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Universities fear new higher education bill will force reclassification

Former presidential candidate says institutions must deliver courses more cheaply and that student loan burden must be eased

As new funding model looms, technology body’s incoming chief executive acknowledges some services may need cutting but highlights organisation’s value to higher education sector

Names, addresses and sensitive information discovered in unlocked filing cabinet at University of Bedfordshire

C’est chic: British fashion schools triumph in inaugural Business of Fashion global ranking

Georgia Institute of Technology research reveals extent of ‘ghost’ and ‘guest’ authoring

Alun Evans highlights need to ‘be careful not to discriminate against the young’ in facing up to the challenges of diversity 

The rise in ‘kilo-authors’ and ‘gift authorship’ is causing the academy to rethink how it assesses the worth of academic publications

Training needs to recognise US and overseas students’ different approaches to decision-making, study concludes

Technology could be used to encourage undergraduates at risk of spreading virus to stay at home

How will the complexion of Israel’s coalition government affect its universities?

Choice between overarching managers and collegiality in universities a false choice, study suggests

Rama Thirunamachandran to lead sector body while teaching excellence tops the political agenda

Move away from command and control model to increase staff engagement, advises Leadership Foundation paper

The ineffectiveness of the Mogadishu government is not stopping university leaders from trying to drive up standards

Eminent sociologist has recycled 90,000 words of material across a dozen books, claims paper

Industry-focused offshoot with Jaguar Land Rover link offers teaching from school to manager level

Study suggests BME students could be missing out on places because institutions are trying to shape ethnic mix

Proposed Twitter-based altmetric would treat retweets like citations

Cultural differences can complicate relationships between international doctoral students and supervisors, Jack Grove hears

Universities believed to be looking to Continent to make up shortfalls in domestic enrolment

High costs, long commutes and insecure jobs may explain figures from Best University Workplace Survey 2015

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Tell us what you love (or loathe) about your institution

Hefce study finds large differences in submission rates by ethnicity and gender

Paul Feldman joins sector technology body as it shifts to new funding model

Islamic State targets octogenarian scholar, according to reports

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development says many school-leavers may be better off enrolling on apprenticeships

Warwick study highlights high dropout rate and queries social mobility benefits

Paper argues that mobile game’s addictive appeal could be harnessed to improve course retention

Redundancy process will begin this autumn to achieve new operational model recommended by PwC

Fears over quality decline, but many academics still unclear over open access requirements

Ali Bongo Ondimba donates property in Libreville to state, free of charge

Older papers with unattributed material had higher similarity index than more recent ones

European Parliament study highlights pursuit of profit and ‘elite’ monopoly on mobility

Signs at Henderson State University said such attire would ‘not be tolerated’

Kingston academic Will Brooker pioneers a new kind of immersive research

Proposed campus is likely to be based on several sites amid concerns over environmental impact on much-loved beauty spot

Happy Stripper scholar challenges view that all female objectification is necessarily negative

Strategic plan ushers in £3 million bursary programme, plus ‘pathways out of the university’ for staff who fail to align with mission

China continues to advance, but Japan dips in Shanghai Jiao Tong ranking based on research strength

More than 420,000 students placed at UK universities by end of 13 August

However, others warn that all will lose if colleges and universities are forced to “go to war”, writes Stephen Exley

Proposal announced by Ministry of Education as the number of international students in the country continues to decline

French research finds that undergraduates give higher scores to male teachers

Body behind the Athena SWAN gender equality initiative names first institutions to receive award to promote racial diversity

All the latest breaking news as students receive their A level results

More than 409,000 accepted on to courses as clearing gets under way, up 3 per cent on last year

One in 20 respondents to NUS survey say they would have been better off not going to university 

Conference paper challenges argument that gender-balanced committees boost female candidates

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

BIS confirms it is looking at how to cut costs, after news emerges of ‘quick and dirty’ McKinsey review

Sector needs national standards and more industry links to drive and sustain economy, say experts

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Lecturer who masterminded student-run commercial operation Re:So shortlisted for enterprise education award

UK’s quality body rejects funding council proposals to scrap institutional reviews

Students ‘in strong position’ as number controls lifted, say sector observers

England urged to learn from country where attrition rates rose after student numbers cap was lifted

Incoming vice-president of international operations at Case says that UK fundraisers are ‘wildly talented’ but that the talent pool is ‘still very small’