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Echoing conservative Supreme Court, coalition of advocacy groups formally demands end to Harvard’s admissions preferences for relatives of alumni

With institutions reluctant to match soaring prices, per-student income is eroded further

Treasury announces first of 12 zones ‘based around a university and clusters of high-growth industries’

Sector leaders insist rises of up to 7 per cent announced by Rishi Sunak are ‘irrelevant’ to higher education dispute

China is ‘stealing UK academic research’ in ‘plain sight’ and suppressing political dissent on campus, says intelligence committee

Department for Education statistics show social mobility impact of A-level assessments affected by Covid-19 policies

Multi-campus eastern institution announces union with land-based college

Study finds submitting an individual to UK research assessment cost institutions £6,000 on average

Ethnicity and disability status also significant factors influencing likelihood of researchers being submitted, report finds

After working in 10 institutions across five countries, chemist explains why scientists need to leave the ‘comfortable life’

Number of UK 18-year-olds starting university later this year is expected to be the second-highest ever – but down from last year’s record

China continued to produce more publications last year than anywhere else, according to new report

Just months after ending largest-ever walkout among teaching staff, workers at 10-campus public system complain about unfulfilled promises and arrests

More than 500 scholars condemn South Asian University’s actions against faculty who supported students during hunger strikes

While South Australian vice-chancellors see few downsides from an amalgamation, their western counterparts take a different view

Flexibility and ability to watch footage back thought to be behind preference for retaining Covid-era innovation

Surveys suggest concern about student borrowing transcends age and political divides

Institution says it stands by decision to offer staff wage rises in order to end marking boycott despite being ejected from national body

Union threatens more walkouts unless management ‘work with us to avoid further job losses’

Methods used by new tools ‘inadvertently flag’ work written by those who tend to use smaller variety of words and phrases

Conservative former universities minister tables amendment to allow annual uprating, to ‘flush out’ Tory and Labour positions on ‘funding crisis’

All institutions face multimillion-pound price tag for decarbonising supply chains, built environment and transport systems, says study

Flexibility of big firms not replicated in most heavily regulated professions

Weeks into the job, Freddy Boey promises to cut red tape, rethink teaching – and unsparingly weed out underperformers

Scholars suggest reproducibility testing might be helping to self-correct psychological research

Geopolitical tensions between two superpowers force institutions to rethink collaborations forged in friendlier times

Ministers only want to protect freedom of speech that they agree with, claims former Oxford vice-chancellor

In a busy decade following two decades of inaction, the ranks of institutions bearing the ‘university’ title has expanded at almost one a year

Yale University professor’s new book on history’s most notorious cyberattacks explores academia’s close ties to the world of hacking

MPs’ vision to cut student numbers may signal future direction of party, but experts question its appeal to voters

‘Vanity project’ to meet domestic health workforce needs would be ‘more socially accountable’, proponent says

‘Seat scalpers’ and institutions put a price tag on their workspaces, sparking debate about fairness

Education faculties say they are already delivering the ‘core content’ now mandated in their degrees

US funder wants overseas partners to share all data and lab notebooks every three months

ARC responds to allegations that assessors were using chatbot to write feedback on applications

Hundreds of universities invited to sign guidelines on equitable partnerships in science

Nearly one in three UK university applicants had mental health-related school absences, survey finds

All 44 members of Critical Public Health board resign over Taylor & Francis’ article processing charges and alleged push for minimum paper counts

Union condemns Maynooth’s claim that ending elections will improve diversity

Trial ahead of LLE failed because of ‘utilitarian’ course offer while ‘top university’ prestige harms credit transfer prospects, says leader

A Labour government would be ‘constrained’ by ‘badly damaged’ economy left by Conservatives, warns leader, who says funding policy will be outlined ‘in due course’

Labour leader says he feels ‘very uncomfortable’ about industrial action leaving students unable to graduate

‘Psychosocial harm’ clauses in workplace safety laws elevate administrators’ mental health obligations, expert warns

‘Morally supportive’ but implicitly dismissive, universities exacerbate students’ struggles with their ‘child-free’ ethos

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

Orwell Prize nominated writer on decolonising medicine, being inspired by her father and her experiences working as a sexual and reproductive health registrar in the NHS

Party urged to commit to reversing long-running decline in university funding, after signs its focus is on tweaking status quo

Universities could be marked down on research culture if a handful of researchers dominate submissions, says research assessment officials

Universities operating in difficult environments can have more of an impact by pooling resources, summit hears

Reports that Rishi Sunak could sign off Horizon membership next week after Brussels and Whitehall officials reach cost consensus

Claire Coutinho argues the free speech act is already having impact on campuses and praises university leaders for response

Professors in global North should come south as temporary solution to immigration headaches, Rwandan ambassador tells event

Universities UK taskforce expected to report its findings later this summer

Institutions seek to remove barriers to ensure student mobility is open to more than just the ‘very privileged few’

Relocation would answer Milton Keynes’ call for an undergraduate university as competition and lifelong loan entitlement threaten distance learning modus operandi 

Publisher’s replacement of editor-in-chief comes as it pushes for seven-fold increase in acceptances

Committee wants bystander training as regulatory condition and calls universities’ use of NDAs to silence victims in sex cases ‘disgraceful’

Analysts are enthusiastic about microcredentials but unsure about their suitability in universities

Experts raise concern that US applicants will be forced to spin ‘sob stories’ about overcoming discrimination

Influx of foreign investment brings opportunities to train skilled workers but institutions must adapt to capitalise