Higher education

Academics claim that partnership ‘undermines’ organisation and allows University of Bahrain to ‘normalise’ country’s regime

A badly understood notion of risk has created a fake crisis in university pensions that will devastate academia, argues Dennis Leech

Academia often treats leavers as failures, but some of our smartest scholars are starting to see walking away as liberation, writes Inger Mewburn

Rising tuition fees and the marketisation of higher education mean the time is right to explore a new model, says Joss Winn

University of Westminster music academic on fighting with punks, boosting Peter Andre’s career and pioneering ‘classical reggae’

Australia’s higher education policy is adrift, and could learn a thing or two from the UK, say Julie Hare and Stephen Parker

Professor finds 86 English-language journals on the sector and lists the 28 ‘most reputable’

Jisc has revealed its top social media superstars of the year, writes Chris Parr

UUK International wants every UK university to join its ‘Go International’ campaign, but institutions find it hard to get students to participate in overseas schemes, says Rachael Pells

Several top researchers exit Teesside after professors given individual ratings out of 32, senior academic claims

Broad-brush efforts to support female and ethnic minority academics will not address ‘multidimensional inequality’, says Warwick professor

University of Hertfordshire job cuts add to fears staff could be forced out ahead of REF 2021

Nancy Rothwell and Glyn Davis write from the Global University Engagement Summit in Melbourne

Almost 50 years after it was dismantled, the celebrated institution is making a comeback

A defence of non-academic university leaders fails to make the grade, says Amanda H. Goodall

Joanna Williams on the rules for classroom confrontations that can build inclusiveness

Aniko Horvath on the disconnect between data and policymaking decisions that allows foreign learners to be framed as the ‘other’

Students will need to shed the pounds to pass new course designed to combat country's obesity crisis

On International Stammering Awareness Day, two academics who stammer explain why higher education must do more to support those with this ‘invisible disability’

Strong turnout in ballot over USS changes ‘sends a clear message’ that union members will take action to protect retirement fund, says UCU

Accurate translation apps could have a ‘major impact’ on academia, some scholars believe, but others unconvinced

Colin Bailey on a gamble to attend university that nearly backfired, and the institution that is academia’s ‘best-kept secret’

Student accommodation wardens are latest to be imprisoned in Turkey's anti-Gülenist crackdown

Office for Students’ Nicola Dandridge says new regulator will not guarantee union seat on board

Watchdog’s new guidelines aim to stop ‘contract cheating’ on campus

Social scientists must create a culture in which individuals regularly observe, analyse and interpret their own data, says Geoff Mulgan

Quiet acceptance of accent discrimination damages efforts to make classrooms more inclusive, says Katerina Loukopoulou

Some researchers worry that lack of female laureates devalues prestigious awards

Former HEA chief executive hailed for ‘vision and persistence’ in changing teaching policy and practice

Cost of compliance with Home Office rules uncovered by Study Group

Elite universities must expand their intake to combat rising resentment directed at higher education, says Catharine B. Hill

Despite advances in artificial intelligence, humans will always have the edge over machines when it comes to teaching, says Aldwyn Cooper

Downplaying the vital role that universities play in encouraging creativity could endanger the main engine of economic growth, say Luca Cacciolatti and Soo Hee Lee

Inaugural UK-US science deal will include investment in two major projects Stateside

Vigilante mob face murder charges over campus killing of student Mashal Khan

Universities are right to re-examine the support in place for students in light of soaring suicide rates, says health secretary Jeremy Hunt

Iran's detention of a history PhD student for alleged spying has been condemned by Princeton and US government

Glasgow vice-chancellor Sir Anton Muscatelli defends ‘cost-efficient’ sector driving UK growth

Inaugural HEA award is latest accolade for Yorkshire institution

Thousands of university staff are set to pay more towards pensions under proposals

Seven top universities establish political monitoring units in response to state ‘rectification reports’

Community contribution matters as much as teaching and research, says Karen Stanton

Singaporeans are starting to question the benefit of recruiting so much global research talent, say Pang Eng Fong and Linda Lim

Don’t blame vice-chancellors for their salaries – we need to rethink where power lies in universities, says Tom Cutterham

It is time to consider how we can stop senior academics bullying their way on to research papers, says Trisha Greenhalgh

Brain-boosting drugs can help students and academics alike to unlock their potential, says Hemmel Amrania

Replacing England’s tuition fee system with a cheaper and fairer alternative is not as difficult as many claim, says Andrew Adonis

Kurdistan shows that post-conflict countries can build a thriving higher education sector by working with foreign partners, says Dlawer Ala’Aldeen

Durham education experts call for more ‘radical’ approach to contextualised admissions

Book of the week: A cancerous, consumer-driven capitalism has weakened higher education, says David Wheeler

Vitriol directed at Cambridge professor of Classics on Twitter is part of wider battle to politicise diversity, says Conrad Brunstrom

Many students aren’t reporting sexual harassment or assault on campus despite efforts to tackle the problem, say Hareem Ghani and Graham Towl

Prevent monitoring and defeat of legal challenge shows that anti-extremism policy is not limiting academic freedom, says Hifsa Harron-Iqbal

The UK's ‘red line’ on free movement of labour may prevent its students from participating in the Erasmus exchange programme, says European Union law expert

How can higher education prepare students for jobs that do not even exist yet? asks Christina Slade

Even scientists may be unmoved by evidence on how to make teaching better, finds Jennifer Rohn

Providing support for learners on low-cost ‘flat-pack degrees’ is key to expanding international higher education in Australia and worldwide, says Merlin Crossley

Research finds undergraduates ‘self-sort’ by gender and ethnicity for group work