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The University of Birmingham tops the ranking, with the universities of York and Kent climbing several places

University of Aberdeen tops table when ordered by GPA

The University of Oxford came top with Birkbeck also moving up the rankings

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

UCL tops table for law as Kent, SOAS and Birmingham significantly improve their standings

Queen Mary University of London tops ranking, with Royal Holloway and the University of Manchester joint second

LSE finishes on top again as Cardiff and Leicester repeat strong performances

The University of Strathclyde tops the ranking, with Royal Holloway coming second

LSE tops the table with Bristol second and Oxford falling from first to sixth

Imperial College London on top for key Research Excellence Framework performance metric focused on quality

Oxford and Cambridge rise up the table, replacing York and Manchester in the top two positions

Medicine-focused institutions perform strongly on metric given weighting in latest round of Research Excellence Framework

London School of Economics leads in anthropology and development unit of assessment table

‘Golden triangle’ institutions perform strongly on metric which accounts for 15 per cent of overall Research Excellence Framework scores

Clearinghouse tally held up as incentive for institutions to encourage returners, while also affirming scale of political dilemma confronting Biden

Virtual tools have unprecedented power to bend teaching towards research-proven ideals, yet opportunity of lockdown getting squandered, MIT experts tell colleagues

Country’s universities have ‘a lot of catching up to do’ despite two-month reprieve

La Trobe prolongs blackout on Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue’s dissertation, citing concerns over ‘identifying material’

Members asked to back motion opposing ‘gender critics’ and ‘transphobes’

Funding reforms set to drive up demand, but institutions uncertain about likely intake and course interest

Universities must ‘recalibrate promotion criteria’ to place more value on teaching, says scholar

Plan for legislation seems to firm up government plans for minimum entry requirement and student number controls

Blamed for housing prices largely beyond their own reach, overseas students are both courted and resented

Underfunding, compliance costs and buffer targets have left universities with ‘no room to manoeuvre’, says representative group

Academics urge action to avoid losing pandemic-era gains, also suggesting making emissions a key factor in project evaluations

Portion of overseas students remains low, with IITs reluctant to make concessions on admissions criteria

UK will give up its leadership role in EU-wide research projects for a back seat if association impasse drags on, warns Liverpool science chief

Universities seen as lacking capacity and strategy to embrace blended learning long-term

Merton College warden boasts long association with city and university, but is relative newcomer to top-level leadership

Study highlights significant under-reporting of anxiety and stress, with male and ethnic minority learners among least likely to seek help

After leaked version of US Supreme Court ruling, conservative-state universities face prospect of sliding further behind on quality

Universities UK fears restricting student numbers at particular providers could have damaging reputational effects

Study finds getting a degree reduces authoritarianism and racial prejudice and increases economic right-wing attitudes

Extent of staffing overhauls bore little relationship to Covid’s financial carnage, says report

Less than 5 per cent of medical students on indentureship deal have fulfilled obligations to work outside cities

Pakistani scholars blast move by India’s University Grants Commission, calling it ‘discriminatory, illogical and unilateral’

Academics at 44 institutions to refuse to mark work or set exams in midst of busy summer assessment period, in ongoing row over pay and pensions

Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali is given execution date on the day ‘historic’ trial ends

Special intake should be at least doubled, vice-chancellor says

Pentagon fell short on promises to help HBCUs compete for research grants, though institutions see new motivation from foreign tensions

UK professional bodies for mathematicians call for specialist funding to help female senior lecturers whose research careers are blown off course

Rival centre’s establishment highlights the problems for thinktanks in universities

Academic who has become a lightning rod for criticism over her pandemic advice reflects on two years in the eye of the Covid storm

Government plan would also mean alternative non-degree qualifications being downgraded in eyes of employers, MillionPlus warns

Merger of two of the biggest plagiarism checkers will help combat more sophisticated forms of cheating, Andreas Ohlson says

Just as campaigns to promote societal benefit show strength, activists admit setbacks in wider battleground for basic academic freedom

Dutch universities among those fearing multibillion-euro redistribution

Olivette Otele criticises employer’s reliance on her research, saying overwork and back-stabbing led her to burnout

Average deficit incurred by English universities for teaching a UK student will more than double to about £4,000 in 2024-25, Russell Group warns

Minority public medical school enrolment seen down by more than third in five years in US states that banned racial considerations in admissions

University follows Cambridge in offering gifted state school students chance to take fully funded introductory year

Ombudsman says difficulties finding alternative remedies during pandemic partly to blame for £1.3 million bill

US project leaders with history of China collaboration ‘saw dent to citations’

UCU pushes on with shrinking rounds of strike action despite calls to regroup and rethink

As staff reel from an austerity drive, Victoria produces its first A$3 billion institution

Education Department admits data-diverting code in federal aid website, toughening politics for institutional performance monitoring

UA92 hails success of strategy attracting disadvantaged students but remains loss-making

Scholars question whether open access platforms could step in to replace dominance of China National Knowledge Infrastructure

Findings raise red flag for Australia’s economically crucial international enrolments

Universities UK backs plans but stresses that they must be easy to understand and avoid bureaucracy for all involved