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Politics lecturer Michael Buehler faces sustained attacks after raising questions about covert lobbying ahead of US visit by country’s president

Allowing private sector to flourish is best route to vastly increase access to ‘good, not great’ higher education, BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit hears

Donna Bowater looks at the single entry exam that governs access to university in South American powerhouse

New rules enabling higher education board to shut down private universities seen as a threat to the government amount to ‘banditry’

The increasing involvement of university forces in deadly incidents is raising scrutiny

Stanford University to assist in development of programmes to be introduced in January

Institution’s student federation concerned about the ‘cultural issues of implication involved in the practice’

The latest detention of Miguel Ángel Beltrán is viewed by many scholars as an attack on academic freedom

Landmark gift from foundation started by Irish-American billionaire will fund work in US and Ireland

President of US campus also seeks to aid the local economy and forge global partnerships

Universities UK meeting hopes to build further on existing initiatives

Rector Wim de Villiers faces potential opposition from South African university’s council, despite student campaign

US economists talk about attempts to liven up teaching of their subject with lyrics from popular music

Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed looks at why race protests that started at the University of Missouri are moving to other campuses

Assistant registrar of the University of Zimbabwe claims that president’s mortarboard ‘fitted perfectly well’

BJP's Ram Naik calls on institutions to 'inculcate folk culture' in ceremonies amid concerns over rising Hindu nationalism

Efforts to reform universities in the face of shrinking student numbers may jeopardise departments with the best overseas links, says Japan-based UK professor

Robert Putnam says bursaries are only part of the solution to widening participation in the US

Deeper academic collaboration between Cuba and the United States has now been put on the agenda

Scientists from Japan, China and Ireland awarded for their work tackling parasitic diseases

Fears that 40 per cent levy could leave academics and students unable to access new research

Habesha Project aims to ‘send a message of solidarity to the Syrian nation’

New education minister Simon Birmingham announces at THE summit in Melbourne that controversial policy will not come in next year

Two cohorts of managers, drawn from universities across the country, will study for doctorates in higher education management

Theses in open-access repository at Dublin City University have been downloaded almost 1.4 million times

Potential leader-in-waiting is fighting for her career after becoming latest German politician to face academic fraud claims

Seminar considers the achievements – and even greater potential – of academic partnerships between the countries

Student safety and funding are key concerns for Vaal and UKZN undergraduates

Week of university visits may lead to a broader framework agreement

Republic of Ireland has highest satisfaction scores among international students, survey finds

Report author says ITT is fundamentally ‘a university matter’

An openness to other cultures has long characterised a country often considered exotically remote, says Tibetan scholar as Dalai Lama visits UK

Universities to scale back liberal arts and social science courses

Firm’s scheme offers degree funding in exchange for students returning home to work in the country

Academics need to become ‘good gatekeepers’ to students from minority backgrounds, a study from New Zealand suggests

Brazil’s flagship scholarship programme likely to suffer as government looks for savings. Donna Bowater reports from Rio de Janeiro

Region’s universities must build a type of institution distinctive from those in the West, scholar argues

University of the Witwatersrand vice-chancellor says research excellence can still be pursued while professoriate is reshaped

Luister details alleged discrimination against black students at leading institution

Government seeks to build on increasing numbers coming from abroad to study in the country

Jon Marcus travels to the Big Easy to see the varying fortunes of the city’s universities

Australian delegation that includes former cricketer Adam Gilchrist aims to boost educational links with subcontinent

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

Former presidential candidate says institutions must deliver courses more cheaply and that student loan burden must be eased

How will the complexion of Israel’s coalition government affect its universities?

Islamic State targets octogenarian scholar, according to reports

Ali Bongo Ondimba donates property in Libreville to state, free of charge

Proposed campus is likely to be based on several sites amid concerns over environmental impact on much-loved beauty spot

Sector needs national standards and more industry links to drive and sustain economy, say experts

Twelve universities across the continent are offering course aimed at next generation of development professionals

More than 60 universities in Germany provide help for the country’s growing number of refugees, study says

Pair of employees at the American University in Dubai deny criminal charges

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

Institute of International Education says there is an increased enthusiasm for academic cooperation between the two countries

The University of the Aegean is seeking permission to admit refugees arriving in their thousands on the shores of Greek islands

New plans focus on putting Hungarian higher education on solid international foundations

Conference hears that bespoke THE measures could help to incentivise improvement and attract public funding

Study finds that students choose to major in subjects that are ‘more challenging’ in bad economic times

Presidential commission recommends new ministry to push technological development

Cuts will “hurt the country’s competitiveness and citizens’ well-being”, says rector