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Effective digital learning requires more than a camera in a classroom, says Ghanaian e-learning leader Eric Appau Asante

Overseas students’ rebounding satisfaction rates coincide with Australian policy moves to keep them out

The prime minister’s role in appointing university leaders under question as Cabinet attempts to change status quo

Stung by alumni reaction to his intervention on Israel-Gaza crisis, new dean of Insead says creating a ‘cauldron of cultures’ is a better way of contributing to the world

After previous hearing led to ousting of Harvard and Penn leaders, Baroness Shafik calls for understanding but struggles to define response

Undergraduates at Nigeria’s Covenant University enjoy their classes on how to have a happy marriage, says leader

UK universities that have made the switch to different teaching model say it boosts student retention and recruitment but staff burnout is real risk

Financial constraints reducing appetite for risky experimentation but pressures can also help to ‘clarify minds’, say experts

After flat research funding drew complaints last year from universities, new plan warmly welcomed

Study finds scholarly autonomy used to justify breaches of 48-hour weekly working hours cap

Young people experiencing increasingly turbulent starts to their working lives, study finds

Young voters ‘desperate for politicians to offer them more’, feeling that MPs don’t value their views

As part of annual budget, lawmakers also call for focus on fraud, new funding models and peer review

Boston ethnographer argues that people often disclose more than intended when they close ranks and create obstacles

Institutions ‘got it wrong’ by putting all the attention on assessment when large language models first launched, say experts

Tying state-of-the-art digital research infrastructure to particular research communities should give way to more equitable landscape, conference hears

Former government adviser says a modest cut in operating costs could allow for a doubling of the number of UK academics

Artificial intelligence infrastructure currently dominated by corporations, scientific advisory group warns

HKU leader Xiang Zhang wants better protection for staff from ‘malicious’ allegations levelled anonymously

Offshore venture will neither require funds from nor contribute to its struggling New Zealand parent, at least in the short term

Female and male academics alike suffer from apparent bias against female-dominated fields such as education and nursing, study suggests

Analysts suggest Yoon Suk-yeol’s handling of admissions dispute contributed to his unpopularity ahead of his party’s electoral defeat

Higher education sectors born out of empire fail to meet local skill needs, says professor

Long-serving leader will not seek fourth term, with handover scheduled for September 2025

David Mba creates fully funded PhD studentships after taking reins at Birmingham City University

Campus legislation passed by Nigerian senate in July 2020 still waiting for assent

‘Clarkonomics’ has proved a big boost for local economies wherever the University of Iowa basketballer plays, and experts explain her record-breaking tournament performances have been a slam dunk for the institution

Currency devaluation makes it harder for families to afford higher education, and for institutions to pay their staff

Agents had not kept their clients in the loop despite pocketing thousands of dollars in fees, survey finds

Stirling principal warns against repeat of post-Brexit inclusion but concedes ministers will need to see details of next framework programme

Companies will partner with global institutions under a government plan to speed up the development of new technologies and boost international collaboration

Data reveals the amount of days academics devote to public events, but have scholars become ‘apathetic’ towards civic engagement activities?

Jobs chopped at universities, government agencies and crown research institutes