucas chief executive

Universities urged to adhere to set of 12 principles as key quality mechanism comes under increased strain because of large workloads

Sage says it is continuing to investigate article in which doctoral candidate chronicles how he ‘enjoyed’ provocative cartoon images of boys

Cardona cites cultural deficit in lamenting that billions in equity-oriented aid is failing to make a significant difference

Experts say well-researched tools will be needed to draw more young men into medicine, psychology, dentistry and veterinary studies

Bursaries and scholarships among other measures to solve teaching workforce ‘crisis’

Biggest beneficiaries from excellence-driven funds will leverage uplift to secure additional funding and win political arguments, say pro vice-chancellors

Military drills may put off overseas learners at a time when student flows from mainland China are already staunched by Covid-19

Austrian ministry may push for efficiencies and restructuring as universities vie to have their payroll-driven shortfalls filled in

Specialisation is revered and rewarded, leaving teaching institutions wondering – even with a promised federal infusion – how to encourage more generalists

Oregon leader and lawyer to succeed Morton Schapiro this autumn

Outgoing prime minister’s pro-science messaging has been ever-present during his time in Downing Street but has he delivered for research? Jack Grove considers his legacy

Financial uncertainties and changing demographics mean this year’s admissions cycle signals shift in universities’ approach

University hopes to build more diverse faculty by enriching PhD process with skills typically acquired in prolonged postdoc slog

In some countries, male researchers’ article output appears to have been more adversely affected, according to new study

Critics highlight historic plagiarism allegations and ‘flawed’ selection process

Union questions the benefits of cutting short the studies of hundreds of Russian students

Dramatic change in context could help union secure mandate for broader action but scale of challenge remains daunting

‘Wanking is not a research method; it is just wanking,’ says professor, as doctoral candidate chronicles how he ‘enjoyed’ provocative cartoon images of boys

Lifting of suspension follows agency decision to relinquish role in monitoring standards in England

As Science retracts a paper by a second James Cook alumnus, critics ask where they learned their craft

Change comes after consultants find leading biomedical research funder is ‘still an institutionally racist organisation’

Moves ‘appear to fit a broader pattern’ of Indian authorities using diverse means to restrict researchers’ freedom, says academic rights group

While many early career academics are preoccupied with job security, the factor that most correlates with job satisfaction is a helpful boss

Graham Virgo ‘very concerned’ by Liz Truss’ policy that would guarantee interviews for all straight-A* students

Rate will be 6.3 per cent from next month, after projections swapped for real data

Sparked by fear of Chinese technological competitiveness, Congress acts to double NSF budget with push for applied technology