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

Tributes paid to long-serving political science professor

Fees are seen by some as a proxy for quality, so an increase might not be all that bad, says Hepi report

Lords committee says Augar panel ‘missed mark’ in not considering how reducing tuition fees could force universities to divert research income to teaching

Three professors accused by nine women of using academic powers to press for sex

Robert MacIntosh offers some tips on dealing with the deluge of student reference requests – and on how to get a decent one yourself

‘Distinctive Australian’ scheme will ‘buffer out unintended consequences’, architect says

Early career academics dismayed to see 20 per cent threshold for independent projects and personal development dropped from UK guidelines

As in the UK and the US, universities face questions about whether their curricula feature enough non-white voices

Universities urged to reconsider use of large introductory lectures

Stuttering reforms and party control of academics hinder country’s extraordinary scientific rise

Retention, graduate employment, student feedback and widening participation to guide distribution

Martin Keck, who led the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry’s hospital, is being investigated by Munich’s public prosecutor

New Zealand university swaps former prime minister for Sir Anand Satyanand

eLife editor says radical shift would help readers judge the real value of research, not just where it is published

States have rolled back funding as Washington has stepped in – and this must stop, says Louisiana State president

Overstating the value of an intervention could put patients at risk, say researchers

PhD leavers from overseas seek new companies, but can’t accept visa risks

All chiefs and no workers in Australia’s over-credentialled labour force, says new thinktank

Baroness Amos leaves London institution after issuing warning about its finances

Overseas scholars feel that their presence is ‘tokenistic’, says study, despite state-sponsored drive for internationalisation

Decades of racial division hindering academia’s ability to alleviate poverty

Call for other sector agencies to take on research from regulator

Rapidly growing country could be springboard to wider Asean engagement, say experts

LUISS Guido Carli University uses alumni ties to influence political debate

Rise in Continental recruitment offsets overall flattening in transnational education numbers

Jo Johnson is back in his old brief as England’s universities and science minister, reappointed by the prime minister, his brother Boris. John Morgan looks at his most pressing challenges – some his own creation – and his likely goals

Manoeuvre seen as ethically flawed but also as a sign of the country’s growing student debt crisis

New twist in case which triggered departure of vice-chancellor and management dean

Former deputy Liberal leader to assume the reins from Gareth Evans

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

‘Hong Kong Principles’ aim to tackle ‘perverse incentives’ in metrics-based policies and university promotion criteria

Countries can boost each other’s prospects with a united appeal to colossal research funding scheme, say sector leaders

Move fast and be patient, antipodean institutions told, as doors open in Indonesia

GSM London will end teaching at the end of September, meaning current students must find alternative institutions

Institution hit by 41 per cent budget reduction pins hopes on reducing administrative and academic duplication

Tropical breakthrough represents the latest research application for the tiny aircraft

After the pensions strike, employees’ sense of ‘helplessness’ has ‘evaporated’, says incoming UCU leader

US president’s agitations seen as having political rather than practical goals

The live unveiling of Germany’s Excellence Strategy institutions is greeted by champagne, confetti and a changing of attitudes

Biggest bequest ever to bankroll university’s fight against autoimmune disease

Battling to protect online institutions, Trump administration raises risk to student dollars

Relinquishing guardianship to boost aid eligibility puts spotlight on ethics and debts

Ex-European Commission official predicts ‘zero chance’ of UK joining Brussels research programmes after no-deal, with ‘going global’ and looser rules the likely alternatives

Women who out-earn male partners need to have significantly higher qualifications, Australian survey suggests

Australian report suggests scholars should ‘focus on areas where AI is ineffective’

Thirty-eight per cent of 18-year-old applicants received at least one offer with an unconditional component in 2019, Ucas data show

Scientists still stymied by federal restrictions as legalisation in states increases demand for answers on risk and benefits

Lack of a functioning executive and threat of a no-deal Brexit have put Northern Irish universities in jeopardy: could a new university help?

German universities need to collect better data and rethink selection system to improve integration, analysis finds

The ‘best’ scientists lack time for peer review, and academics should be rated for ‘worthy’ papers, argues Dan Shechtman

As Labor hands EIF potential lifeline, ex-chair of its board says money could insulate HE against international income risks

Institute of Cancer Research and Imperial College London join forces to bring insights from physics, AI and data into cancer science

New analysis charts 40-fold increase in quantity of co-authored papers and 100-fold surge in quality

Survey affirms need for boosting human-based concerns in admissions and curricula

Study pinpoints ‘disconnect’ between what academics value when submitting work for publication, and what they think others value

Suspended vice-chancellor Richard Davies and dean Marc Clement now dismissed following investigations

Wall Street Journal op-ed on faculty salaries prompts collective fact check from scholars

Some alternative providers could lose access to public student loans if OfS judges non-continuation rates too high

Annual report shows increase in value of fund assets, but dispute over future contributions takes toll on contentment