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Tributes paid to expert in English language testing

Frances Arnold says she feels ‘deeply distressed’ by public mistrust of science

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

The humanities professor discusses her passion for human rights, how universities can work with refugees, and learning to stop apologising

Nearly 15 per cent of American undergraduates diagnosed with anxiety, and 12.2 per cent have depression, major study finds

Older partner left with regrets, as youngster pulls plug on mooted marriage

Duke and Duchess of Sussex highlight universities’ work on climate change resilience and gender equality

Tsinghua provost urges researchers to take the risks required to achieve major breakthroughs

Trump administration plans to allow universities to attract federal funding for students based not on the amount of time they spend studying but on measurements of their ability

Conflict over proposals to grant say in running of university to all 4,000 postdocs, who conduct ‘bulk’ of research

Consultants argue Humboldtian ideal of research-informed teaching ‘shackles’ institutions into uniformity

Negotiations unable to reach agreement on ‘threshold issues and strategic risks’

Satisfaction with postgraduate research declines significantly over course of programme, survey reveals

Women and Equalities Committee call for UK to follow US Title IX example, accusing government, regulators and institutions of ‘passing the buck’

Government says rules on conduct of civil servants should apply to scholars at central universities

Half of continental institutions are developing online learning programmes, survey says

Survey of scientists at Francis Crick Institute finds that only 10 per cent are confident about the future of UK science

Staff at seven campuses set to walk out after hitting required turnout

Leaders of universities around the world consider how to advocate for international higher education amid rising nationalist agendas 

UK higher education providers to be assessed across 34 disciplinary areas

Increase in contributions to Teachers’ Pension Scheme will cost post-92 universities about £140 million annually, Ucea says

King’s College London scholar says that ‘a growing tide’ of academics now recognise that scientific meetings can no longer be held in the US

Regional universities ‘would be biggest victims’ of restrictions on city study

Joseph Aoun says campuses in North America and Europe are heeding his call for curriculum change

Office for Students starts work on master’s version of National Student Survey

Director of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay says universities in India are improving but progress will be slow despite government initiatives

THE’s data editor discusses our most recent data-driven stories 

Members say professional organisations dependent on income from subscription-model journals face ‘existential’ threat from landmark open access policy

Government support for rural university initiative may not get it across the line

US medical training has embraced wider perspectives, but progress might be slower elsewhere, scholars say

Younger academics spending far less time on scholarship than in leading nations, analysis suggests

A few institutions in the western part of the country are embarking on a social-educational experiment

No-confidence motion that triggered walkouts at the University and College Union’s June congress is shelved at recall event

Lawsuit by an Asian-American student challenging rejection reveals white students, not black applicants, to be the advantaged party

The animosity towards higher education seen in the UK is likely to head Down Under, vice-chancellor warns

The entrepreneurial chemist talks about molecular tools, batteries in the walls and a three-slice secret to success

Physicist who transformed himself into leading higher education expert remembered

Royal Historical Society report warns dynamism of discipline risks being stifled by lack of diversity

Many countries on continent have not repaired cuts made during financial crisis, despite economic growth

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

Strathclyde education lecturer calls for other academics to speak out

Former HKUST leader will draw on his experience in the East and the West as head of Saudi Arabian private university

THE data show that Russia’s research influence in social sciences is waning, while other nations are failing to progress

Thanks to a big boost in aid from colleges, students paid slightly less on average this year, but the reduced fees could take a toll on quality, expert warns

Students say they have been dismissed from courses and turned over to police following a wave of mass demonstrations

Plans to amalgamate Parisian grandes écoles into a single university grouping have been officially approved

Higher education pension scheme hits back over allegations that it has made a ‘large and demonstrable mistake’ in assessment of its long-term health

Chief executive accepts recommendation from funding task force, promising HK$20 billion of new research money

Critics claim measures restrict ability of foreign staff to reach Birzeit and hinder Palestinians’ access to education

Hebrew University stands by a US student barred from entering the country for having advocated sanctions against Israel

As Australia’s science stars mount the red carpet, critics condemn falling government funding

Professors shown to be mostly mad and mostly male, scholar claims

Daniela Tejada says government support for Matthew Hedges, who has been held in solitary confinement for five months, has been ‘ineffective’

Pepper the robot appears before House of Commons Education Committee

New projects at two Sydney universities show move towards multidisciplinary scholarship

Don’t let immediate employability focus undermine ‘blue sky teaching’, chancellor tells counterparts

Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings find broad decline in number of US college students who would recommend their own institution – but some campuses buck the trend

Open-access agreement’s founder says enthusiastic response has already increased ambition

Scholars say Indian Institutes of Technology will ‘struggle to recruit talent from abroad’ despite initiative to pool resources

New rules requiring a female presence on doctoral defence panels at the University of Glasgow will push more ‘unrewarded’ academic tasks on to women, critics claim