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Failure to restore power-sharing means funding issues leading to brain drain are not being resolved, warns Queen¡¯s University Belfast v-c

Australian universities push responsibility for casualisation onto Canberra¡¯s funding arrangements

Labour leader also says ?9,250 fee status quo in England is ¡®unfair¡¯

Biden signalled new approach to scientific engagement with Asian superpower, but scholars say Trump¡¯s China Initiative is continuing under new guises

In ongoing awakening, several large universities act on evidence that marginalised students fare better with greater feelings of community

Interest in India growing as Washington-Beijing tensions show no indication of waning, scholars say

New College of Florida governing board assembled by governor refuses faculty-backed professor candidates

Elite universities could be doing far more to help disadvantaged students, regardless of what the Supreme Court decides on affirmative action, say makers of Exclusion U documentary

Legislation aiming to eradicate ¡®cancel culture¡¯ will be used across political spectrum, not only by Conservatives, former minister predicts

Aiming to deny routine extension of federal debt limit, House conservatives hope to force lower Pell grant upon millions of borrowers

Parental income should not influence eligibility for living allowances, Australian academics argue

New leadership of Scottish government told to make sustainable higher education funding a priority after years of stagnation

Fears over reputation and secrecy deal major setback to online US university's once-promising bid for traditional higher ed partner

Colleges and universities are providing students more in tuition breaks than they collect, in sign of growing budgetary strains

Key Trump adviser warns party backers about the dangers they now face from easier registration and voting processes on campuses

With nation¡¯s top judicial body expected to outlaw efforts to consider race in admissions, student essays held out as alternative means of preserving equity

With the country¡¯s schools often still divided along religious lines, its universities have helped bring people together, says academic

Outgoing MP takes on role during crucial period for UK science and research

Governance strategy by Trump-backing Republican governor held up by national group of university trustees as model to be emulated

Scholarships announced at QUB conference as Hillary and Bill Clinton visit to mark 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

Once built, aerospace institute on southern island of Hainan will become first solo campus run by Russian institution inside Asian superpower

State Senate has already passed one of three bills that would end tenure, force universities to fire professors who ¡°attempt to compel¡± certain beliefs, and ban what the legislation defines as diversity, equity and inclusion programming

Outgoing president laments partisan attacks on academia as he is criticised for handing a major honour to top funder of Ron DeSantis

Vice-chancellor hails US President's speech as giving the institution ¡®fantastic prominence¡¯ worldwide

Further security service-directed restrictions could deal ¡®serious blow¡¯ to West¡¯s China studies and isolate Chinese academics

In ongoing retreat from February order that alarmed higher education, Biden officials cancel third-party restrictions

Unions representing full-time and adjunct faculty walk out at New Jersey¡¯s three-campus 67,000-student system

Minister drafting new ¡®knowledge security¡¯ screening procedure as MP and former intelligence staffer calls universities ¡®inconsistent¡¯

University of Pennsylvania¡¯s pulling of legacy aid seen as sign of embarrassment and potential harbinger of change across US elite

Academics warn that move to ¡®stifle¡¯ youth political involvement betrays ¡®insecurity¡¯ by ruling party

Summary of ¡®Pioneer¡¯ plan suggests how unspent Horizon contribution could be used if UK does not join EU programme

Beijing¡¯s censorship of 2018 gene-edited babies case has prevented ¡®crucial¡¯ research ethics dialogue, says scholar

Ministry decision to allow universities to deny services to women without headscarves ¡®will only reinforce people¡¯s anger¡¯, says scholar

Montana-based founder of Networked University idea eyes new way to aid students, share resources and, perhaps, bridge societal divides

Fayneese Miller, university¡¯s first black president, to retire after months of battling over propriety of Muhammad painting in art class

Scientific community counts nation¡¯s economic losses from two decades of underinvestment but can¡¯t budge Trudeau government

Many learners reluctant to attend public institutions as this may ¡®legitimise regime¡¯, says researcher

Minister with a doctorate Mats Persson also tells THE he wants Sweden to attract family-minded international researchers

Academic council says safety of teachers and students a top concern after Kremlin puts institution on blacklist

Export-strength research and employer demand make a case for optimism in liberal arts subjects, Hepi report finds

When Purdue biologist David Sanders ran for election to Indiana¡¯s senate last autumn, he assumed a commitment to evidence and personal engagement would give him traction. But while his pitch was well received on doorsteps, the system¡¯s dark arts fended him away from the legislature¡¯s threshold

Most presidents don¡¯t get fired, and those who do typically go on to rewarding new positions, says Holden Thorp

Vivienne Stern tells Lords inquiry that trust would increase if regulator was more resistant to political direction

Trailblazing physicist Donna Strickland hopes new institute will tackle waning public trust in science

As fierce partisanship silences US academics, a fired leader gets an even bigger job that rewards his resistance

Administrators take ¡®very clever¡¯ strategy to ¡®divide¡¯ students by disciplining two of them harshly while letting others go, scholar says

US administrators wary of losing millions in government funding over risky China ties, scholars say

Hate campaign directed towards America¡¯s chief pandemic scientist makes it harder to find permanent leader for world¡¯s biggest research funder

Veteran university president appointed to lead Norwich institution through ¡®period of change¡¯

Executives at private course supply giant provided testimonials to government in their roles as former students

Government puts nearly €1 billion into providing 100,000 beds for out-of-town students, as falling home student numbers drive internationalisation push

Amid nationwide campaign to restrict LGBTQ rights, head of public institution forbids fundraiser on grounds that drag is ¡®misogyny¡¯

Freezing graduate debt and raising repayment thresholds could disadvantage those who never went to university, Australian departments say

All eyes turn to large and poorly funded state system as it considers further cutbacks, providing clues as to how the US will tackle demographic changes

States, which all need a well-trained workforce to thrive, must contribute more to reducing the cost of public higher education, says Nancy Zimpher

China studies programmes and language courses are on the decline, just as understanding of the superpower is needed most

With the right policies in place, the university can repeat the past 25 years¡¯ economic return within the next decade, says Anthony Freeling

Higher education leaders are often reluctant to enter the political realm, but now this prudence carries the stench of cowardice, says Michael Roth

Broad agreement on the impacts of loan repayment arrangements, but less agreement on the remedies

Agents posing as students will look for a wide range of legal violations, with for-profit sector especially alarmed