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Professors issue warning over obsession with performance management and research excellence

The Institute of International Education hopes that 1,000 teachers can help it double the number of Americans studying overseas

Demand for MBAs with social impact grows as millennials practise ‘positive business’

Could US moves to measure undergraduates’ improvements in critical thinking, writing and other skills spread to the UK?

Proposals to trim research and innovation programme ‘downgrades importance’ of funding at European level, warns EUA

Steve West says wider cohort needs more support as UUK launches new guidelines for institutions on supporting students

University and Hefce refuse FoI requests over multimillion-pound funding deal

Estimates suggest the government will pay £91 million towards the tuition fees of students taking a degree outside Wales

It’s not just sun and salaries drawing academics to MENA jobs, says Siân Phillips

UWS’ Craig Mahoney says that ‘opposing government policy isn’t always welcomed’

Early career scholars offered hundreds of tips and sage advice tweeted by longer-established peers

Biological sciences and business are among subjects to have experienced a surge in popularity over the past seven years, according to data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency.

European study sounds the alarm over how mistreatment can harm retention

THE investigation shows spike in spending on fees as UK ‘reliant’ on middlemen

Keele-based title applied for charitable status after audit revealed assets

University faces £17m deficit as enrolments fall while expenditures rise

Future of branch campus in Adelaide under review as funds dry up and London focuses on partnerships

FoI request on agent impropriety reveals that fake papers is top concern

The John Rylands Research Institute pairs collections and curators with scholars and scientists

British academics are second most successful in securing grants from the Qatar National Research Fund’s collaborative programmes

Battle continues between staff and management including senior figures Nigel and Niall Piercy

Journal’s decision follows trial that found ‘no effect’ on quality of reviews, writes Holly Else

The number of Chinese students enrolling on full-time taught master’s courses in England has grown to all but match the number of home students.

More than 50 higher education institutions are taking part in University Mental Health Day today.

UK students may soon be able to apply to universities in continental Europe through Ucas after the admissions body changed its rules

Students from poor families should pay tuition fees of only £3,000 a year, according to the chair of the Independent Commission on Fees

A UK shortage of digital skills has reached a “tipping point” and universities are not doing enough to address the crisis, a House of Lords report warns

A study has found no evidence that higher tuition fees affect student mental health in the long term

By Paul Fain, for Inside Higher Ed

An organisation with more than 200 US university members has formally urged the federal government to ditch plans for a college ratings system

A proposed new “world-class” university for Hereford will focus on engineering and has former Oxford vice-chancellor Sir John Hood as senior adviser

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Official guidance for universities on how to support students with mental health problems has been updated

The University of Warwick is to develop a campus in California, with the goal of growing to 6,000 students by 2031

The Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, which many academics fear will suppress freedom of speech in universities, has received Royal Assent.

The next government should create a new lead regulator, the Council for Higher Education England, and toughen rules for private providers

The employment rate among young people graduating in the UK is higher than that of the US, Australia and Japan, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

Soas conference discusses building a network of groups fighting for fair pay and conditions for casual teaching staff

Glasgow Caledonian to reduce financial and other backing for work that falls outside three ‘societal challenges’

George Freeman says public will back government’s ‘brave decision’ to open up healthcare records to medical research

Viral Thakerar dissatisfied with an OIA judgement restricted by university’s destruction of relevant exam documents

Higher education institutions are redefining the role of museums and galleries as cultural providers, as Ian Wylie reports

Sector challenged to share data on REF costs and come up with less ‘disingenuous’ figure than official estimates

Successful programme ‘jeopardised’ by ministry changes

Malcolm Gillies’ £453K final-year payment may make him last year’s highest paid vice-chancellor

NUS survey reveals extent of the fallout after the Home Office ended visa sponsorship at 65 private colleges

Cut in support for private study has share prices falling

FoI request finds that £132m is still outstanding despite a fall in total overpayments

Start-up aims to sidestep big pharmaceutical firms by developing its lab discoveries inside the university’s walls. Plus the latest higher education appointments

Academic’s ‘formidable expertise and knowledge’ and ‘unique voice’ remembered

With the recruitment cap lifting, accommodation is a hot issue

UUK letter disparaging policy ‘compromises ability to influence party’s thinking’

Madeleine Atkins says student opportunity funding ‘will go’ unless government can see a ‘return on investment’

CoLab project is putting a new twist on art forms