Leader of strike-hit Scottish institution will not seek third term of office

Languages and music departments to close despite strikes and protests but university insists it has addressed staff concerns in revised plans

Unusual public rebuke from China comes amid questions about whether the country may take over the UK’s leadership role, relinquished earlier this year

CRANE says it will look again at all applications from recent cybersecurity research funding call after backlash against non-human review

Some hail preprint server’s two papers per month policy move for promoting ‘quality over quantity’, but others question cap’s scientific implications

University students have joined a massive revolt against the education system in the country, mounting blockades at dozens of institutions

Employers’ body instructs members to implement final pay offer as further negotiations fail to resolve impasse with unions

Universities have urgently been told to review their ties with Chinese research institute after spy warning

Bucks New University has been suspended from issuing student visas, the Home Office has announced

Learners left unable to graduate or progress by ‘last resort’ industrial action

Germany-based sociologist Güllistan Yarkin has been accused of ‘public denigration of the Turkish state’ over passages relating to treatment of Kurds and the Armenian genocide

Artificial intelligence used to cull half of applications submitted by cybersecurity scholars, before they got to human eyes

Polling suggests sector is public’s lowest priority for education investment

Universities which were once barred from funding because of their governance model could soon regain full access to the programme

Ormiston Academies Trust recalls ‘extraordinary man’ whose career encompassed medicine, education and public service

Shadow science secretary eyes ‘far clearer strategic objectives and priorities’ for UK Research and Innovation

Last incumbent left suddenly amid industrial action and in wake of devastating cyberattack

Unprecedentedly long strikes at Nottingham, Edinburgh and Dundee could be the shape of things to come, observers say

Chief executive Libby Hackett says top universities should charge more as scale of teaching deficit is revealed

Education minister Cefin Campbell admits review will not remove the need for tough decisions on how to support both students and universities

Visa rights canned for dependants of most students and temporary graduates, with transfers to inferior courses also banned

UCU and UNISON warn changes to trade union agreements could lead to unions being derecognised

Chris McDonald backs UK Research and Innovation’s demand management push with dig at ‘value-destroying’ peer review

The drop follows a small rise in the equivalent month last year and is likely to sound alarm bells around cash-strapped sector

‘Engagement should not be confused with endorsement,’ says Malcolm Press after speaking on a panel alongside Suella Braverman

A “no surprises” approach to regulation is good, but there was no surprise in the Sussex case because it was predetermined, says Sasha Roseneil

Minister tells peers OfS and others will closely examine findings of ‘independent’ probe

Regulator says it will adopt more collegiate attitude following High Court defeat

Academic integrity giant denies accusations as university declines to renew contract in favour of ‘other options’

Recovery rate of research improves slightly in latest Trac figures, but remains well below historic highs

Specialist provider shuts after losing grant support, with more than 200 students impacted

International students should be judged on their quality rather than their family ties, says immigration expert

Universities’ continued use of online exams risks undermining public confidence in degrees, argues Policy Exchange

Vice-chancellor says university needs to look hard at how it handled allegations of bullying within Institute of Astronomy

Sites linked to York and Keele are among those affected by the court ruling

Judge admits policy ‘dashed the hopes’ of promising students but says they do not have a ‘right’ to study in UK

Expansion of cohorts lower than expected after higher-tariff institutions become more selective ‘at the last minute’

Numbers drop 11 per cent compared to this time last year as stricter UK government immigration policies take effect

Entry rate for 18-year-olds dips slightly and proportion heading to first-choice university also down on A-level results day

With industrial action threatening graduations, parents of affected students urge parties to reach agreement

Deborah Prentice calls case an ‘aberration’ that should not be used to undermine other black scholars

Ucas chief says students may have reduced options this year but ‘number changing on a daily basis’

Court sides with government that students studying only on weekends are distance learners and should not have access to maintenance loans

Deborah Prentice accused of just ‘rubber-stamping’ decisions amid university investigation ‘beset by delays’

Tuition fees vary widely across new UK and Australian bases, finds analysis

Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem and Green politicians urge new chancellor to make system more ‘supportive of aspiration’

Proposed approval regime would require partnerships to justify educational need and be subject to ‘enforceable limits’