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ÜberResearch unveils Dimensions for Funders, a digital tool detailing grant awards from 66 major funders

A much-cited engineering researcher whose systems of prototyping helped to produce safer cars has died

Eminent sociologist Ken Plummer captures 50 tales of a groundbreaking department

Funding burden will shift from Länder to federal government in €825m overhaul. Frances Mechan-Schmidt reports

University of West London conference on the work of Roger Brown hears of the drawbacks of higher education marketisation

The academic discipline is invaluable in detecting and debunking myths about the past and future, say Jo Guldi and David Armitage

Edinburgh Napier finds that student-led teaching and unconventional classroom settings can boost satisfaction and outcomes

Latest results suggest that underfunded Western institutions outside the elite are struggling

Time management skills and extensive reading can help students develop a sophisticated set of research questions. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

Revised system is close to exceeding cost of its predecessor, Tory policy adviser Margot James tells event at party conference

Alex Danchev on the artist’s extraordinary and formidable work

1:AM forum on altmetrics weighs pros and cons of tracking research impact via blogs, ‘likes’ and social media traffic

As full visa licence is restored, focus moves to student experience

Christopher Davidson, who has 120,000 Twitter followers, on how to use social media as an academic

Quotas suggested as women’s success rate for Royal Society fellowships falls

Four scientists reflect on the perks and drawbacks that go hand in hand with winning the most prized prize

Suspended v-c still wants her job back as details about legal bills are disclosed

Information is intended to start conversations on finding local solutions to filling gaps in subject provision and employability

But universities minister’s minor input into Tory conference attracts NUS criticism

The “cold spots” of higher education have been mapped in a new project

The University of Leeds has launched a £100 million project to recruit 250 early career researchers to tackle major global challenges

Former judge says focus on him is distraction from investigation into v-c

Claim rejected by UUK chief executive who defends breadth of university sector

The Welsh university funding council is “pursuing an agenda” to merge troubled Glyndwr University with Bangor University, an MP has suggested.

An expert panel has been formed to secure the future of research and innovation at Scottish universities in the wake of the independence referendum

By Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed

The 2015 Times Higher Education World Academic Summit will take place in Melbourne, Australia, in partnership with the University of Melbourne, it was announced today

University staff would see “tens of thousands of pounds a year wiped off their pensions” if Universities UK plans for change are introduced.

Analysts’ report points to ‘little or no damage’ inflicted on publishers

The revival of the science and construction industries has helped drive the biggest drop in UK graduate unemployment for 15 years, says new research.

The decision to make the prestigious journal Nature Communications fully open access amounts to a “flag in the ground” on the issue

A research funder has seen success rates for women applying to one of its fellowships plummet by more than 30 per cent since 2010

Academics from controversial university were due to present papers at the European Association of Israel Studies’ annual conference

Higher pay for top researchers may have caused the end of final salary scheme

Almost half of all students starting PhDs are working in the physical sciences, the biological sciences or engineering and technology fields

Will higher education be better protected or was a chance for accountability lost? David Bell and Willy Maley on the referendum

Ucas shows more high-tariff places going to those with vocational qualifications

In today’s brave new world of university learning, students aren’t allowed to be shy, says Bruce Macfarlane

Group to lobby coalition to highlight plight of well educated but broke early career researchers

Education systems in England are reinforcing divergence in wealth – we must guard against it

British Council claims that one in 10 current world leaders have studied in the UK

Despite the ‘no’ vote, it is still unclear what the setup for Scottish institutions will be

Figures show sharp drop in demand from the subcontinent

Cinema is the perfect medium to examine the role and ritual of food in family, in love and in bringing people together. Davina Quinlivan feasts her eyes

Labour ‘will not make promises it can’t afford’, John Morgan hears at the party conference

We speak to the director of the genomics platform at the Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University

Students would be better served if placements occurred during – and not after – their degree course

Discussion about enforced retirement for older academics to make way for younger colleagues was hotly debated over the internet

Lecturers urged to consider impact of informal support groups for courses

Scholars strive to find explanations that clarify without stereotyping

Some 70 Science Without Borders students at Southampton received a message citing faculty complaints about their performance

Government aims to prioritise standards over enrolment, claims minister

Research hub signals support for education initiatives to tackle city’s high cancer rates

Boris Johnson was a popular shadow HE minister but universities might not find him so cuddly in the top job, writes Wes Streeting

A pro vice-chancellor who forged a new international dimension for the University of Sussex has died

In Germany as elsewhere, says Brian Bloch, the economic crisis has shown the limitations of neoclassical economics

Blog post accuses Wiley of harming science’s ability to self-correct

A government delegation has been inspired by British funding bodies