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University and further education organisations band together

Anti-corruption economist discusses his humble upbringing in Burundi, his five months in solitary confinement, and how his work is shaping global policy

Study says that universities need to ‘step up’ to continue progress made by funding agencies and journals

A quarter of universities doing only bare minimum to help registration as general election looms, survey suggests

Project hopes to better value research by allowing outside world to see how surprising research findings are to experts in field

Rise in interactions means three times more disciplines represented in references and citations per paper than 50 years ago

Former higher education minister will leave in December to seek consultancy and advisory positions

Universities in region have lower share of foreign staff in subject in wake of academic restrictions and focus on local hiring

Journal's investigation exonerates fish researcher, who has previous retraction to her name

Presidential push for women’s universities accompanied by scrapping of gender action plan by regulator

Would-be Brexit Party MP Kevin Yuill says he is encouraged by support for Leave party among staff and students

Deficiencies in Australian university governance made worse by state government selection of councillors, reviewer says

Barcelona academic says universities should take more neutral stance, but exiled scholar says Spain’s actions ‘undermine’ European values

V-c warns pension and pay strikes will damage whole sector but union members believe experience shows industrial action will force change

But long-awaited review does put forward suggestion for ‘flagship’ initiative similar to ERC if UK does not associate to Horizon Europe

Staff will walk out at 60 universities starting from 25 November

Foreign Affairs Committee hears report of academics in UK being bugged as they discussed Russia

Revolt by four-year campuses in US shows challenge of expanding federal role

With 30 retractions so far and counting, experts say former Swinburne scientist exemplifies the need to screen research articles

Philosopher and Extinction Rebellion campaigner highlights ‘genuine synergies’ between academia and activism

Analysts say added flexibility is welcome but question how horse-trading scheme would work

Geographer Maddy Thompson warns scholars against relying on social network, as Facebook deletes then reinstates account

New figures raise question of whether government has thwarted progress on its own policy priority

Michael Murphy fears universities are now seen as being in ‘perpetual opposition’ by politicians

One US university turned down a joint venture and another cancelled a music tour, but soft power push in higher education continues

Manchester president says women should focus on their strengths when applying for jobs, not worry about how they fall short compared with male predecessors

English regulator promises to make Student Welfare and Safeguarding Expert Advisory panel more representative

By failing to defend their international engagement, universities have become tangled in popular revolt against globalisation, says professor

Talks unlikely to take place until referendum clarifies whether country will undergo its own ‘Brexit moment’

Augar response, TEF direction and research funding plans could all remain at a red light while UK goes to the polls

‘Investment, policy support and consistency’ crucial to university role in regional development

About 1 million students set to be affected by walkout

Andrew Atherton placed on leave after just nine months in post

Ankara may be seeking long-term presence in Syria through campuses that will bring influx of non-Kurdish refugees, according to experts

Tributes paid to ‘a committed visionary’ whose research and lobbying helped transform the Californian legal system

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

University believes new criteria rewarding selfless behaviour will ‘focus minds’

Researcher says experiment demonstrates that students mistake benefits of technology for increase in ‘internal ability’ to solve problems 

Less than half of undergraduates now spend 11 or more hours a week in classes, according to Advance HE study

The Yale Law School professor discusses the ‘sham’ of meritocracy, the damage the idea causes and why elite universities are part of the problem

Negative perceptions surround the head’s role, but those who have taken up the challenge speak of a range of benefits, write Navé Wald and Clinton Golding

Too many institutions, however, don’t properly serve them, advocates warn

OfS data analysis suggests that almost 200 students who dropped out may not have done if they had been given a conditional offer

US governing board bends as pressure builds after California showdown

Equality and Human Rights Commission data show staff complaints take longer to investigate and are less likely to lead to redress

UK and Switzerland risk missing out on beginning of €100 billion (£86 billion) programme, alongside potential newcomers Australia and Canada

Gender-fluid academic seeks to challenge the ways in which we carve up the world

Cambridge leads combined results of three main UK university league tables for ninth year running

England’s Office for Students also says 13 providers are in ‘representations process’ after being provisionally refused loans access

Junius Ho, who has been accused of supporting violence against protesters, has honour removed by British university

Government Accountability Office says number of religious-based hate crimes in universities nearly doubled in eight years

Students believe that institutions must walk their talk when it comes to the future of the planet, Sydney summit hears

Analysis of publishing deals across Europe highlights different costs faced by country-level consortia

As government takes interventionist stance, education experts call for deeper measures on social and institutional inequality

More than a thousand people sign open letter published online by Times Higher Education

Sir Michael Brady believes generous scholarships and opportunity to create post-oil economy will prove attractive

Ream of new reports suggest capping of places is continuing to take a toll, but justify policy focus on graduate employment

Commentators laud ‘exciting’ political pairing of seasoned bureaucrat and entrepreneurial icon

Academy faces challenge of overcoming a sceptical White House and reluctance of some of its members

Part-time learners in the UK much less likely to get a first or 2:1