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

Gender gap at professorial level is largely down to fewer women applying, so default application system could be a solution, researcher suggests

Tributes paid to physicist whose research on moon rocks illuminated our understanding of the solar system

What does a university’s reputation and the ‘B-word’ (no, not Brexit) have to do with delivering higher education outcomes?

Analysis reveals Asia’s top universities still have low levels of prestige outside continent 

University and College Union general secretary Sally Hunt faces demands to stand down over her handling of the pensions strike

Move comes with added aim of attracting foreign branch campuses to Dubai

Sibongile Mani charged with theft after allegedly spending £49,000 of mistaken grant

Institutions themselves could create their own megajournals in response, report from European universities suggests

Scheme introduced as figures show most US colleges have seen a fall in number of international applications

Government backs report proposals to increase regional people’s participation

Creation of Ministry of Science and Higher Education seen as potential boost to Project 5-100

Royal Academy of Engineering drive to link advancement to good teaching could be a better way to drive up standards than the TEF

Australian National University introduces early applications and ‘whole-person’ tests in latest snub to ATAR

Students unhappy about a 25,000-capacity fan zone next to their institution have held demonstrations and circulated petitions

Max Nikias and senior leaders perceived to have failed to act on misconduct reports

Melbourne university reports improved student achievement and retention

Private liberal arts institution gains UK degree-awarding powers

Latest Hesa data show there was no immediate exodus of academics but Russell Group warns against ‘complacency’

Nearly two decades on, reports suggest the goal of a unified higher education area in Europe is still some distance away

Albert Schram may not return to Pacific nation to defend claims that he faked his PhD

Five Star Movement offers ‘detailed’ policies on HE, but has been attacked as anti-science

International recruitment set to rise in Australia as visa applications rebound

Novelists write short stories for Spanish university’s criminology degree

University expertise gives decision-makers breathing space, says former foreign secretary

Seventy-seven day walkout has failed to address key issues of dispute over pay and benefits

Data for English universities show men consistently earn more than women after completing postgraduate degrees

Report says Bath governance requires ‘considerable improvement’ to restore trust after Breakwell salary outcry

High-quality tuition must be given the same recognition as cutting-edge research, says founder of open-access learning platform

Need to meet demands of technological advances should not overshadow long-standing problems of gender and race, conference told

Members of the editorial team discuss THE data showing trends in global STEM enrolments

The philosopher on coming face-to-face with death in Bangladesh, why academics don’t like him, and Brexit

Hepi survey data spanning six years suggest students do not rate other members of mission group very differently from UK universities overall

Tributes paid to microbiologist whom many considered worthy of a Nobel prize

Jenny Pickerill explains how she balances her workload

Home Office decision to decline a visa for postgraduate researcher’s 22-month-old baby sparks anguish at laboratory ‘struggling’ to recruit

Task ahead for universities to show return if country is to be part of next framework programme

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

Confirmation removes one of major barriers to country’s continued participation in framework programmes

UK universities have criticised proposals for discipline-level assessment in the teaching excellence framework

New £25 million fellowships launched by the African Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society

Drop driven by fall in number of mature, part-time and non-degree seeking students in past year

Sixty-four staff from a university in south-west Turkey have been imprisoned over alleged links to a banned organisation

Despite country’s reputation for egalitarian access, survey finds affordability is a struggle for some

Hong Kong Baptist University student offers sardonic response after protest punishment

Although talk of crisis may be alarmist, academics in the humanities need to get out and fight their corner more effectively, former president says

Data from THE’s World University Rankings underscore that many more women are studying some science subjects in the Mena region, but does this translate into employment?

State school students more likely to apply for highly competitive courses, says university report

Policy shift in Australia could penalise institutions that focus on widening participation, warns pro vice-chancellor

Australian vice-chancellor highlights value of being considered ‘in an environment of toxic speed’

Major survey finds widespread support for universities among party’s supporters, but reveals clear divides with Democrats on funding

King’s College London survey highlights time-consuming nature of flagship equality charter

A rediscovered fascination for space means blue-sky opportunities for universities

University of Florence professor in line to lead coalition of the Five Star Movement and the League

PM says UK would ‘willingly’ pay to enter Horizon Europe, but wants ‘influence’

Victory for Durham campaigners offers hope other universities could follow suit in ending ‘precarious’ employment arrangements

Academic board votes for governance commission after lecturers’ campaign

But study by French academics says they tend to perform more poorly on research owing to multi-campus nature of many institutions

Heather Widdows says ‘powder, paint, leather and heels’ have helped her to ‘unsettle and undermine the status quo’

Government pledges huge windfall for research facilities, but much of it will not be seen until the next decade