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The Turkish government's actions in relation to higher education are understandable, argue Sedat Gumus and Bekir Gur

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

To effectively embed experiential learning, the whole university needs to buy into the idea, says Trisha Craig

Presidents' associations issue statement in wake of Brexit vote

Students could be forced to choose between the dodgy dossiers of established reputation and the imposter proxies of the TEF, says Liz Morrish

Fee rises confirmed today will have a negative effect on social mobility, writes Gordon Marsden

Social science scholars are attempting to produce ‘impossible results’ due to demands from journal editors, finds study

A leading authority on the application of solar energy has died

The Home Office has also released data showing experiments on animals across the country have broadly flatlined since 2013

The ‘relatively modest’ research reputations of some senior US university leaders make their pay ‘grotesquely unmerited’, claims author of report

Unlike the rest of the EU budget, research funding disproportionately flows to rich members. But there are pressures for this to change

New education secretary praises moves to open up sector to new providers, but majority allowing bill to next stage is only 36

Having an unusual, foreign or difficult-to-say name can present challenges in UK academia, says Marta Natalia Wróblewska

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

Greater financial uncertainty caused by the EU referendum result should lead to a rethink of proposed reforms, says Labour

The TEF will divide universities into 'institutional sheep and goats' and then starve the goats, writes Dorothy Bishop on the eve of the HE Bill's second reading

Shift may be evidence that researchers feel they are increasingly judged on citations and journal impact factors

The new education secretary has much to get to grips with as she arrives at the Department for Education

Alan Ruby sings the praises of the less-heralded face of US higher education

Academics gave ghostwritten papers good marks in Australian study

Two recipients of a new initiative at Portsmouth Business School describe their experience of joining a UK university

For those aspiring to an academic career, a PhD is the entry ticket to a world where reputation is all, says Robert MacIntosh. Here are his 10 top tips for early career researchers

Keith Williams eulogises a colleague who always put his students first and ‘kept the flame of old-fashioned scholarly virtues burning’

University of Hertfordshire modules are marking how well classmates encourage each other to participate

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

The UCU's Sally Hunt warns that if people from the EU no longer feel welcome in UK universities, the damage to our international academic reputation will be near fatal

David Mayall reflects on the ‘war on humanities’, Brexit and graduate employability

Alice Bonasio on why it is finally time for virtual learning, and how Second Life never really went away

Steven Vaughan has been experimenting with a new way of writing, and despite the odd bit of cheating, it’s going very well

Staff raise ‘serious reservations’ about the impact of proposal to record tutorials

Mark Griffin has a European School education in common with Boris Johnson, but it is fair to say it has not left them seeing eye to eye

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

Personality researcher Adam Perkins faces claims at rescheduled lecture of ‘misrepresenting’ studies to suit his thesis on ‘work-shy’ benefit claimants

Sites like Patreon and Kickstarter allow backers to fund independent scholars, but for now, the sums are small

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

There was huge support for Remain from university staff – but the public begged to differ

Nadine Muller has lived and worked in higher education since 2005, and has seen big changes in recent years

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

But universities are not entirely blameless for leave supporters' distrust - academics' liberal and left-wing tendencies verge on conformity, says David Matthews

Dutch push to tackle fraud and ‘reproducibility crisis’ follows high-profile misconduct cases in the country

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

A High Court action will determine whether former students on a much-criticised hypnosis degree course receive compensation

Doctoral supervisors are having to adapt to a new power dynamic with their students, conference will hear

LSE professor Alan Sked says the party ‘converted’ Tories to Euroscepticism but ‘turned nasty’

Instead, researchers should aim for methodological ‘soundness’ rather than ‘flashy claims of superiority’

Academic freedom is under threat from forthcoming plans for higher education, says ‘alternative white paper’

Figure described as ‘tip of the iceberg’ of new system’s price tag

Committee of MPs comes to no firm conclusion on whether common framework for research and commercialisation is good for the UK

Staff at eight UK universities will walk out on scheduled student open days as part of pay dispute

Marking boycott ends after UCU says managers agree to scrap ‘unfair’ targets

There are problems with the selection of teaching excellence framework metrics, argues Paul Ashwin

Krzysztof Rybiński on changing Narxoz University’s culture and the lure of ‘the best meat in the world’

Most taking part in new scheme will withdraw their extra pension as cash, finds report

I don’t sound like a professor? That’s your problem, not mine, writes Peter Larcombe

Motion passed at union congress under fire, but backers welcome ‘safe space’

Report unveiled at union’s congress highlights ‘unreasonable, unsafe and excessive hours’

A prominent and wide-ranging archaeologist has died

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