Ewan Kirk, entrepreneur-in-residence at the University of Cambridge, says Westminster government is being ‘driven by the madness of the immigration debate’
Questions over whether King Charles’ doctor holds certain institutional roles increase need for more formalised way of handing out honorary titles, critics say
Progress made by deaf scholars in recent years ‘fragile’ in current climate, according to researcher appointed UK’s first deaf professor in deaf studies
After affirmative action ban, campuses prod students to describe their personal backgrounds, without going so far as to potentially encourage legal action
While overseas students still flock to the UK for PhDs, concerns are growing over weakening domestic demand, a decline in UKRI-funded starters and whether universities can afford to train the next generation of researchers
Restrictions would increase registration fees for non-EU learners, but plans to make international students pay returnable deposits for residence are already in doubt
With Claudine Gay accepting debatable instances of plagiarism as final straw, faculty see odds getting hopeless for countering unified political and economic power
Top-ranked Canadian institution calculates financial and reputational cost of premier’s move to penalise use of English, and wonders how it can survive
After brief pause to assess security, Birthright programme again gives Jewish students free tours of nation, but faces questions over limited Palestinian perspective
The biographer of the first black American woman to study at Oxford discusses life in segregated schools in the South, why affirmative action still matters and ‘election-style’ efforts to unseat Harvard president Claudine Gay
Leading cell biologist says outstanding young researchers are missing out on funding as panellists are focusing excessively on open science contributions
Partial elimination of tuition fees could prove self-defeating by undermining the private universities that educate more than half of the country’s students
