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Ten thousand back call for Antoine Petit to resign as president of French state research organisation

Highly cited scholars in medicine and life sciences also have papers pulled more often, says Stanford analysis

Former universities minister claims successful providers based overseas keen to invest in sector but have so far been left frustrated

Unprecedented hike in UK Research and Innovation minimum PhD stipend will seek to place it in line with national living wage

Institutions with more than 300 students to be subjected to new rules as part of planned government ¡®crackdown¡¯ on poor-quality provision

Difficulty of dual career, higher student debts and university funding crisis explain why fewer medics are doing research, MRC study finds

In-depth Hepi report promises inside story of last summer¡¯s UK campus protests 

Institutions ¡®caught between a rock and hard place¡¯ are attempting wholesale transformations of their operations but those affected claim schemes could be kinder for staff and students

Ombudsman for English and Welsh higher education says options include support fund, insurance scheme or change in legislation, as it announces record haul of complaints

Ucas data confirms big falls in recruitment at some post-92 universities as older institutions took what applicants there were on domestic and international front

Island may follow likes of UK in mandating three-year residency before qualifying for domestic fee regime

Australian universities and colleges face a ¡®difficult¡¯ election but few further rule changes, analyst predicts

¡®Anti-woke¡¯ James Tooley back in charge at private institution as ¡®serious allegations¡¯ dismissed

Foreign universities entering increasingly saturated market

India-based periodical disciplined by bibliographic group Crossref after sleuths claimed ¡®sneaked references¡¯ had been injected into metadata

Government ¡®cherry-picked¡¯ ideas with commercial application, despite reviewer warnings against ¡®naive¡¯ expectations of windfall profits, scientists say

Successful pharmaceutical and biotech firms linked to the Medical Research Council have landed at least ?6 billion in investment since 2008, and more before then, study finds

Regulators vow to push ahead with ¡®in-year¡¯ submissions despite damning report on project¡¯s impact on workloads

Employees at Study Group-run centre on University of Sheffield campus to walk out after 36 staff put at risk of redundancy

University to increase staff-student ratios, merge schools and close programmes to ensure it remains ¡®viable¡¯

Latest Hesa figures suggest that the fall in the number of EU academics working in British universities has slowed

University becomes latest to announce staff cuts, saying it cannot rule out compulsory redundancies

Measurements, data, facts and ocean health top to-do list of newly anointed science diplomat

British institution set to join join Australian counterparts already operating in special economic zone

Poll this week marks final time that graduates of only two universities have been able to vote for dedicated senatorial candidates

Former universities minister attacks ¡®embarrassing¡¯ regulator decision, claiming it will worsen sector¡¯s financial woes

New figures suggest political headache for government ¨C and educators ¨C will not disappear any time soon

Former vice-chancellor says universities needs change in leadership culture to foster greater collaboration

Questions raised about institution¡¯s reputation as it seeks to reduce proportion of self-funded research in bid to plug ?20 million black hole

Indexed fees and some movement on student maintenance seen as key goals for coming spending review, with economic climate reducing chances of more systemic reform

Scientists urge UK to adopt network approach for landmark project bringing public data together

University reform commission announced by Georgian prime minister likely means of tightening political control, scholars warn

While majority do see themselves as staff, discipline and stage of PhD likely to influence how candidates perceive their role, researchers say

Latest scheme designed to encourage graduates to live and work in less populated regions of the country

University opens voluntary severance scheme after struggling on domestic and international recruitment, after cutting jobs and courses last year

Bodleian Libraries closed to visitors after latest protest action

Proposed governance probe seen as setback for a sector struggling with social licence

Long-awaited governance council, delayed by 18 months, stands in for 50-year-old regulator

Regulator yet to conclude investigation into philosopher¡¯s departure from Sussex despite renewed focus on free speech issues

New strategy encourages partnerships between Chinese and foreign universities as US institutions shutter joint projects 

Conference hears that demographic and economic shifts are likely to have significant impact on decision-making of globally mobile learners

White House directive to pause external communications causes chaos at America¡¯s main science funder

Seven institutes folded into four in major reshaping of research landscape

ApplyBoard report projects that permit issuance is on track to fall beyond Trudeau government¡¯s target

Previously reported figures suggesting fall in recruitment were recently revealed to be erroneous

Institutions themselves may have escaped major damage but hundreds of staff and students have been displaced in most destructive fires in Californian history

Encouraging donations in cryptocurrency can open a new pool of donors, but some institutions are hesitant amid concerns about volatility and regulatory environment

Unexpected upsides of ¡®randomised¡¯ funding include greater acceptance among rejected applicants, says British Academy head

Analysis of progression criteria warns ¡®obsession with frequently ill-suited metrics¡¯ only serves to ¡®reinforce regional inequalities¡¯

Russell Group member¡¯s Gift City outpost plans at ¡®advanced stage¡¯

Russell Group institution warns that it cannot rule out compulsory redundancies after worse-than-expected student recruitment

Member of Augar panel on university funding and student mental health champion has been familiar figure in UK policy debates

First minister wants UK government to allow country to grant additional post-study work rights to international students

Right-wing trust deficit is pronounced in western Europe and North America but not Australasia, international survey finds

Universities must take a firmer hand with ¡®zero-fail¡¯ students, Australian study finds, amid policies to boost underprivileged participation

Attempts by well-meaning scholars to help services ¡®drowning in demand¡¯ adding to the problems, finds study

Members of elite grouping saw numbers enrolled on courses increase by more than 300 while others experienced declines

Nobel laureates back calls to pause new system of Medical Research Council funding which threatens future of well-established research units

Minister rules out state taking on more of the cost of paying for higher education

Two south-east Asian countries among top performers in seventh edition of prestigious awards shortlist