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

There are numerous survival guides for doctoral students, but much less advice on how to supervise PhD candidates. Robert MacIntosh offers some tips on becoming an effective supervisor

Elite universities admit they must change remuneration practices despite smaller average pay increase in 2016-17

New in-depth look at the price of hosting EU and non-EU students shows benefits far outweigh cost to taxpayer

Sam Gyimah and Damian Hinds will remove obstacles to major review and keep universities in the media spotlight, say experts  

Stephanie Marshall announces departure ahead of three-way merger

UCU plan would maintain defined benefit scheme, but has been branded ‘unaffordable’ by universities

Academic ability of comprehensive school students ‘not always realised’ until university, researchers suggest

Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, funded by £1.7 billion bequest, to fund degree courses in several institutions

Change in balance between teaching and research-focused universities is an indicator of progress, say analysts

Former prisons minister takes on brief as predecessor moved to Department for Transport

Proposed governance code will require institutions to explain why leaders’ pay is above ‘acceptable’ range of average pay multiples

Controversial journalist resigns from English higher education's new regulator after his appointment was condemned in House of Commons

Poorer performance found to be based on less positive evaluation of female principal investigators, not differences in the quality of science

Biggest titles’ opening of sister periodicals is taking submissions away from specialist titles, researchers warn

Comparison of national test results data shows pupils admitted to university under racial quotas graduate with the same scores on average as non-quota peers

Former work and pensions minister replaces Justine Greening, who leaves the government

American Historical Association emphasises transferable skills and collaborative research

Physicist will step down 'in coming months', once successor is appointed

New higher education bill would increase cost of university and likelihood of scams, say experts

Analysis by Deloitte raises questions about current weightings for teaching and research funding

Governments could ‘abandon’ support for sector unless countries that attract graduates recompense those that taught them, academic warns

Scholars argue swelling targets for teaching and research are making it harder for universities to have a regional impact

Appointing right-wing journalist to Office for Students’ board over scientists is ‘surprising’ and ‘bizarre’, say senior academics

Some of the biggest universities in Germany are now without contracts with the publisher

University rector killed himself after being arrested and barred from campus

Vast majority of international students come from other parts of Asia 

Most finished integration courses, but few ended up with advanced German skills – and the vast majority were male

First-year students will study just one subject at a time rather than juggling four units with competing demands and deadlines

Head of private university that closed in July 2016 is latest academic targeted in post-coup crackdown

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

Study finds 35 per cent increase in publications ahead of submission deadline, but 12 per cent decline in citations

Partnerships should allow access to a wider pool of research grants, institutions hope

Private equity-backed music institute trebled number of students with taxpayer-backed loans to net £24.4 million in 2016-17, new figures show

Career of prolific technology and development expert took him from Nairobi to Harvard

The Ghanaian university president on medieval poetry, good leadership and Goethe 

Wilfrid Laurier University admits it mishandled incident in which teaching assistant was accused of creating a ‘toxic’ environment 

Tory controversialist hits back against ‘politically motivated attacks’ as he joins England’s higher education regulator

England’s outgoing director of fair access mulls progress on participation and gives advice to new regulator

Pro vice-chancellor warns that students may be ending up on courses on which they will struggle

Eleven per cent of women and 3 per cent of men report inappropriate sexual advances or touching at American Political Science Association meeting

Research-intensive mission group can act for benefit of whole UK sector, says Tim Bradshaw

Universities fear they will be forced to subsidise the cost of regulating new entrants to the sector

Junior researchers also more likely to feel they have to give credit to colleagues who made minimal contributions

Diverse dining options are part of institution’s recipe for success, says outgoing president Tan Chorh Chuan

University and College Union says selection of ‘Tory cheerleader’ raises questions about new regulator’s role in English sector

Increases in government research funding are absorbed by scientists at the ‘bottom of the hierarchy’, study suggests

Concerns raised over moves to ‘mute’ students’ union and potential for far-Right figures on university boards

University of Strathclyde pollster John Curtice knighted in annual list

Certain disciplines and institutions likely to suffer from pegging of teaching funding

Promise of free higher education for majority of nation’s youth greeted with scepticism by university sector

UK institution expresses concern about regulatory constraints and ‘global political challenges’

Imperial College London centre will aim to speed up development of vaccines

Latest data from Ucas suggest bulk of institutions are increasingly recruiting students with similar grade profiles

Echoing the UK, government will also seek to measure the impact of research on society and business

Thirteen Russian higher education institutions feature in top 200 of inaugural Moscow International University Rankings

Scholars claim dean-elect is unfit for office after publishing articles in journals found on Jeffrey Beall’s blacklist

Offer of free study appears to have attracted many undergraduates, particularly from Russia

Sussex historian Joanne Paul said she felt she ‘had not been taken seriously’ after reading sexist review of her work

Scholars seek to ‘call out’ workshops they see as far too soft on empire