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New analysis on the full economic costs of research and teaching by ‘peer group’ raises concerns about long-term sustainability of some institutions

Martin Chalfie argues that young scientists who ‘play the game’ of publishing in selective journals are less likely to win permanent posts

Australian sector adopts ‘united viewpoint’ against unequal relationships

Ten-point plan for post-school education also backs merger of vocational and university funding systems

University of Notre Dame president says faith-based institutions have unique ability to counter fear and anxiety with hope

In light of the UK government’s recent statements on the future relationship with the EU, what do policy experts see as the key areas of Brexit uncertainty to be addressed for higher education?

Study suggests reproducibility crisis may not be limited to psychology and biomedicine

University set to offer English-taught degrees in Wrocław from next year

Country faces dilemmas over language of instruction and how to tackle dropout rate

Limitations on powers of new university councils are ‘mostly cosmetic’, academics say

New rules for staff eligibility designed to make compliance easier are in fact more complicated than before, academics warn

The long-reigning monarch’s name faces removal from another of the world’s universities

Restrictions on access maintain high quality bar, says rector of Latin American Center for Human Economics

Higher charges, if accompanied by financial aid, do not reduce access for low-income students or significantly change student behaviour, says study

New paper says both teaching-intensive and research-intensive universities need to re-examine the way they assess students

Academic lawyer and conservative thinktank leader go head-to-head

Almost half of ERC grants awarded to UK institutions for 2018 won by EU nationals, as UK sees overall decline in successful bids

Are students the ones with the entitlement problem? 

Most universities omitted after the boycott are back in for this year’s NSS, although Cambridge and Oxford still fail to feature

Jim Newell’s dismissal by Salford ‘speaks volumes’ about extent of sector marketisation, campaigners say

Experts predict ripple effect from ruling against Canadian university

Latest Ucas figures show almost a quarter of 18-year-olds got at least one offer of a university place that did not depend on their upcoming results

Leading a university seminar for the first time can be an intimidating prospect. Here, three PhD students offer some advice for those preparing for the new academic year

Mobile students would face same costs as local learners post-Brexit under MillionPlus proposal

Pay deals in student accommodation bring claims ‘huge salaries are being funded by public money and student debt’

Funding will support Lancaster to develop curriculum for Manchester-based University Academy 92

The leader of the Fulbright Commission talks about reporting to the US State Department, shunning specialisms and the importance of confidence

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

Paul Hagan says Robert Gordon University principal and fellow deputy should have been sanctioned for failing to declare conflict of interest

University and staff payments set to increase even though Joint Expert Panel is yet to report

Four women settle legal action against university over 2008-09 promotion round

The University of the Witwatersrand will not use ‘Mr’, ‘Mrs’ or ‘Miss’ in official communications

Investigation discovers 400,000 researchers worldwide have used ‘pseudoscientific’ journals

Lawyer says Spanish warrant means that economics professor remains an ‘exile’

University says it is ‘exploring options’, but sector leaders urge caution

Institutions set to be rated on metrics including the number of classrooms and dormitories that they have

Likely downturn in recruitment coincides with dwindling domestic funding

University of El Salvador rector Roger Arias calls on parliamentary groups to reconsider privatisation of water services

Grants awarded under Horizon 2020 will still be paid even in event of ‘no deal’ Brexit

Murdoch University signs agreement with Kaplan to deliver master’s degrees in Yangon

RMIT uses blockchain to authenticate qualifications from its latest course – about blockchain

Leading critic of marketised higher education takes aim at external appointment of vice-chancellors and the ‘student experience’

Analysis of Italian PhD graduates finds that the ‘milk’ as well as the ‘cream’ leave

Vice-chancellor of Canberra institution says it is “about as big as it can be”

Negotiations set to boost access to €100 billion research and innovation scheme, scholar says

Peking University HSBC Business School declines to renew outspoken researcher’s contract

Early career social scientists should be entitled to extensive support from their university long after attaining their doctorate, study says

Investigation into Irina Stancheva confirms five cases of misconduct, but former lecturer denies manipulating data

New Zealand university library vault delivers blast from the past as history and politics come full circle

Large-scale study raises questions about the usefulness of altmetrics for assessing research quality 

Small colleges are renting out dormitory rooms, licensing coffins and selling their own ketchup

University of the People strikes deals to allow its students to progress to leading institutions, but increasing proportion of recruits have dropped out elsewhere

Director Tom Inns explains how the institution is coping after fire gutted its iconic Mackintosh building

Government mandate could force universities to address issue more strategically

Ongoing violence in the country’s capital forces students to flee the city’s largest university campus

Minister’s second ‘pad’ could signal government taking policy more ‘in-house’, some suggest

Australian report responds to concerns about prevalence of sexual violence on campuses

Richard Arum, dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Education, speaking after his plenary speech at the 2018 Teaching Excellence Summit 

Experts in teaching and learning weigh in on the teaching versus research debate from the 2018 Times Higher Education Teaching Excellence Summit held at the University of Glasgow

Elite institutions could face sanctions if they fail to deliver on promise to conduct evaluation of bursary spending