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Former doctoral student looks into the frontiers of research before the days of ethics committees

Clearing out corruption will be most important in Nazarbayev University’s success, says vice-provost Loretta O’Donnell

Review of UK guidelines says junior scholars should spend 20 per cent of time on their own projects and personal development

Completion rates improve as number of women in a programme increases, US study finds

Consumer group’s concerns follow last year’s Advertising Standards Authority crackdown

Move follows criticism of redundancy plans and no-confidence motion

Tributes paid to a wide-ranging and highly innovative scholar of Renaissance literature

Major new survey of world university leaders finds widespread acceptance that casualisation will increase

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Immigration bill and education exports strategy seen as key windows for reform after disappointing MAC review

Report says non-white students will represent 73 per cent of undergraduates by end of next decade

Report sets outs recommendations for healthier collaborations

The Teesside pro vice-chancellor discusses promoting gender balance and being diagnosed with ovarian cancer

Half of list of 100 fastest-rising institutions in terms of contribution to the Nature Index is made up of Chinese universities and institutes

National Science Foundation demands that universities report findings of sexual harassment involving anyone working on the projects it has financed

A decade of budget reductions and surging student numbers leaves sector ill-prepared for further increases, institutions warn

Courses in Dutch language and literature are now more popular in Poland than in the Netherlands, figures suggest

Naledi Pandor wants ‘urgent’ meeting of Universities South Africa to address recent violence at two universities

New agreement will ensure ‘direct access’ to doctoral programmes for skilled individuals in each country

Cambridge fellow also calls for arts to be excluded from research excellence framework

Critics question why iQ, with UK property worth £2.2 billion, is registered offshore in favourable tax regime

Analysis reveals that, when medicine is taken out of the equation, collaborations are thin on the ground

New centre will offer master’s programmes and conduct research to tackle global environmental challenges

Increase may reflect efforts to target markets where UK has traditionally been strong

But universities welcome Migration Advisory Committee call to end Tier 2 visa cap

Students spending far less time working for their degrees in US states that have legalised medicinal cannabis, US research finds

Government’s lead migration adviser admits graduate earnings information is ‘not as good as we would like’

Data on international collaboration show cross-border authorship share falling over recent years 

Global survey suggests benefits of overseas collaboration are not evenly shared

Efforts to prevent sexual harassment at universities advanced with new policies from top US provider of science funding and world’s biggest general science society

Thinktanks join forces to warn ‘last-dollar’ approach leaves low-income students unable to afford daily essentials

Data unclear on whether older scholars are keeping younger researchers out of jobs

Last year’s move to ease burden on graduates means system is almost back to where it was before fees hike, IFS report suggests