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John McAdams criticised a graduate student by name on his blog over her views on gay marriage

Shaking off ‘impostor syndrome’ and stereotypes seen as essential by ex-prisoners recruited to spearhead programme

Study casts doubt on efficacy of increasing research productivity in some disciplines

Removal of guidelines on affirmative action and retirement of Supreme Court justice could ‘set the stage for future challenges’ to university admission policies

In a world transformed, we need a radical new blueprint – for a flexible, less centralised network of scholars and students, says a former Berkeley chancellor

Professor drops research after ‘irresponsible’ media coverage and joke responses

Institutions accused of only ‘wanting to be about Shakespeare’ in wake of proposal to merge US Education and Labor departments

Nobel laureates call for early career researchers to be freed from ‘publish or perish’ mentality

President of Canada’s York University warns against binary divide between regional and global universities

List of universities closing down predicted to grow rapidly

Academic tweets about how he stepped in to prevent colleague being attacked

Cross-border tensions accelerate trans-Pacific pivot