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University negotiates compromise deal over controversial conference

Study finds proportion of non-aboriginal people in the country graduating from university is improving at a faster rate

Physicist warns that the UK’s high scientific output is based on investment made ‘decades’ ago

Critics say Kansas State University show resembled a sexual act, William Shatner disagrees

Five hundred staff face a choice of relocating to Manchester, Milton Keynes or Nottingham, or leaving

Overseas applicants also cited the UK’s attitude to international students as a factor dissuading them from choosing a university in the country

Former business secretary’s book says PM cannot move Theresa May ‘an inch’ and reveals Lib Dems had plan to protect higher education and science budgets under new coalition

Universities to scale back liberal arts and social science courses

Debate hears differing perspectives on whether students should have warnings or be sheltered from certain points of view

Institution says app was designed to make the experience of clearing ‘reassuring and enjoyable’

Report recommends that branch campuses are scrutinised within institutional reviews of UK awarding bodies

Megan Dunn and NUS national executive committee clash as policy to formally oppose the teaching excellence framework is passed

‘We don’t need Nobel physicists running car parks. We want the scientists focused on science,’ says universities minister

‘Conference at the Gates’ confronts the buyers and sellers of arms

Financial boost follows better than average performance in the 2014 REF

Bruce Harreld will become president of the institution in November

Wyn Ellis appears to have been on immigration blacklist after exposing Thai official’s plagiarism

Kiron University looking to raise money to offer free education to refugees

Ministers respond to concern about violence against women on campus

Watchdog says only one in five of a cohort of students at London-based Grafton College of Management Sciences on course to complete qualification on time

BIS data confirm continuing decline in part-time study and widening of gender gap

Bumper year for fund managers at the Universities Superannuation Scheme

UKVI takes action against one of England’s largest private colleges

Computing, maths and business management in line for ‘rationalisation’ as spending cuts hit institution

Luister details alleged discrimination against black students at leading institution

US firms report increasing use of psychological assessments

Institutions also ordered to establish press offices and publish “authentic” university news

Event at the University of Hertfordshire breaks new ground in examining the undead

Government seeks to build on increasing numbers coming from abroad to study in the country

Academy Award-winning actor visits archives and old laboratories where the famous British scientist worked

Australian delegation that includes former cricketer Adam Gilchrist aims to boost educational links with subcontinent

But longitudinal survey also finds more university leavers are now working part-time or engaged in further study

Alice Dreger resigns her post after institution censored a risqué story in a medical journal

But master of Birkbeck has accepted that there were ‘procedural matters’ in his lab that ‘required attention’

Researchers find an unexpected link between brevity and popularity

Agency to design and conduct nationwide inspection regime

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

French research finds that undergraduates give higher scores to male teachers

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

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