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Collaboration with Leuphana University of Lüneburg could lead to submission of joint research funding bids

Chancellors say ‘new university of scale’ may be ‘well placed’ to respond to changing higher education environment

Santa Ono’s social media activity raises questions about when a tweet is an official university statement

Populist Doug Ford wants to expand mandate of province’s higher education regulator

Department for Education team backing those setting up new universities may reflect concern over role of Office for Students

Office for Students vows to demand justification for university leaders’ salary levels

Media storm over Australian donation raises questions about where institutions should draw the line

Home Office generates anger in India by omitting nation from list of countries granted relaxed student visa rules

New institution loses its first president Janusz Kozinski in less than a year

Staff ‘heartbroken’ after second fire at art nouveau masterwork in four years

New guidance responds to concerns that much hyperbolic science reporting can be traced back to university communications teams

Up to 90 per cent of reviewers unable to guess authors of papers in experiment

Admissions overhaul could trigger wider insistence on mathematics prerequisites

Janet Todd’s memoir considers the humiliations of illness and admits to ‘some embarrassment at not being dead’

Law firm claims that universities could be forced to pay out up to £20 million

Female economists less likely to collaborate widely, study finds

National strategies also debate merits of basic versus applied research in rapidly expanding field

Academics complain of losing work on reference management tool

Move aims to promote traditional Chinese culture through student courses and academic research

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania agreement is part of Europe-wide shift towards mutual recognition

Istanbul scholar Büşra Ersanli is one of 241 scholars to face legal action for signing a 2016 peace declaration

Home Office hailed as being ‘on a roll’ after move, which also benefits other major Asian nations

Campaigners call for universities and funders to address ‘systemic issues’ after study claims academic science has ‘higher’ risk of sexual harassment

After more than a decade of inflation-busting growth, now could be time to ‘pause and consolidate’, says Anja Karliczek

Seoul National University students to contact counterparts at Kim Il Sung University - by fax

University system ‘is not a market that is working in the interests of students or taxpayers’, committee claims

Sam Gyimah says institutions must be able to tell parents when students are struggling with mental health issues

While majority of outputs now meet requirements, some institutions and disciplines are doing better than others

Researchers criticise focus on aftercare for stressed staff members and urge leaders to tackle workload pressures head-on

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

Danny Dorling suggests limiting debts to pre-2012 levels

Resistance to increasing English-language courses could set tone for the rest of Europe, some believe

Tributes paid to pioneer of sports science and campaigner for women in sport