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UK students may be less likely to commit suicide than the general population, but rates are rising. A properly informed and funded response is vital, says Sarah Niblock 

There is no holding back the king tide that is the Asian country’s higher education ambition – yet while the torrent carries some riches, what will it sweep away?

Some commentators have urged the UK to replicate German universities of applied science. It’s not that simple, says Neil Shirtcliffe

Home Office says records on international academics are ‘not collated in a manner which can be reported on’

Overseas students seen as key buffer against rankings drop and demographic decline

Reformed Paris university raising funds for professorships, labs, bursaries and restoration projects

Many students are struggling with stress-related health problems after switch to postgraduate programmes, research suggests

Shift in focus at transcontinental African Leadership University prompts some staff to quit

Increasing research investment could see country lead the region in higher education, but experts say it needs to balance capacity with culture

Cambridge researcher dreams of returning home to war-stricken country

Relying on an inspirational leader is a bad tactic for universities, conference hears

Nobel laureates call for early career researchers to be freed from ‘publish or perish’ mentality

University of Roehampton provost Lynn Dobbs will take the reins at London Metropolitan University in October

At a gathering of young scientists and Nobel prizewinners, David Matthews detects a whiff of mutiny in the air stirred by the pressures of a modern research career

Submissions will be published alongside reviewers’ comments and author responses

Government investment will address the underperforming sector but political interference needs to stop for Indian higher education to truly make its mark, argues Deepak Nayyar

This teaching guide for African history should support and inspire educators, writes Toby Green

Chemistry laureate Michael Levitt also warns younger scientists are now far less likely to be awarded grants

Three-quarters of students in the UK now receive ‘good’ degrees, compared with just half 20 years ago. Is grade inflation an inevitable result of the marketisation of higher education and is the picture the same worldwide? Simon Baker examines the evidence

Treating staff and students like children discourages the kind of experimentation that will yield solutions to the challenges we face, says Frank Furedi

Appealing to students and their families made electoral sense for the Labour Party, but its promises have saddled it with a lot of low-value spending, says Roger Smyth

Jean-Lou Chameau pushes for formal merger of five grandes écoles

Belgian psychologist to succeed Sir Keith Burnett later this year

Invisible hands are pumping up an era of inflation inflation. Is it possible to discern what’s behind the alleged crisis of ever more top marks?

Analysis of accounts of institutions receiving public funding reveals large salary, bonus and dividend payouts

The geriatrician and television star on hitch-hiking to Paris, the secret of ageing well, and how an elderly man’s rectal prolapse helped him realise his vocation

Tributes paid to pioneering historian who served as first female president of Smith College

Only a completely new institutional structure will see teaching and research on organisations become a proper, socially responsible subject, and not merely a cash cow, says Martin Parker

Scholars keep feelings of inferiority well cloaked yet self-doubt can strike any of us and only disclosure alleviates the pain of this hidden epidemic

If the Australian government wants to link university funding to student satisfaction, it must ensure that scores reflect more than students’ gender, wealth or ease of passage, says Julie Hare

Neve Gordon lauds a forensic examination of the Palestinian territory and its 2 million inhabitants

This study of God and country could ask more questions of its subjects, says Angelia Wilson

Cat Zero, a novel by Jennifer Rohn, an infectious disease researcher, shines light on the backbiting and tensions of lab life as an unlikely team of scientists work to save the cats of Kent from a mysterious virus

Open prejudice against his sexuality has seen the career of one academic slowly wither

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

An insider’s view of the 2016 US election that lacks insight frustrates Lennard Davis

Do you feel you’re just winging it, waiting for the day when your incompetence is exposed? Six academics show that you’re far from alone

The event will launch a new ranking of the best universities in the Eurasia region

Calls for additional funding to help colleges police controversial events

Santa Ono’s social media activity raises questions about when a tweet is an official university statement

New institution loses its first president Janusz Kozinski in less than a year

Female economists less likely to collaborate widely, study finds

National strategies also debate merits of basic versus applied research in rapidly expanding field

There are hints of a thaw in the Home Office’s icy hostility to immigrants, but universities could also do more to protect their own staff, says Paul Jump

Concerns about the teaching excellence framework’s rigour and integrity have not been addressed. The exercise needs a fundamental rethink, says Guy Nason

Bolton head’s pay rose by almost 30 per cent despite ministers’ calls for salary restraint

Toronto president says international ventures have diverted resources from institutions’ core activities

The best of those universities founded since the year 2000

Our data visualisations show how institutions were established in three distinct waves, and the global distribution of ‘Golden Age’ universities

Young universities appreciate diversity and are particularly adept at responding to the needs of society, says Judy Genshaft

We unveil the top 250 universities under 50 years old and explain our generational and nuanced approach to young institutions

This year’s ranking showcases a much greater range of Golden Age universities and has been expanded to include 200 universities

Because the passing of a year is an arbitrary measure of maturity, we have added more gradation into our rankings, says Phil Baty

Bold by nature, young institutions are tailor-made for ambitious projects such as the EU’s plan to create disruptive ‘super-networks’, says Anthony Forster

Seventy-two per cent of women working in UK universities believe men are at an advantage when pursuing top jobs, Advance HE survey says

Moral and cultural organisations such as universities must strive harder to rid the body politic of populist infection, in central Europe and elsewhere, says Tomáš Halík

The initial botched attempt to draw up a shortlist of institutions eligible for extra funding does not augur well, writes Pushkar

As a Brit leading HKU, Peter Mathieson had no baggage. The University of Edinburgh’s new v-c tells Ellie Bothwell about academic freedom, internationalisation and being treated to taxi drivers’ views on students

With more data from more institutions, our 2018 Young University Rankings explore the growing higher education sector. Here we explain the methodology that underpins the tables

As the EU’s proposals for its Horizon Europe research funding framework near publication, the UK must commit to playing a full role, says Paul Boyle