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University of Manouba hosts conference as dean Habib Kazdaghli faces trial said to ‘lack merit’. Matthew Reisz reports

London Met’s Steve Jefferys says he did nothing wrong in employing Jawad Botmeh

Tories may ban overseas students from using NHS

Academic proposes ‘analytic hierarchy process’ and more planning to avoid costly mistakes by universities. David Matthews reports

Further austerity measures could wreak havoc with BIS’ stretched finances

Department head Jenny Saul tells Paul Jump what she is doing to combat the bias against women

Nick Petford urges universities to be less risk-averse in difficult economic times

Matthew Reisz meets scholars whose enquiries are intertwined with their creative endeavours

Don’t ‘turn blind eye’ to excessive boozing, heads tell universities

Helen Bynum on the rewards, delight and egg-citement of dabbling in duck-keeping

Union says changes will lead to demotion and pay cuts. Jack Grove reports

Management pledges to tackle ‘stress-inducing’ culture. By Elizabeth Gibney

West London development will provide facilities for research, translation and commercialisation, explains Sir Keith O’Nions, Imperial president

Whoever wins the next election, uncapped enrolments and a big student loan book must be addressed, say observers

Artistic practice can certainly be research - but the present model in UK universities is confused and lacks intellectual rigour, argues Nicholas Till

A disastrous open-access policy lashes the promise of the digital age to an outmoded buggy of a model, laments Martin McQuillan

Death of Hugo Chavez unlikely to lead to changes within Venezuela’s ‘isolationist’ university system, says expert

Longer embargo periods of up to 24 months for green open access will only apply when universities’ annual block grants for “gold” article fees have run out, Research Councils UK has confirmed.

Report identifies ideal environments for UK. Jack Grove reports

NUS finds ‘illegal’ pay conditions in some universities. Elizabeth Gibney reports

Campaign fights West of England proposal to scrap courses. Elizabeth Gibney reports

Institutions need not subject international students to biometric attendance monitoring, agency reveals

But it continues with court case seeking to overturn home secretary’s decision to revoke Highly Trusted Sponsor status last year

Emirate’s flagship aims to integrate partners in postgraduate programmes as part of ‘2030’ plan

They say ‘lessons have been learned’ after Research Councils UK is condemned for lack of dialogue

Research gains in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Korea are not necessarily in their strongest suits, finds Thomson Reuters

Government loans may not be the answer, Hefce director argues. Elizabeth Gibney reports

Private university’s new course awaits General Medical Council approval as critics decry projected £144,000 price

Confused political rhetoric on student visas threatens one of the UK’s greatest global assets, says Martin Davidson

Analysis of information on staff and students can help to improve recruitment and retention

Ann Gallagher asks how the higher education sector should respond to the challenge set out by the Francis report into NHS failings

Editor John Summers tells Matthew Reisz how his political convictions will be reflected in its no-holds barred approach

State cuts lead sector to impose ‘arbitrary’ student targets. Phil Baty reports from New Orleans

Not only do medieval travellers’ tales provide students with a compelling account of history rooted in personal experience, they also promote cross-cultural understanding in the present day, argues David Mould

EUA advises greater coordination for ‘confused’ system

Gove’s former top civil servant criticise coalition’s ‘naive’ emphasis on Russell Group

Institutional review approves academic standards but says ‘lack of clarity’ in marketing claims could be ‘misleading’

The mission groups divide the academy, argues Thomas Docherty, and their demise could usher in a more rational, democratic sector

But registrar insists management is on the right track

A series of high-profile research scandals within social psychology have led to unjustified attacks on the whole academic discipline. Wolfgang Stroebe and Miles Hewstone declare that the majority must not suffer for a tiny minority’s misconduct

‘Grade grubbing’ may be on increase as student entitlement grows in high-fees era

The UK’s higher education funding councils will not express a preference for either green or gold open access in their submission rules for future research excellence frameworks.

The University of Gloucestershire has agreed to validate a range of pre-degree courses for international students as part of a new tie-up with private firm INTO University Partnerships.

The visa process can trap students in a costly Kafkaesque limbo. To improve life for foreign scholars, the sector should halt its failed lobbying over policy and focus on publicising the misery caused by Byzantine bureaucracy, argues Simeon Underwood

University of Liverpool’s new professorial fellow brings practical experience to academia

Coalition reveals ‘disturbing’ shortfall. David Matthews reports

Ambassador discusses efforts to combat perceptions of hostile sector

The Roy Lichtenstein retrospective at Tate Modern reveals the seriousness behind the Pop artist’s irony, finds Alex Danchev

Jack Grove on a European institution’s mission to foster cross-border scholarship

Canadian company Lashzone sent mass emails to UK universities in bid to establish ‘secret’ franchises on campuses

Plans would expose colleges and universities to competition from lower-cost alternatives, say observers

But private pupils do not suffer discrimination, expert argues

Image consultant: ‘jumble sale’ dress code does not an intellectual make. Matthew Reisz writes