Head of school/department

Graduate start-ups also show employment and turnover growth, although fewer are being founded

Russell Group and University Alliance at loggerheads over whether next research excellence framework should assess more at university level

Scientific misconduct increasingly studied as example of ‘occupational crime’, researcher says

Twenty-five years after it was founded to promote openness in the post-Soviet era, the Central European University is grappling with new threats to democracy

The 50th anniversary of the two-year MBA in Europe is a good time for the academy to take stock, says Franz Heukamp

Hermann Hauser, who led efforts to launch Catapult network of commercialisation centres, sees a major cultural difference between UK and Germany

Wiley and Elsevier attacked over failures to deposit papers as research funder warns it could withdraw funding for hybrid journals

If qualified teacher status is abolished, the role of a postgraduate certificate becomes even more important, says Jacquie Nunn

Rules introduced by Scotland's ombudsman have forced universities to improve how they handle student complaints, says University of Edinburgh expert

Housing crisis in Oxford, Cambridge and London means the cost of loan and joint equity schemes has tripled in past five years

Times Higher Education event will explore how to educate Africa’s increasing number of young people

Chartered Association of Business Schools report shows numbers of non-EU students falling almost 9 per cent last year

Conference hears that fundamental skills, rather than specific languages, will serve graduates throughout their careers

Scholars in the UK and Australia contemptuous of impact statements and often exaggerate them, study suggests

But authors of original paper hit back, saying latest assessment is ‘very optimistic’

Although overall resource funding will rise, most of this extra money will go to multidisciplinary research

A renowned topologist who established the University of Warwick’s Mathematical Institute as a major centre has died

Collaboration with Europe has grown dramatically since 2000, according to analysis

Future research excellence framework could incorporate information on the ‘future plans of institutions’

Hopes that coordination across universities and better career paths can renew technician workforce

Times Higher Education hears how Wu's career encompassed filming Tiananmen protests and sending China’s first email

Despite claims that engagement with business is as important as research and teaching, academics find they have no time for work outside the academy

Ahead of TEF, funding council says universities must not seek to sway students’ responses

Higher education institutions are ready to do their bit but are being held back, say Maureen Glackin and Claire Taylor

A prominent academic expert on banking, mortgages and insurance has died

Law professor at Queen Mary University of London organises open days for refugees and asylum seekers

Chinese Ministry of Education directive wants students abroad to have a ‘positive patriotic energy’

The creative industries are a good career choice now, and higher education should respond, says Anne Carlisle

Cutting academic autonomy contradicts studies on what makes businesses effective, policy expert claims

As 14 February approaches, Tim Worth looks at a couple of choice Collinses and remembers what Georgian ladies had to put up with

Interviews with MA students in UK suggest that although few agree with Chinese government line, compulsory courses dull development of independent thought

Outgoing head says that diversity on campus is about ‘inclusion’ rather than simply ‘getting numbers of people’

Broader-based education addresses concerns over graduate skills, conference hears

A focus on basic cell biology and statistical population health studies means that understanding how living systems operate has been neglected, they claim

China, fostering links with future leaders through its universities, is now playing the same game as Western nations, researcher says

White students are over-represented compared with young UK population, but there is huge variation for other groups

Subra Suresh fears that business short-termism, increasing research costs and worries over cybersecurity are undermining the incentives to invest

Oxford college says it has received an ‘overwhelming message’ in favour of keeping the statue standing

Dave Sayers shares his tips on how to boost productivity

Analysis suggests higher selectivity fails to increase journals’ impact factors

Comments by universities minister could signal a split in opinion in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Center for Open Science hopes initiative will make results more reproducible

Comments by Sir Keith Burnett follows criticisms from business minister than some universities held a 'snobbish' attitude to the courses

Researchers cite high levels of independence and the need for social perceptiveness as factors

Warning comes after stories about Coca-Cola’s spending on science hit the headlines last year

One of Britain’s leading organisational psychologists has died

Authors argue this means universities should spend less on senior academics and give promising younger scholars more of a chance

Scholars say they feel overwhelmed by demands, but there is scandalously little evidence on whether long hours make any sense for knowledge workers, finds David Matthews

Some surveys show faculty putting in at least 60 hours a week, but research casts doubt on whether this is a productive routine

Qatar University tops list while the UK is the most outward-looking nation

Heated debate and hours of staff time are worth it if students get the courses they need, says Charles Bailyn

Despite mission statements proclaiming importance of ‘third stream’ activity, scholars do not see it as a priority

Plos Biology launches new section looking at how experiments are run and incentive systems for scientists

Older white voters more hostile to state university funding if younger population is ethnically diverse, Californian study finds

Narrow science base could hurt ability to meet new challenges, report says

City University London vice-chancellor among academics recognised

Country’s standardised test shows improvements in undergraduates’ general and subject knowledge

After fears that Chinese students are absorbing ‘Western values’, city authorities attempt to stymie pathway courses to foreign universities

Chair of review into research excellence framework also defends decision to have steering committee dominated by Russell Group

Associate dean at HEC Paris says French institutions must look to international peers if they want to compete globally