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With little movement at federal level, local lawmakers test long-shot strategies to stop universities giving children of alumni a foot in the door

Universities and particularly their students will not miss out in May, insiders predict

Institutions must also raise awareness and create more welcoming environment for women, experts say

Sector leaders warn that PhD students and academics could go elsewhere if requirement to gain proficiency in Norwegian goes ahead

Universities helped stoke ¡®anxieties¡¯ driving an anglophone retreat from internationalisation, scholar argues

Economy minister Conor Murphy says the expansion ¡®is key to promoting regional balance, in line with my economic vision¡¯

Communities are not static and campuses need to be able to roll with them, conference hears

University says it intends to phase out teaching in areas also including art history and journalism, as UWE becomes latest institution to announce job cuts

Conservative attempts to silence professors face a difficult hurdle for now in Congress, but keep gaining ground in individual states

Education inspectorate says quotas are unlawful after TU Delft attempts to address gender imbalance in aerospace engineering

Professor says universities are still prioritising gender and other issues over tackling racism

Scholars are growing increasingly wary of conducting research on and in China as the country strengthens national security laws

Harvard campus drama made famous by Bryan Cranston makes European premiere as Gaza protests debate adds fresh relevance

Institution hopes to become the University of Greater Manchester to boost its graduates¡¯ employment prospects

Adam Habib says institutions that spoke out over Ukraine ¡®immediately invoked institutional neutrality¡¯ on Gaza, questioning whether they would have done the same in relation to Nazi Germany

MAC chair clarifies graduate visa review will define abuse purely as ¡®breach of the immigration rules¡¯

Changes to funding body¡¯s act end its term as ¡®political plaything¡¯

While critics decry ¡®attack on academic freedom and integrity¡¯, publisher says new blood prevents journal from becoming ¡®insular¡¯

Sutton Trust recommends reintroduction of maintenance grants, lifting of parental income threshold, and more progressive loan repayment system

Pilot to test potential indicators announced amid sector uncertainty

University of Miami president Julio Frenk explains how his institution is reaping rewards from the tech and finance influx to south Florida

International study suggests scientists consider X, formerly Twitter, as useful for dissemination, but less so for research

Editors express concern over dating of soil samples ¡®not associated with manmade features¡¯, but authors attack ¡®unjust retraction of groundbreaking research¡¯

Author of last Tory manifesto warns universities may attract unwanted campaign attention and says ¡®everyone hates the Conservatives for the same reasons¡¯

¡®Further cuts¡¯ required to meet government¡¯s net migration target, expert warns

Lawmakers say legislation is needed to ensure students¡¯ First Amendment rights are protected, with financial penalties for institutions that do not comply

Proposed commission has no shortage of work even if the Universities Accord¡¯s other recommendations fail to materialise

With Trudeau government emphasising visa limits tied to applications and housing availability, more established institutions gain some reassurance

Changing funding rules could shift the dial on open science, Australian paper argues

University cites fall in returning students amid cost-of-living crisis for current year¡¯s shortfall, while warning of sector funding crisis impact

European Commission announces launch of EU-Switzerland negotiations with Horizon Europe association on the table

Swift clarification of exemption for mass-market books follows claims that REF open access requirements would destroy publishing opportunities for scholars

Minister calls on universities to learn lessons from last year¡¯s disruption at Commons hearing

New legislation will allow private universities to issue degrees and international institutes to open Greek branches

Universities struggling to balance need to enrol more overseas students with strict visa compliance requirements

Cameroonian historian and philosopher Achille Mbembe says continent¡¯s universities need more funding, and better global partnerships

Outgoing Oxford chancellor, ¡®chairman of the Tory party when there was one¡¯, advocates cross-party consensus on state investment, not higher fees

Institutions need more flexibility on whether to participate in mandatory government-run pensions scheme, Ucea and UUK argue

Crucial crossbench senators signal support, amid opposition tirades against renunciation of ministerial oversight

In long-running battle, nation¡¯s top court allows West Texas A&M University to block LGBTQ student performance while lower courts decide its ultimate legality

National Education Policy prioritises institutional autonomy but controls remain tight despite attempts to decentralise

Short deadline for universities dealing with issues internally will ¡®inundate¡¯ regulator with partially investigated cases, sector fears

Extension of journal mandate to monographs designed to ¡®make research more open and equitable¡¯, but has historically been a source of controversy

As online delivery complicates quality assurance based on states and regions, Biden regulatory effort delves into difficulties of trade-offs

Sylvie Retailleau says France wants to ¡®welcome¡¯ international students, despite fallout from row over stricter controls

Tuition fees for foreign overseas in Japan are expected to rise above domestic ones for first time

Amena El Ashkar was hoping to study a PhD in international relations at the London School of Economics but her visa was rejected

Growing use of chatbots within higher education is likely to foster unoriginal and ¡®solipsistic¡¯ thought, says IE president

Competitors can be friends when government acts like your enemy, Sydney round table hears

Central investment might go some way to mitigate declining spending by local government and industry

Winchester, Surrey and Queen Mary latest to shed academic positions as industrial disputes heat up elsewhere

London Book Fair discussion dominated by concern over large language models using published works without citations or remuneration to authors or publishing houses

Investigation follows publishing controversy that saw chapter detailing allegations withdrawn by Routledge

India and China expected to remain top sending markets to 2030, but overall growth rate set to slow

UK universities must make flexible working ¡®the default¡¯, including in high-salary jobs, to tackle gender pay gaps, says thinktank

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

Emotional strain of facing near-empty auditoriums should prompt review of university lecturing, says psychologist

Office for Students insists it has ¡®no recommendations of directions of travel¡¯ as it seeks views on distribution of ?1.5 billion annual budget

Average remuneration up by 8 per cent, including multimillion-rand bonus for former Johannesburg head

Australian visa refusals strain credibility, as data suggest foreign students are shielding the country from recession