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The SDGs give Asean universities a guide for prioritising their services to society, as well as a template for demonstrating their strengths

Elite universities continue to see slow progress on widening participation measures, with proportion of disadvantaged students down compared with start of decade

Research-led institutions have driven Manchester’s success under Burnham’s mayoralty but likely next prime minister’s support could be contingent on spreading prosperity beyond cities, sector figures suggest

High-profile case involving popular science communicator shines light on how institutions deal with research misconduct

Manchester knocks WSU off top spot, while lower income countries like Malaysia narrow the gap with wealthier competitors in tables showing best universities for sustainability, writes Patrick Jack

Russell Group institution cites changing student demand as it puts 500 staff at risk of redundancy, with 150 jobs set to go

Joanna Newman joins under-pressure creative arts institution in the autumn

TU Delft plans to set aside 132 of 440 places in its programme for women to address decades of under-enrolments

Shadow minister says institutions delivering strong graduate outcomes should be better funded, with money taken off those failing to deliver for students

South-east Asia must take a wider approach to addressing the region’s rapidly evolving skill needs, forum hears

University defends decision to shutter provision after more than a century because of declining recruitment

Vice-chancellor says action must be taken to ‘remain financially sustainable’

UK again claims top spot in highly competitive scheme, with big increase in interest from US researchers after relocation funding announced

Senior academics need to recapture their love for research, according to former professor-turned-politician

Focus on widening participation and shorter exchanges difficult to replicate in wider Erasmus programme, experts fear

Range of current providers and questions around which assessment is best requires greater clarity from universities, UKCISA warns

Campaigners call for institutions to commit to giving new dads six weeks off as audit reveals stark differences in entitlements across sector

Prime minister fell short of pre-election promise to stabilise higher education sector as focus shifted to other priorities, say policy experts 

University of York leader will switch to fellow Russell Group member in October after seven years in charge

Universities’ contribution to a sustainable world will remain ‘patchy’ until they become less ‘stuck’ in metrics and better at talking to their communities

Nearly nine in 10 UK undergraduate applicants expect to work during studies, with many relying on earnings to get by

If compliance becomes universities’ ‘organising principle’, ambition will give way to risk management, Sheehy warns

As academics warn university reforms will threaten autonomy and decimate faculties, country’s education minister says changes are needed to align with labour market needs

Staff and students who would once have picked North America looking to Europe for stability and freedom, according to leading business school dean

Achieving bold attainment goal requires country to overcome fears about ‘over-education’ and provide the right resources, say university leaders

Narrative format of environment statements may encourage institutions to ‘stretch the truth’ with misrepresentations ‘hard to prove’, experts fear

As a report details systematic destruction of hundreds of university buildings, with thousands of students killed, Gazan university leaders tell THE higher education can still bring hope

Country shifts soft power focus to universities in developing world, buoyed by the success of its cultural exports

UCU declares ‘no confidence’ in Lincoln management while redundancy plans prompt fresh dispute in north east

Finance minister backs task force’s call for ‘new breakthrough innovation entity’ to work with German equivalent

Interim leader drops plans to lose 150 jobs amid reports that announcement of process ‘blindsided’ university’s council

Post-Brexit programme established by Boris Johnson’s government shuttered after supporting 200,000 participants

Gaps in understanding between universities and their external partners leave students in a ‘vulnerable position’, report finds