Head of school/department

A highly innovative former dean of the Stanford School of Education has died

Australian university seeks to improve researchers’ digital identities. But does this risk excessive uniformity?

If lab misconduct is linked to personality traits, there is a case for assessing these when hiring scientists, say researchers

Drop in percentage of successful applications to research councils comes amid global debate over ‘wasted’ time applying for funding

Eight subject rankings reveal elite group of 14 US and European universities thriving across disciplines

‘Clusters of excellence’ have created highly cited publications, but the amount of money involved is still relatively small

Why are postgraduates and postdocs so expendable and professors so untouchable, asks a geneticist subjected to a paranoid boss’ abuse

Both banks and universities are ‘full of highly skilled European workers’ and so have an interest in pushing for liberal immigration system, conference hears

New study looks at what happened when a university made its publications publicly available through an institutional repository

It is unclear what Theresa May’s policy will mean in practice, but it could draw universities into the heart of economic planning

For the second time in a month the American University of Afghanistan has been targeted

Jeremy Berg warns scientists are straying into policy commentator roles

Warning from Nick Jennings, AI expert and new vice-provost at Imperial College London

Watchdog also says government should consider legislating to ban custom essay writing services

Some see changes as making it more attractive to hire younger researchers – but there could be new opportunities to game the system

Government plans rise in research spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP, far above UK

Vice-chancellor predicts that sector’s ‘slightly snobbish’ attitude will be swiftly eroded

A rigorous methodology is essential to manage university patent portfolios, say Bruno Reynolds and Ben Oakley from Isis Enterprise in Oxford

Chair of independent review of research excellence framework also hopes to tackle 'game-playing'

An acclaimed designer who became an academic leader has died

The grouping of subjects such as neuroscience and psychiatry with cheaper disciplines will lead to what critics say is a failure to fairly fund mental health research

Researchers have used an art competition to model what happens during peer review, and their work raises further questions over its effectiveness

Presidents' associations issue statement in wake of Brexit vote

Lord Stern's warning adds to concerns about a brain drain from British universities in the wake of the referendum result

Minister invites researchers to send ‘concrete’ examples that UK academics are being stopped from bidding for EU grants 

Dundee academics face redundancy at end of ‘shocking’ assessment process

UCU brands University of Bolton incentive scheme, which could see programme leaders paid thousands of pounds, ‘just wrong’

Fewer students expected to come to UK from Continent in wake of Brexit

An often anti-intellectual Leave campaign has triumphed, leaving scholars wondering why so many appear to distrust them

But research leaders in the UK say their European counterparts are already freezing them out when it comes to applying for EU money

Iain Gillespie, former research and innovation director at Nerc, explains why the University of Leicester is setting up four new institutes

Brexit vote leads some European researchers to conclude joint bids with UK academics are now too risky

Leave vote triggers warnings of recruitment problems and of UK academics seeking better opportunities elsewhere

Ritual dating back to 1922 seeks to remind graduates of their ethical obligations – while one business school has also adopted the idea

Quality Assurance Agency says university should even out disparity in number of tutorials and essays set by colleges

A political scientist who made a major contribution to criminology and the study of public order has died

Beijing said to be making ‘concerted campaign’ to extend soft power, neutralise opposition to South China Sea territorial claims

With truly immersive headsets now on the market, academics are beginning to explore how to use the technology for teaching

Institution-level statistics will be ‘too generic’, THE/HEA webchat hears

Allegations of ‘inappropriate influence’ emerge on survey that will be key TEF metric

Data show deep dependence on EU funds by some institutions and subjects

Governments overall are spending more of GDP on tertiary education but less on research

Misty Bentz is the inventor of ‘Phynd the Physicist’, a game designed to open dialogue among students about inclusion

The argument that v-cs will jump ship if their salary doesn’t match that of commercial comparators rings hollow

Research councils, Innovate UK and QR funding will be brought under one new body that will also distribute new money for interdisciplinary research

Five years from launch, partnership proves benefits of bigger scale, according to two v-cs

Data on international collaborations hint at importance of place, politics and history

New book explores the anxieties of Peking and Tsinghua students caught between their parents, the Communist Party and new Western ideas about education

University revises policy after backlash from academics

A ‘legendary’ lecturer in psychology has died

‘Character education’, a concept that has taken off among schoolteachers, could be coming to higher education

Both the government and resurgent left-wing groups are promoting ‘red education’ in the country’s universities

Lobbying intensifies ahead of Lord Stern's review of crucial assessment into university research performance

Negative stories including collapse of Kids Company appear to be making the public more wary of major research funders

Although the UK does well in competitive grant funding, it loses out on EU structural funds

Li Keqiang also demands institutions stop duplicating research

Soon-to-be-released review into employability has identified the importance of work experience, students’ attitude and accreditation

Analysis reveals some disciplines could leave graduates at a much greater risk of being replaced by machines in the future

Wellcome Trust Monitor Report finds more certainty about the benefits of breakthroughs, but a mixed picture of general scientific knowledge

Lack of independent working blamed for difficulties making the leap from undergraduate to doctoral work