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‘One of the leading theoretical physicists of his generation’ has died

We talk to the former coalition government minister about the Liberal Democrats’ tuition fees U-turn and how Westminster can be an isolating work environment

One of the leading ecological researchers of his generation has died

The University of Glasgow vice-principal talks about her journey from studying under communism in Poland to the senior leadership team of a UK university

A prominent academic activist has died

The multiple Paralympic gold medallist and now university chancellor reveals her excitement about graduation ceremonies and her sleeplessness over Daleks

A leading historian of modern European history has died

We talk Whitehall, tuition fees and Sunderland FC with the veteran Daily Mirror journalist

A poet and leading 18th-century literary scholar has died

We speak to the London College of Fashion professor and author of a new book on Muslim fashion

A ‘genuinely public historian’ and charismatic lecturer has died

The former Labour Cabinet minister talks about her foray into the world of university senior management

Leading Renaissance scholar hailed as polymath and iconoclast following her death

An electrical engineer who pioneered major developments in signal processing has died

On 25 October it will be the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt. Ahead of the commemoration, we talk to an Agincourt expert about its continued historical significance

A key figure in today’s higher education information landscape has died

We talk to the Liverpool Hope lecturer who featured in the finale of This Is England ’90

We talk to the winner of the Russian Geographical Society’s Fedor P. Litke Gold Medal

A pioneering engineer known as ‘the father of aeroacoustics’ has died

A leading expert on medieval French language and lexicography has died

We talk to the world-famous photographer about donning a cap and gown as a university chancellor

The new principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, on widening participation and comparisons to Marvin the paranoid android

An economic historian who ‘almost single-handedly’ transformed our understanding of technological change has died

A pioneering computer scientist who offered many powerful insights into the nature of complex adaptive systems has died

We talk to the director of the Egypt Exploration Society about mummies, whether university is right for everyone and his one-time ambition to play guitar for Radiohead

A scholar, novelist and photographer whose work drew on her past as a Jewish émigré from the Soviet Union has died

The former England rugby league captain and double university graduate talks higher education and life after sport. Plus the latest higher education appointments

A leading campaigner for justice in South Africa who went on to become master of a Cambridge college has died.

The new Russell Group chair on the looming spending review, criticism of elite universities and their leaders, and cycling from one end of the country to the other

A linguist who helped radically transform the BBC Russian-language courses has died

We talk to the AHRC chief executive as he prepares to move to the School of Advanced Study

A researcher who made a major contribution to our understanding of cancer – and paved the way for several new classes of drug – has died

We talk to the new chancellor of the University of Westminster

A scholar who transformed our understanding of early Islam has died

We talk to the University of Cambridge academic who brings engineering to life

A scholar who pioneered the study of the economies of Japan and East Asia – and comparative organisational structures across the world – has died.

We talk to the Labour MP for Barking and former chair of the Public Accounts Committee

We talk to the newly appointed visiting professor at the University of Surrey

The longest-serving master of Selwyn College, Cambridge and a distinguished historian and theologian has died

A leading expert on electronic circuit theory who spent his whole career at Berkeley has died

We talk to the lawyer, academic, former pro-chancellor and founder of a private university in Nigeria

A major authority on management and leadership, particularly within the National Health Service, has died

We talk to the latest Sêr Cymru research chair

A scholar and translator who broke through glass ceilings at Oxford has died

We speak to the chair of the Alan Turing Institute

A leading legal scholar notable for his “taste for the absurd” as well as his erudition has died

We speak to the vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne, the host of the THE World Academic Summit

A leading scientist and industrialist who served as the fourth chancellor of the University of Nottingham has died

We speak to the British Academy’s chief executive elect

A leading expert in how scientific research can best be used to promote environmental causes has died

The well-travelled scholar boldly goes where no Gibraltarian has gone before

An independent scholar who became one of the world’s leading authorities on Lord Byron has died

We speak to the man who led the discovery of Richard III’s final resting place

Research can have unpredictable results, but some advance planning will make proving its value much easier

A British geographer who played a major role in opening up his discipline to more aesthetically and culturally focused approaches has died

We speak to the head of the London College of Fashion and pro vice-chancellor, University of the Arts London

We speak to the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for History

A leading scholar of religion and literature best known for his translation of the Chinese epic The Journey to the West has died

We speak to the Greenwich v-c and newly appointed head of Jisc

A talented physicist who moved into finance and then returned to academia to create major programmes at Essex Business School has died