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Robert-Jan Smits attempts to allay concerns of junior academics considering moving country because of planned publishing shift

Scholars subject to ‘threats’ and arrests in the wake of Jair Bolsonaro’s presidential victory

Universities say they must be able to supplement metrics with contextual or narrative information

Review will assess whether process behind TEF ratings are ‘fit for use’ and whether scheme is in the public interest

Leadership tensions killed off South Australian proposal ‘but it would have failed anyway’, academic says

‘Cost recovery’ levy defies logic, institutions argue

After consultation, proposals set to go to Parliamentary vote

Legal counsel describes how she was fired after pushing for investigation into misconduct at elite US institution

Cairo institution hit hard by loss of foreign students, says president

New regulations outlined by Trump officials would hand stronger rights in some areas to those facing sexual misconduct complaints on college campuses

Boston university wants to develop one-to-one tutorial model as it creates ‘global university system’

In selecting its new bases, the massive online retailer rewarded areas rich in highly educated talent but also showed no US city yet produces enough such people

Call for university funding to be tied to institutions’ role in their local communities

Minister’s intervention self-defeating, representative body claims

Competitive funding once helped novel ideas get off the ground, but now funding ‘excellence’ is hampering new research, says Dutch institute

Several months after college removed three professors, student lawsuit outlines years of grades and promotions tied to sexual demands

Survey respondents question value of degree-level education, but most would encourage their children to enrol

Government claims universities are neglecting the regions, as relations continue to fracture

Imperial and UCL secure far more grants by value as Oxford slips back

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

Rising value of grants suggests that winning funding is likely to remain highly competitive

Some grades increased at Teesside using standard formula in case that could be smoking gun on reasons for wider grade inflation

The UK’s first black female history professor on universities atoning for their pasts and believing in the goodness of others

Tributes paid to pioneering authority on human-computer interaction

Your university’s new learning analytics service has flagged that a student is disengaging – what now?

Pensions dispute moves closer to resolution after vice-chancellors support proposals to increase employer contributions to Universities Superannuation Scheme

Public institutions vow to tackle inequality at conference

Data company beats rival Elsevier, which provided indicators for 2014 assessment

Academic at Thompson Rivers University was banned from campus after revealing his colleagues’ wide use of predatory journals

Association of Colleges head says new route should be coupled with ‘limit’ on number of students taking bachelor’s degrees

Academics staging events on everything from ‘pseudo-death’ to convict ballads claim that public events can often drive future scholarship

Academics claim Chinese government ‘has taken significantly more control’ over universities

Analysis of ranking since 2011 suggests China is not making same ground as in research-based rankings, while Germany and South Korea have leapt forward