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10 must-dos for postdocs identified by Catherine L Drennan, professor of chemistry and biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Fundraising consultant says management restructure would increase industry funding to HE

Research reveals surprising impact of overseas study, says Ellie Bothwell

Academy Award-winning actor visits archives and old laboratories where the famous British scientist worked

Alice Dreger resigns her post after institution censored a risqué story in a medical journal

Cultural differences can complicate relationships between international doctoral students and supervisors, Jack Grove hears

Eminent sociologist has recycled 90,000 words of material across a dozen books, claims paper

Fears over quality decline, but many academics still unclear over open access requirements

Proposal announced by Ministry of Education as the number of international students in the country continues to decline

Conference paper challenges argument that gender-balanced committees boost female candidates

Study praised founder of now defunct charity, Camila Batmanghelidjh, for ‘beauty and profound truth’ of her message

Phyllis Wise says she will step down due to ‘external issues’ affecting the institution

A scholar who pioneered the study of the economies of Japan and East Asia – and comparative organisational structures across the world – has died.

THE Africa Universities Summit hears that scholars may be tempted back by improved standards, better facilities and a welcoming atmosphere

We talk to the newly appointed visiting professor at the University of Surrey

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Head of University of Nottingham Malaysia says too much emphasis placed on small number of closures

The longest-serving master of Selwyn College, Cambridge and a distinguished historian and theologian has died

Former European Commissioner to lead a national review to address “systemic gender inequality” in higher education

Women who head universities say their gender is an extra job

Professor hopes York Accord will see institutions take in one student and one academic displaced by violence each year

Dame Carol Ann Duffy among the 65 names announced

We talk to the latest Sêr Cymru research chair

Women in university senior management earn significantly less than men in equivalent roles, says new report

University and College Union says proposals could mean a third of Wolverhampton's research professors lose their jobs

German court decision both ‘shocking’ and a threat to historical research

‘Anecdotal evidence has little value’, professor tells UK Council for International Student Affairs conference

But university governing body says it recognises ‘distress’ caused to Nobel laureate and his UCL scientist wife by his dismissal

Author Jeanette Winterson among 96 signatories of letter to board of governors

Academic and former finance minister succeeded by Euclid Tsakalotos as Greece debt crisis continues, writes deputy news editor John Morgan

Senior lawyer criticises Counter Terrorism and Security Act

Women made only 13 per cent of applications to flagship scheme for senior research leaders, council points out

Plans come after THE analysis revealed 18.2 per cent pay difference

More than half of female students reading science subjects at the University of Bristol said that they have felt uncomfortable at the institution because of their gender

A number of vice-chancellors, prominent academics and other higher education figures have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours

Nobel laureate Sir Tim Hunt has resigned from his position on a Royal Society committee as well as an honorary UCL professorship

The University of Cambridge has plans to establish a “LEGO professorship of play in education, development and learning” alongside a research centre, with £4 million of donations from the LEGO Foundation.

Union members at the University of Aberdeen have voted to strike in protest at the axing of 150 jobs.

A well-known author and academic has suggested her students should “go back to the womb” if they can’t cope with the kind of disturbing material literature has always dealt with

Academics at Newcastle University have been matched with members of the public as pen pals.