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Government-led initiative establishes ‘at least 30’ research institutes on president’s thinking

Belgian psychologist to succeed Sir Keith Burnett later this year

Australian National University outlines why it refused multimillion-dollar humanities gift

List of universities closing down predicted to grow rapidly

Opportunities to discuss ‘taboo’ subject and new institutional guidelines will help women during the menopause, says University of Manchester

New analysis shows regions were benefiting directly from uncapping of places

But new government figures do suggest rate in England and Wales is higher now than a decade ago

Academic tweets about how he stepped in to prevent colleague being attacked

Report says early career academics should be given more opportunities to lead their own research teams to foster independence and improve job security

Independent study will examine why more institutions have not joined initiative

Minutes show investment board saw draft of council decision against full divestment

Regional universities say complex measures are needed to do justice to teaching standards

Cross-border tensions accelerate trans-Pacific pivot

Study suggests pure science disciplines may have more of a problem with citations that are not actually giving the thumbs up to other studies

Data and analytics specialists discuss how universities should strategically use metrics to understand their own performance as well as their students' 

Cambridge vice-chancellor says reforms are needed if foreign researchers are to be attracted to post-Brexit Britain

But international scholars are less satisfied than domestic peers with the influence they have in the workplace, finds study

University of Huddersfield takes two prizes, including Outstanding Leadership and Management Team, back to Yorkshire

Russell Group broadly welcomes Home Office plan, but warns on project’s impact on study leave abroad

Only 17 per cent of Ucas questionnaire’s 85,000 respondents understood government’s flagship exercise designed to improve student choice 

Reform wants external professional bodies to set university standards and to determine the proportion of each degree classification that an institution can award

Tributes paid to pioneering historian who served as first female president of Smith College

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

Introduction of lecture capture also leads to significant drop in attainment, King’s College London study finds

The geriatrician and television star on hitch-hiking to Paris, the secret of ageing well, and how an elderly man’s rectal prolapse helped him realise his vocation

Analysis of accounts of institutions receiving public funding reveals large salary, bonus and dividend payouts

Ramsay Centre insists that negotiations with other institutions are under way

Overseas scholars use survey to warn of hostile political rhetoric against immigrants

Parliamentary moves to outlaw Islamic face veils from classrooms have been strongly criticised by universities

Calls for additional funding to help colleges police controversial events

Credit transfer agreement addresses concerns that part-time learners from finance sector will have to relocate

Checking on the whereabouts of international employees only may breach the Equality Act, campaigners say

Collaboration with Leuphana University of Lüneburg could lead to submission of joint research funding bids

Chancellors say ‘new university of scale’ may be ‘well placed’ to respond to changing higher education environment

Santa Ono’s social media activity raises questions about when a tweet is an official university statement

Populist Doug Ford wants to expand mandate of province’s higher education regulator

Department for Education team backing those setting up new universities may reflect concern over role of Office for Students

Office for Students vows to demand justification for university leaders’ salary levels

Media storm over Australian donation raises questions about where institutions should draw the line

Home Office generates anger in India by omitting nation from list of countries granted relaxed student visa rules

New institution loses its first president Janusz Kozinski in less than a year

Staff ‘heartbroken’ after second fire at art nouveau masterwork in four years

New guidance responds to concerns that much hyperbolic science reporting can be traced back to university communications teams

Up to 90 per cent of reviewers unable to guess authors of papers in experiment

Admissions overhaul could trigger wider insistence on mathematics prerequisites

Janet Todd’s memoir considers the humiliations of illness and admits to ‘some embarrassment at not being dead’

Law firm claims that universities could be forced to pay out up to £20 million

Female economists less likely to collaborate widely, study finds

National strategies also debate merits of basic versus applied research in rapidly expanding field

Academics complain of losing work on reference management tool

Move aims to promote traditional Chinese culture through student courses and academic research

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania agreement is part of Europe-wide shift towards mutual recognition

Istanbul scholar Büşra Ersanli is one of 241 scholars to face legal action for signing a 2016 peace declaration

Home Office hailed as being ‘on a roll’ after move, which also benefits other major Asian nations

Campaigners call for universities and funders to address ‘systemic issues’ after study claims academic science has ‘higher’ risk of sexual harassment

After more than a decade of inflation-busting growth, now could be time to ‘pause and consolidate’, says Anja Karliczek

Seoul National University students to contact counterparts at Kim Il Sung University - by fax

University system ‘is not a market that is working in the interests of students or taxpayers’, committee claims

Sam Gyimah says institutions must be able to tell parents when students are struggling with mental health issues

While majority of outputs now meet requirements, some institutions and disciplines are doing better than others