Neutrino experts share Nobel Prize in Physics
Japanese and Canadian professors awarded prize for their work on ‘nature’s most elusive elementary particles’
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THE World University Rankings 2015-2016: all you need to know
Putting our latest rankings results into context
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David Willetts: Tory areas are ‘culprits’ if too many people go to university
Former universities minister criticises colleagues by pointing out irony that to cut participation, it is affluent South where numbers would need to be cut
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UK universities are top destinations for mobile Nobel laureates
The University of Cambridge is the top UK institution for hosting both international and British students who go on to win Nobel prizes, finds British Council
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MIT and Imperial launch seed fund to support ‘risky’ research
Money to be set aside for ‘blue skies’ fundamental research
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What Youyou Tu’s Nobel prize victory means for Chinese science
China’s long wait for a home-grown Nobel prize in science is now over, but concerns over its university culture remain, says David Matthews
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The questions raised by Prevent ‘naming and shaming’
The ‘naming and shaming’ of universities that have hosted extremist speakers has raised more questions about the intentions of the Prevent agenda, says Jack Grove
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Anarchists at the Tory gate – but where’s higher education hiding?
John Morgan blogs from the Conservative Party conference in Manchester
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US universities invest $185 million in study abroad
Institutions signed up to IIE’s Generation Study Abroad initiative have pledged to create scholarships for under-represented students, says report
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NUS to probe institutional racism allegations
Independent audit ordered by president in wake of claims by black students’ officer
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2015 Nobel Prize for Medicine announced
Scientists from Japan, China and Ireland awarded for their work tackling parasitic diseases
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Unlocking the secret of student satisfaction
Campus universities seem to have happier students. Mark Smith and Adam Child think they know why
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V&A artwork delivers a retort to management-speak
Falmouth deputy v-c’s remarks spur artists’ sharp comment on changes to arts education
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Mass-produced PhDs lie at heart of Russia’s ‘plague’ of doctoral fraud
Academic ‘scallywags’ are gaining doctorates thanks to the circulation of dodgy theses within some universities, says the founder of plagiarism pressure group
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Zimbabwe’s import duty on books alarms universities
Fears that 40 per cent levy could leave academics and students unable to access new research