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We speak to the president of Birkbeck, University of London on part-time study, older learners, Barack Obama and tuition fees

An internationally acclaimed authority on the role of creativity in education has died

We speak to Lord Puttnam, the chair of Pearson College’s academic board

We speak to Jonathan Baker, who has joined the University of Essex as its founding professor of journalism

A much-cited engineering researcher whose systems of prototyping helped to produce safer cars has died

We speak to the director of the genomics platform at the Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University

A pro vice-chancellor who forged a new international dimension for the University of Sussex has died

A leading expert on organisational theory and women in management has died

We speak to the Regius professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick and winner of the Fields Medal

An iconoclastic educator at the heart of the movement to create for-profit universities has died

We speak to the Man Booker prize judge and professor of American literature at the University of East Anglia

A leading international expert on the marine environment and strategies for its protection has died

We speak to the new director of music at the University of East Anglia

The latest higher education appointments

We speak to a recipient of the L’Oréal-Unesco UK & Ireland fellowship for women in science

A leading academic administrator who also made a major contribution to business economics has died

The latest higher education appointments

One of the world’s leading environmental sociologists has died

We speak to a recent Edge Hill graduate, Super League rugby player and brain haemorrhage survivor

A political scientist who was a pioneer in the field of leadership studies has died

We speak to the CEO of GSM London (formerly Greenwich School of Management)

The latest higher education appointments

The latest higher education appointments

We speak to the Palestinian artist and pro vice-chancellor (academic portfolio and market development) at Birmingham City University

A towering figure in Northern Irish higher education, notable for his “courage, integrity and independence of mind”, has died

The latest higher education appointments

We speak to the Frank Jackson Foundation professor of the environment, Gresham College

An acclaimed trumpeter who also served as a professor at several of England’s leading colleges of music has died

One of the 10 most-cited scholars in the field of international business, and an adviser to the Canadian government on trade, has died

We speak to the soon-to-be chief operating officer and director of translation of the Francis Crick Institute

A computer scientist whose research proved crucial in reducing crashes caused by bugs within the Windows operating system has died

We speak to the new chancellor of the University of Birmingham

We speak to the new chair of the Council of Deans of Health

A leading figure in the development of geographical information science has died

A physicist who played a central role in developing the theory of supersymmetry – often known as SUSY – has died

We speak to the new chair to the advisory board of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath

The second vice-chancellor of the University of Surrey, who steered his institution through the upheavals of the 1980s, has died

We speak to professor of meteorology at the University of Reading and chair of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London

One of the leading Australian philosophers of his generation has died

We speak to the director of the UK Higher Education International Unit

A leading scholar in the field of children’s play has died

We speak to the next chancellor of Staffordshire University

A geologist who traded a life of adventure for a highly successful career as a Harvard science journalist has died

We speak to the Irish poet who is to take up the post of distinguished professor in English and creative writing at Lancaster University

A leading figure in the open access movement has died

We speak to the writer of The Eagle Has Landed and the recipient of an honorary doctorate of literature from the University of London International Programmes

An “inspirational” head of the largest provider of healthcare education in Wales has died

We speak to the president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, the highest-ranking woman in Pope Francis’ papacy

We speak to the new vice-chancellor’s fellow at the University of Melbourne, a former commissioner for environmental sustainability in Victoria

A distinguished academic expert on urban geography and the geographies of development has died

An academic best known for his attempt to land a spacecraft on Mars has died aged 70.

A man who revolutionised public engagement with science has died

We speak to the new vice-provost (international) at University College London, a former High Commissioner to South Africa

A leading Argentine political theorist and advocate of “radical democracy”, long based at the University of Essex, has died

We speak to the former Children’s Laureate and next chancellor of the University of Roehampton

An economist who specialised in looking at the causes of low productivity in the UK has died

We speak to the chancellor of the University of Greenwich

A Cambridge professor of literary history has died

We speak to the theoretical physicist, EPSRC RISE Leader and professor of public engagement in science at the University of Surrey

Richard Hoggart, one of the most admired and influential academics of his generation, has died aged 95.