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Melissa Terras to call for ‘better communication’ of benefits

The University of Cambridge has opened a new postdoctoral centre for early career researchers.

But also emerges that watchdog passed LSST for educational oversight last September

Report identifies emerging technologies likely to have an impact on teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in tertiary institutions across Australia

There has been widespread dismay from artists, students and politicians after the listed Mackintosh building of the Glasgow School of Art caught fire

‘Wider range of options’ to be explored by University of London

A publisher has launched a pilot with 21 UK universities to reduce their subscription costs in proportion to the amount of open access fees they pay

The University of Nottingham has had to apologise for accidentally releasing personal data to around 13,000 people.

Oxford academic at centre of case says ‘clearly punitive investigation’ undermined ethnographic research   

The UK’s public spending watchdog has been asked to investigate possible misuse of public money in the student loans system by for-profit colleges.

The University of Oxford has become the latest higher education institution to disaffiliate from the National Union of Students.

Governing councils give the green light to look at detail of deal

A Canadian university president at the centre of a row about the sacking of a professor who spoke out about planned cuts has been dismissed.

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

Some fear plan to streamline approvals from trusts will not end local roadblocks

UK government urged to assess financial fallout before embracing similar system

Petition to oust head follows Twitter hoax set up in her name

University of London proposal will have negative impact on the discipline and postgraduates, academics warn

The amount of research council funding universities receive has increased in real terms by about half since 2002-03, according to a new report

Courses with ‘de facto’ accreditation might address frustration at lack of graduates’ skills, minister says

Welsh Assembly committee says institutions should receive minimum award regardless of quantity of world-class research

Emily Howard had an English degree and great expectations. Now jobless, she wonders if prospective students are given the whole truth

Derecognising Unite and Unison has led to greater employee engagement with the university, says the University of Reading’s John Brady

Poll reveals a cut in fees and more hours of teaching top student wishlist

First module of digital resource, covering 1920 to 1979, shines light on colonialism’s end, communism and Cold War

Bright Blue modernisers warn Conservatives to differentiate their university agenda to avoid possible inroads by the UK Independence Party

Unhindered by league tables, a for-profit business-focused institution says it is happily widening participation

Proposal to shift all active members to career average system to tackle £13 billion deficit

Scholars at Risk Network warns of threats to academic freedom after the killing of a lawyer defending a scholar

Universities undermine their identity and values when they headhunt outsiders for leadership roles, laments a senior manager

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls for ‘globalisation’ and more exchanges at university leaders’ summit at University College London

Academics hit their creative peak in their fifties. Amanda Goodall and John Montgomery say universities must adapt

The venerable term is now used by three universities and three institutional clusters in Paris

A postcolonial scholar began a troubling quest after learning about his father’s role in counterinsurgency in India

Philip Altbach on three problems hindering the kingdom’s institutions in their pursuit of world-class status

Life sciences ecosystem may lose out if US firm was ever to take over Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca

Tim Draycott, who led the development of the PROMPT course, on the fellowship that gave him three years’ precious thinking time. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

As costs soar for students Down Under, England should be even more wary of following the country’s lead, says Rachel Wenstone

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

Fiona Hackney considers the small colony of artists whose influence was felt far beyond their Cornish base

Private providers should be monitored more closely to ensure they are delivering similar quality to universities, a mission group has argued.

Students’ hours of study can vary by up to 25 hours a week depending on their course, a survey of undergraduates has found.

There are fears that new higher education legislation in Wales could make universities subject to “micro-management” by the Cardiff government.

The Russell Group will spend £9 billion on capital projects over five years, “comparable” to the UK’s spend on hosting the Olympics, a report claims

Scott Jaschik writes for InsideHigherEd on a row that has captivated Canadian higher education

Open letter from UUK board members points to research funding and mobility as being ‘central’ to success

A climate scientist has distanced himself from newspaper suggestions that his paper on global warming was rejected by a journal for political reasons

Proposal prompts resignation of advisory board chair

The chief executive of the National Union of Students has left the organisation after less than a year in charge

Claims and counterclaims fly over group that monitors extremist speakers

Most universities in the UK and the US now have a presence on Twitter, but which institutions can claim to be using the micro-blogging social network most effectively?

A committee of MPs has written to David Willetts over the potential risks to UK science of the proposed takeover of AstraZeneca by US giant Pfizer.

Too many policy experts look to the US and Australia as “some higher education funding nirvana”, according to the vice-chancellor who chairs Million+.

The research funder is seeking a head for its new science strategy department. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

Can students teach their lecturers a thing or two? Austin Fitzhenry thinks so

Mary Evans on a film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1964 novel that questions the limits placed on the imagination by ‘normal’ behaviour

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

The proportion of capital investment that universities financed using internal funds has leaped 20 per cent over the past four years, according to data released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency