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Offering independent adjudication of complaints against PhD supervisors may offer timely assistance to at-risk students, says India’s suicide prevention tsar

English universities within empowered metro-mayor areas could gain research advantage over Scottish peers, warns umbrella group

Higher education institutions ‘in danger’ as a result of controversial budget measures, umbrella group says, with some closing in protest

Tough year ahead for New Colombo Plan, as changes and delays leave administrators in the dark

Spiralling movement has seen thousands of university professors demand Yoon Suk Yeol’s resignation

Four Russell Group professors to lead assessment teams

Multi-pronged government crackdown succeeds where coronavirus and international financial crises failed

While anglophone countries still dominate market, number of global online English-taught offerings now exceeds 1,000

Governors representing multiple protected characteristics could mean only a ‘small number of individuals’ are responsible for boosting boards’ diversity figures

Larry Ellison’s foundation expands partnership with top-ranked university that aims to address ‘humanity’s greatest challenges’

Move to restrict funding for introductory programmes seen as damaging to Westminster government’s access agenda

Long timeline for review heralded almost a year ago by another review

Loan scheme pioneer highlights moral hazard of Australia’s ‘Byzantine’ way of bankrolling master’s places

‘Challenger’ institutions dealt blow as regulator temporarily shuts down processes seen as crucial for launching as a provider

Social Market Foundation says rest of UK should follow Scotland’s lead in easing uncertainty for care leavers and applicants estranged from their families

Troubled institution has fourth leader in a year, ahead of Bill Shorten’s arrival in February

‘Big reset’ opportunity now spent when sector most needs it, says Duncan Maskell

Concerns raised about Law and Justice candidate Karol Nawrocki’s role leading Institute of National Remembrance

Union sees need to borrow for building projects behind latest round of bloodletting

Award-winning teaching method that incorporates diverse voices into teaching has been accredited with the ability to transform social science and medical subjects

If we rely on industry to bankroll research, we lose sight of problems that do not interest industry, technologist warns

Process for transferring students left stranded by market exit in need of a rethink, says one of the few leaders who has gone through it

Equity, quality control and excess competition among areas of concern for experts

Ulster University and Melvyn Bragg take top prizes as ‘Oscars of higher education’ celebrate 20th birthday

Universities should no longer give the ‘cold shoulder’ to businesses that can potentially perform functions more effectively, says Ken Sloan

New figures suggest Russell Group universities have been much less affected by declining student numbers than other institutions

Youngest ever black Cambridge professor seeks to challenge ‘exclusionary, elitist’ culture in academia

Attorney general says bill will create a ‘powerful, independent voice’ to protect students from sexual violence

Shitij Kapur warns sector has already used up a lot of political capital on small fee rise that will not solve institutional funding woes

As US pauses for Thanksgiving, sector debates how colleges can play a role in healing deep political divides

Risk of Lifelong Learning Entitlement and Growth and Skills Levy working at cross-purposes without more joined-up thinking, finds report

Balázs Hankó defends university governance reforms in THE interview

Republican claims calling out lecturer over what he said about students who voted for president-elect was ‘defending free speech’

Two vice-chancellors discuss challenges they face dealing with conflict on campus

Driven more by pragmatism than purism, Asia’s new wave of industry-linked universities is shaking up the sector

Region’s educational strengths must be brought to bear against key challenges such as climate change, forum hears

Leading university threatened with loss of accreditation after complaints of animals being ‘automatically euthanised’ and students facing racism

UK sector leaders expect trust issues as culture changes, but ‘burning platform’ of financial crisis will focus minds

Authors say findings support idea that researchers will increasingly use AI tools to design more effective experiments

Former foreign secretary to succeed Lord Patten of Barnes in the new year after high-profile contest

Two ministers resigned over ‘textual similarities’ in their master’s theses, while one student was acquitted of ‘self-plagiarism’ after taking case to Supreme Court

Incoming president has pledged to ‘terminate’ federal protections for alleged victims of sexual abuse on campus

Researchers in countries most vulnerable to natural disasters say public communication is biggest challenge and most important part of the job

Vice-chancellor says university has ‘done everything’ it can to reduce costs before cutting jobs

Emerging institutions’ aspirations snubbed as old-guard administrators focus on a vanishing bottom line

‘Invisible regulators’ to ask harder questions of UK sector investment decisions, professor claims

Senate victory a win for government following defeat of caps

English regulator responds to long-running criticism of engagement with learners

Former Macron adviser, president of leading engineering institution IP Paris, believes his academics are embracing the Idex model

American universities likely to be hampered by restrictions on spending money overseas, experts say

Keeping costs down ‘not an objective’ for research-addicted sector, says accountancy professor  

Happy overseas students push satisfaction with master’s courses to record high, but domestic counterparts are not so bowled over

Protest comes as House of Representatives prepares to debate controversial cuts to higher education and research of more than €1 billion

As more vice-chancellors across the UK emerge from educational backgrounds, rather than academic ones, they argue that academic bias and hierarchies need to be dismantled

Diversity initiatives at the university ‘not working’, says union, as scholarships going to most advantaged students while diversity rates decline

Female higher education enrolment on the rise in parts of Asia but richer countries least diverse in terms of academics

Union leaders warn walkouts over government pay deal will continue indefinitely 

Questions cause alarm but the panel ‘wouldn’t be doing its job’ if it avoided them, commentators say

‘Quite a few’ institutions actively considering mergers, claims David Maguire

Little prospect of convincing politicians or the public of the need to raise fees higher, leaving universities dependent on an upturn in economy and international student market, says Shitij Kapur