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Toronto appoints first female president in 200-year history

Melanie Woodin will succeed Meric Gertler, who has led Canada¡¯s largest university for more than a decade, on 1 July

Spring Statement offers no answers to university funding crisis

Sector bodies hit out at lack of focus on cash-strapped sector crucial for driving economic growth and defence innovation

Royal Society condemned over inaction on Elon Musk fellowship

Eminent scientists express dismay after UK science academy reportedly confirms Tesla mogul will not by investigated

The Kathleen Stock case shows the OfS means business on free speech

The law around free speech is complex, but Sussex just seems to have got it wrong and has paid a hefty price, says James Murray

Sussex hit with record OfS fine after ¡®free speech breaches¡¯

Vice-chancellor calls regulator¡¯s investigation?¡®Kafkaesque¡¯ as probe into departure of Kathleen Stock finally concludes

Funds pledged for health academy ahead of Australian election

Promise emerged less than 18 hours after government handed down a slender pre-election budget

Trump sued over deportations of pro-Palestinian students

US universities consider course sharing amid financial headwinds

New REF rules ¡®risk leaving researchers¡¯ careers in limbo¡¯

¡®Existential crisis¡¯ in arts and humanities exacerbates risk that axed academics will not be able to find new roles, subject associations fear

¡®Tedious¡¯ conferences dominated by authors with multiple papers

One researcher was found to have presented 32 papers at same conference in study that examines growing trend towards ¡®repeat authors¡¯

Gayatri Spivak: ¡®I¡¯m not teaching to get students an income¡¯

Winner of 2025 Holberg Prize rejects vocational focus of education and ¡®trivialisation¡¯ of humanities

It is too late for traditional branch campuses to succeed in India

To boost the scale, quality and affordability of Indian HE,?collaborations that leverage local strengths are the best option, says Francois Therin

Transform by addressing ¡®sacred cows¡¯, UK universities told

Expensive pension schemes among issues highlighted as institutions look for ways out of current turmoil

Cardiff staff vote to strike as axe hangs over 400 academic jobs

Welsh university faces mounting criticism over job cuts and course closures

Universities offered little in eve-of-election Australian budget

Cost-of-living help unveiled for students, staff and graduates, but sector remains all but empty-handed