Virginia president puts academic freedom at heart of China speech
'Unrestrictive' governance is vital if universities are to attain world-class status, says Teresa A. Sullivan
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The end of time sheets? EU pilots ‘trust-based’ grant funding
Observers hope scrapping financial audits could lead other funders to cut down on research grant bureaucracy
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How successful will universities be at signing up students to go abroad?
UUK International wants every UK university to join its ‘Go International’ campaign, but institutions find it hard to get students to participate in overseas schemes, says Rachael Pells
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Professors leave UK university after ‘destructive’ audit and ratings
Several top researchers exit Teesside after professors given individual ratings out of 32, senior academic claims
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Forget the money – think of the people we could lose if Brexit is mismanaged
European staff have helped make the UK higher education system a world leader, says Sarah Stevens, and we need to ensure that they continue to do so
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Retract Macchiarini papers, rules Swedish investigation
Swedish research ethics board finds researchers guilty of scientific misconduct
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Policies and strategies not enough to tackle campus sexual harassment
Vice-chancellors must make a sustained commitment to cultural change to ensure that violence, harassment and hate crime on campus are things of the past, writes Janet Beer
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Target UK’s black female professor deficit ‘with bespoke strategy’
Broad-brush efforts to support female and ethnic minority academics will not address ‘multidimensional inequality’, says Warwick professor
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Singapore university dean to step down following controversy
Kishore Mahbubani sparked backlash after suggesting Singapore should 'behave like a small state'
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US free speech tracker aims to ‘calm things down’
Georgetown project shows that it’s not just students but also the ‘grown-ups’ in society who are struggling to find right balance, says director
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Maintaining research excellence in a changing Europe
What will European and global research collaboration look like post-Brexit?
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Israel bids to attract star American post-docs
New programme hopes to take Israel-US 'academic friendship to the next level’
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UK HE more than doubles apprenticeships funding in two years
Universities grew income from apprenticeships, traineeships and adult education budget to £32m last year
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NZ won't rule out Australia fee 'retaliation'
Australian students in NZ may not benefit from Labour's fees-free policy
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Pharma boss to be new UK chief scientific adviser
Patrick Vallance to take over from interim government adviser Chris Whitty from March next year