Truly the end of an era: UK's longest-serving vice-chancellor, John Cater at Edge Hill University, announces retirement timeshighereducation.com/news/uks-longe…

Australia’s caps on foreign students will replace the much reviled “ministerial direction 107”, which is “throttling” the country’s international education system, according to federal education minister Jason Clare. timeshighereducation.com/news/australia…

Steady start to clearing, but universities outside top tier finding going tough, Ucas data shows timeshighereducation.com/news/least-sel… via Juliette Rowsell

Keeping up with big tech on AI research ‘never about competition’, says Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council head Charlotte Deane timeshighereducation.com/news/keeping-b… via Jack Grove

Beijing warns on ‘anti-China’ messaging inserted into in students’ overseas university applications timeshighereducation.com/news/beijing-w… via Helen Packer

Good summary in Times Higher Education of the concerns expressed for international ed at the AFR #HigherEd Summit - with #Go8 perspectives from CE Vicki Thomson, Chair and University of Sydney's Mark Scott, University of Melbourne's Duncan Maskell and Monash University's Sharon Pickering timeshighereducation.com/news/policy-fl…

Can you be an academic outside a university? After Matt Goodwin's exit from Kent, Thomas Williams asks how easy it is to be a scholar without a job in HE timeshighereducation.com/news/matt-good…

19 female Afghan medical students have arrived in Scotland to complete their studies after they were kicked off their courses by the Taliban - will get home fee status timeshighereducation.com/news/afghan-fe…

My views on: can you be an academic outside a university? timeshighereducation.com/news/matt-good… via Times Higher Education

After waiting years for their visas, Australia-bound PhD candidates find that their university places have evaporated. timeshighereducation.com/news/years-edg…

Will 10-year budgets transform UK research and allow universities to offer staff longer contracts? Former research council heads aren't convinced timeshighereducation.com/depth/will-10-… via Jack Grove

Queer history MA closes suddenly in 'bittersweet' end to Goldsmiths industrial dispute for Goldsmiths UCU timeshighereducation.com/news/queer-his… via Juliette Rowsell

.The Open University v-c Tim Blackman to retire next year timeshighereducation.com/news/open-univ…

Newly appointed ACU law professor terminated and reassigned following complaint letter about her views on abortion. Clayton Utz, employer of author of complaint letter, subsequently contracted to flush out leaks to media on the issue. timeshighereducation.com/news/catholic-…

Number of UK-based European Research Council (ERC) early-career grant winners rebounds timeshighereducation.com/news/number-uk… via Jack Grove

'Vultures circling' as UK universities consider desperate measures to shore up financial situation timeshighereducation.com/news/vultures-… via Thomas Williams

Growing calls for reintroduction of student number controls as leading UK universities expand recruitment at expense of rest of sector timeshighereducation.com/news/fresh-cal… via Thomas Williams

Athena Swan could be “fostering complacency” instead of advancing gender equality in HE, with some universities stuck on charter’s lowest rung for as long as two decades, says MurrayBlackburnMackenzie report timeshighereducation.com/news/athena-sw… via Juliette Rowsell

Author of infamous masturbation paper says he had nothing but praise prior to publication - and accuses university and publisher of surrendering to online pile-on timeshighereducation.com/news/masturbat… via Paddy Jack

“Academia is becoming more attitudinally homogenous and more censorious, making it increasingly dangerous for academics to argue against a view they believe is widely held,” says Michelle Shipworth. “This creates a risky environment vulnerable to both accidents and exploitation.”