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Gap between graduates and non-graduates is UK’s ‘biggest social divide’, Baroness Stowell warns

Melbourne university cites occupational health obligations and students’ desperation to return to campus

Boston-based university’s 11th campus aims to fill major Silicon Valley need, with a vow of social conscience

Universities Wales chair says institutions are waiting on Westminster reforms, when England should instead be following their lead

Evolution of indexes closely tied to development of universities, says author, who outlines how they have been used for centuries to settle scholarly scores

Ambitious AHRC-funded programme should help break down barriers and enable scholars to ask difficult questions about heritage

Rare example of a reverse gender pay gap suggests that at least early on, female and male PhDs are on a level pay pegging

Canadian cites challenge of being separated from family during pandemic

Any changes to borrowing terms likely to hit average earners hardest, warns IFS

University leaders would not exercise freedom even if the state did not have them under its thumb, says Maszlee Malik

While other red state campus leaders struggle, Michael McRobbie stresses consultation and rural services

Anhui launches ‘marriage assistance project’ in response to concerns that too many graduates are going elsewhere

Non-metropolitan campuses in the box seat as pandemic escalates exodus from the cities

Valentina Azarova declines to take human rights position, but CAUT suspends censure and claims academic freedom win

Former life sciences minister founded series of Cambridge biomedical start-ups before entering politics

Nuclear submarine announcement elevates importance of universities’ soft power influence, says former PM

New education secretary may have limited opportunity to significantly change direction of travel at Westminster, say experts

Most institutions plan to swap short trips with virtual meetings

College’s defenders say its demise will dilute free expression, but education minister says its original critics opposed it for the same reason

IFS report suggests retention of graduates may be key to ‘levelling-up’ agenda  

Derby North MP had held role since February 2020

UK reinforces its lead in clinical table and tops psychology for first time, while US dominates physical sciences and is on the up in life sciences

Ernst enters guilty plea and faces up to four years in prison as first trial of parents begins in Boston 

Public investment in higher education falling in many OECD countries, says Education at a Glance

Mix of survey and employment data offered as caution to those blaming high costs on administrative bloat

Researchers call for universities to pay greater attention to impact of temperature on study habits, as climate change pushes weather to extremes

The glaciologist discusses falling in love with ‘ice rivers’, how emergency brain surgery changed her outlook, and the tragedy of global warming

Fewer than one in three respondents happy with measures taken to protect employees’ well-being as in-person teaching resumes in major sectors

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

Tributes paid to ‘an innovator, activist and passionate teacher’ who provided essential support to Chinese NGOs

Former vaccines minister succeeds Gavin Williamson

Controversial post-holder says he is ‘proud’ of ‘transformational reforms’

UK Reproducibility Network will run training on open research methods thanks to ‘major strategic investment’ by Research England

AI expert re-emerges at top Chinese university as former employer finds Uighur study breached Australian research code

Holden Thorp says Abet course rules hinder well-rounded strategies to fight major social burdens

Trade minister Graham Stuart says cross-government support will allow UK universities to grow overseas student numbers by 30 per cent

Ministry of Education says it does not ‘support or encourage’ institutions setting up outposts beyond their home province

Despite scepticism about the business model, short courses prove an earner for cash-starved institutions

FoI requests suggest some UK institutions have spent just a few hundred pounds per academic over the past six years

But Royal Holloway principal warns against ‘frivolous and vexatious claims’ under planned legislation

Accused of bribery to gain entry for their children, parents draw parallels to legal forms of favouritism

But thousands of Australian researchers remain in limbo, with reviled rule still in force for grants under consideration

Inspectors tell Ministry of Education to ‘study deeply and systematically about Xi Jinping’s thoughts on education’

Factors such as students ‘hedging’ applications across countries could mean data overstate final recruitment

Technologically proficient teachers ‘struggled just as much’ in pandemic-induced online stampede

Fixation on outcomes data means universities have little incentive to persuade their graduates to stay local 

Permanent rather than casual staff now being targeted, report suggests, but expert queries data underpinning the analysis

Acknowledgment comes days after apology from Melbourne

Institute in Liverpool will involve universities, hospital and local authorities in ‘holistic’ research on pandemics

Walkouts expected as government decides on English reforms in wake of Covid disruption

Despite chronically low youth turnout, federal agency sees bigger pandemic need to aid elderly with ballots

New requirements to ensure migrants are financially self-sufficient will ‘weaken’ Sweden’s universities and high-tech industries, critics warn

NMITE director Elena Rodriguez-Falcon says engineering institution has delivered on founding vision despite discarding more radical proposals

Researcher rating tool ‘corrects for most biases’ and allows comparisons across disciplines

Ivy League standard-bearer cites climate wreckage in cutting oil industry from its $42 billion (£30 billion) endowment

Former Tennessee researcher wins first court trial of Trump-era crackdown, while Biden stance remains unclear

Buyout could remove ‘particularly innovative competitor’, watchdog warns

Forthcoming UUK statement says it is ‘good practice’ to involve relatives but that decisions ‘must be based on appropriate clinical judgement’

Hayder Aljayyash made £20,000 from fraud, court hears

Disadvantaged students struggle as private institutions offer discounts and community colleges hope for rebound