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International project to change curriculum helps UCL students avoid ‘sophomore slump’

David Latchman’s work to be subject of new inquiry after he was cleared in 2015

Analysis casts doubt on fears that ‘publish or perish’ culture undermines quality

The value added by a university matters more than how much its graduates earn, says Bahram Bekhradnia 

Research-intensive universities may not be matching rhetoric with actions on teaching support

Concerns China's researchers are driven too much by external motivations, like funding or publications, than desire for new knowledge

Lords report urges government to step up efforts to attract academics in wake of Brexit vote

Large-scale study at a top Danish university reveals mismatch between student and teacher expectations around learning

A ‘professionalised’ police needs to maintain core skills, says this police constable

Biochemist named in analysis of US highly cited papers claims it is not his main contribution to science

Despite the pressure to retreat behind national borders, international academic ties should prove resilient

Women in academia may be losing out salary-wise because they are more focused on tasks that may go unrewarded, a study suggests

New university chairs are part of a broader package of ties

Academics should be able to publish either a YouTube video or a paper, expert argues

New analysis suggests university offers should take greater account of where students went to school

Universities warn parliamentary inquiry that Brexit vote already deterring staff and students from coming to UK

The US election result shows the shortcomings of higher education, says Dan Sarofian-Butin

Study looks at how gender preconceptions are formed at primary school level

Stereotypes and myths around sexual violence still hold currency among students, says Stephen Pihlaja

Exploitative employment model is UK higher education’s ‘dirty little secret’, says Sally Hunt

Funding conference attendance out of your own pocket? Don't worry – there are ways to make back the cash through other academic activities. Catherine Fletcher explains.

Chancellor's Autumn Statement confirms extra £2 billion a year for R&D will be distributed by research funding agencies

Fictional professors from film, TV and literature have been reported to new watchlist of 'anti-American' academics

Action over Kevin Allred, who was also questioned by police, yet again raises issue of free speech in wake of Trump election 

Bairbre Redmond considers the importance of international collaboration ahead of the BRICS & Emerging Economies Universities Summit

Requesting a log of daily activity means that trust between the institution and the scholar has broken down, says Toby Miller

Students and lecturers join forces for a national demonstration over cuts, fee rises and the plight of EU staff and students post-Brexit

Lecturers have long been accused of indoctrinating students with their liberal views, and the grade-obsessed students of today feel the same way, say Will Grant and Darren Linvill

A new study shows computers outshine real-life academics when performing some scholarly research tasks

Work to attract more women into UK university engineering departments will be undermined by ‘beyond belief’ changes to A levels, senior academics claim

Claire Taylor wants ‘education is never wasted’ to become the mantra for a higher education sector that is struggling to communicate its value to the public

It would be 'arrant snobbery' to dismiss Trump supporters as bumpkins, writes Duncan Wu, who predicted the Republican's election win

We need to make America think again, say Simona Aimar and David Egan

The amount of learning that goes on outside the classroom makes quantifying what students have learned very difficult, says Jon Scott 

More researchers are inventing fake peer reviewers to get their work published, analysis suggests

In the first of a new series of articles, leading academics and university administrators will share tips on how to get ahead in higher education. Here, those involved in hiring explain how to handle a Skype interview

Renee Ann Cramer explains how classroom role-play helped her students to humanise voters with whom they disagree

'Nazi-era methods' targeting academia unacceptable, says Luxembourg's foreign minister

US scholars reveal how they will spend the night as arguably the most divisive election battle in recent history nears its conclusion

International linguists have decried a Hong Kong professor’s controversial claim that bias against non-native English speakers is ‘myth’ 

A UK university has been criticised for cancelling a guest lecture after a British academic refused to produce his passport

Myths about the impact of having a surname starting with a letter late in the alphabet have been debunked by a new analysis

Anonymous interviews explore how scholars use gossip to warn others of wrongdoers – but it may not always work

When a UK politician questioned the value of academia, scholars were quick to respond, finds Tommaso Grant

The Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire is wrong to say that academics lack ‘real world’ experience, says Emma Sheppard

Science is an often overlooked but vital part of the liberal arts curriculum, says Steven Lynn Bernasek

Badly rated teachers more likely to distrust data, Israeli study finds

Student artists at Staffordshire University have transformed academic research on graduate debt into a full-length comic

Karl Dittrich sings the praises of an increasingly international Dutch higher education system, and dismisses concerns about English proficiency

Spread of student ratings is part of trend that poses a threat to academic autonomy and diversity, says Coventry University academic 

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

Co-author of a major UK study of female advancement at Pakistan’s universities recounts positive experience of such institutions

Plugging a multibillion-pound deficit exacerbated by June’s poll result may require ‘drastic measures’, analysts have warned

Those who leave China to study are more likely to win jobs and promotion when they return, but local academics tend to take top administrative roles, analysis suggests

Study of 36,000 undergraduates identifies positive relationship between financial aid, retention and attainment

Students are too often micromanaged and policed while on campus, and it needs to stop, writes Frank Furedi

‘Unexpected’ twist occurred after a seven-year-old’s manuscript on bats was accepted by a pay-to-publish journal

Recent graduates teach at three to four universities a day to make ends meet, researcher finds during stint observing country’s private HE system

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