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Banners put up across Chinese university campuses have strange take on annual event

Education minister pledges to 'ensure there is no exploitation of people'

Elizabeth Garrett announced last month that she was fighting colon cancer

Undergraduates endorsed patently false statements in US experiment

Might mass polls by live audiences actually be a better way to choose the right applicant?

Institutions are criticised in UCU report for allowing 'shameful levels of pay inequality' to persist

Professor Webley was ‘inspired leader’ and will be ‘sorely missed’, say colleagues of the acclaimed academic

University of Illinois research finds ‘brilliant’ or ‘genius’ more often used to describe male academics

Jisc Digifest hears openness could bring benefits, but some cite plagiarism risks

Completion rates are main worry despite better figures on admissions

Organisation says it has helped enrich the educational prospects of more than 50,000 Palestinian students

But authors of original paper hit back, saying latest assessment is ‘very optimistic’

Although overall resource funding will rise, most of this extra money will go to multidisciplinary research

A new joint PhD programme is part of a ‘new era of close collaboration’ between the UK and Australian universities, say v-cs

German academic looking at UK system raises concerns over incentives created by research excellence framework

Finance minister’s announcement greeted as ‘tall order’ but also as ‘amazing step’

EU commissioner tells THE that excellent science requires European and global collaboration

Construction on £25 million biomass boiler in nearby village aims to cut energy costs for ancient university

Distance learning institution and owner of FutureLearn describes results as 'disappointing' but 'not entirely unexpected'

These data show how scholars used their time at different types of university in the period 2012 to 2015

UK universities’ research links would be harmed and their ‘philosophy’ lost to Continent, John Morgan is told in Berlin and Munich

Study explores challenges of carrying out qualitative work

UCL rent strike has thrown the spotlight on a growing problem across the UK

Times Higher Education World University Rankings data reveal the 20 best institutions based on private-sector investment per academic

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

Decision has rekindled row over universities’ role in validating HE courses in FE

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

University of Salford exhibition dedicated to the subject of childbirth is expanded

Female researchers now account for 37 per cent of first authors in medicine’s top journals, says US study

UK among the worst performers in analysis of 69 national academies

The share of women in management or governor roles has steadily increased over the past two years, analysis shows

Blogging is now an essential weapon in most scientists’ armoury

Nanyang Technological University president Bertil Andersson says Singapore has been much better at improving universities

Almost half of defectors drop out of higher education in South Korea

France's École Polytechnique among the institutions signing agreements in aftermath of nuclear deal

But country sees low satisfaction levels for financial support and accommodation costs

Collaboration with Europe has grown dramatically since 2000, according to analysis

State's new campus concealed carry law leads to warnings for academics on handling students who may have guns

Third of country’s higher education institutions were closed in 2014 after criticism of standards

Researchers hail separatism as a way for region to escape Spanish bureaucracy 

Future research excellence framework could incorporate information on the ‘future plans of institutions’

Students tend to nominate entertaining or ‘sexy’ academics, says paper

Consultant downplays fears that leaving the EU could see overseas sources of funding dry up

The school was launched by four students who met on an online course at McGill University

Hopes that coordination across universities and better career paths can renew technician workforce

Scientists are increasingly working in collaboration with overseas academics, according to OECD figures

Survey finds support for tools that could improve grades and reduce risk of dropping out

Government considering regulation that would further hamper enrolment of international students, sector leaders fear

Free movement of students and scholars would be hindered by UK leaving EU, says University of Glasgow principal

Times Higher Education hears how Wu's career encompassed filming Tiananmen protests and sending China’s first email

Black students’ officer Malia Bouattia among candidates for union presidency

Despite claims that engagement with business is as important as research and teaching, academics find they have no time for work outside the academy

But concerns raised over Hefce move to contract out quality assurance in several tenders

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

No more than 75 per cent of a discipline’s students should be of the same gender, says funding council

Credit agency says the pace of change will quicken as governments seek cost savings

Classes suspended at Pretoria and Free State following clashes over language and outsourcing

But universities warned to beware the predicted fall in China’s student population

Big remuneration deals for Salford’s Martin Hall and Glyndwr’s Michael Scott revealed in university accounts

As globalisation takes a firm grip on higher education, is the French government’s new strategy working?