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Ending bullying and precarity should be the Cambridge chancellor’s focus

In recent decades, the post has been seen as purely ceremonial. But there is precedent and justification for a more interventionist role, says Wyn Evans 

In a male-dominated field, my success became misconduct

When student complaints were made against a high-achieving female scientist, her institution launched a one-man inquiry that found her blameworthy merely ‘for doing my job’, she writes: a ‘textbook...

Non-EU fee changes ‘not enough to bring students back to Norway’

Universities to be given power to set own prices after mandatory rules dropped, but sector says plans must go further

Manchester bans some staff-student relationships after criticism

University that previously said it did ‘not wish to prevent liaisons’ introduces new rules ahead of regulatory changes

No bonuses for senior managers as Canberra targets recovery

Cash-strapped university tightens executive pay as it hopes to return to ‘break-even’ position in 2025

Researchers ‘cautiously optimistic’ NIH will restore grants

Will ResearchPlus avoid pitfalls that brought down 1994 Group?

Group attempts to capitalise on new era of university collaboration – and show collective worth to government – but will it end up as a ‘pale imitation’ of Russell Group?

Universities need to ‘redefine cheating’ in age of AI

Widespread use of new tools has ‘blurred lines’ between academic support and misconduct, study finds

Placement payment rules embrace working students on the breadline

Eligibility rule workaround ensures students living hand to mouth will not miss out, but ‘overly complex’ Australian scheme still branded ‘underwhelming’

Israel’s strikes have sent shockwaves through Iran’s academic community

The assassination of nuclear scientists has deepened the sense that scholars have become targets of geopolitical violence, says Roohola Ramezani

Aston and Arden latest to launch new London campuses

Universities expand in the capital in search of new ways of attracting students

Incoming free speech rules ‘compatible with EDI’, says Ahmed

Regulator tells universities it will not discourage diversity initiatives but says they must be run in accordance with free speech duties

‘Incompetent’ former Dundee v-c urged to return £150,000 pay-off

Iain Gillespie admits not knowing his former institution breached banking arrangements until reading about it in damning report

Graduate programmes face a federal reckoning

‘Gruesome’ workloads ‘undermine academics’ health’

Excess work hours ‘consistently’ correlate with ‘moderate to severe’ anxiety and depression, Australian survey finds