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THE analyses postgrad awards by subject and region as academics debate the risks and rewards of a decade of internationalisation

Two cases assuage concerns about scientific integrity

An interdisciplinary centre at Manchester Metropolitan University builds its research around listening to the next generation

Home Office under fire over ‘indefensible’ appeal forcing international relations expert to quit UK

Goldsmiths occultism conference hears defence of irrationality

UK universities must register in regions of transnational activity, lawyer advises

Head of Association of Arab Universities also urges the West not to ignore the plight of Syrian academics and students

Students who spend part of their degree overseas achieve higher final grades than those who choose to stay put, according to a report

Silicon Valley giant’s business school brings its 10-week Ignite programme to London

University says that provision should be seen in context of a £10 million surplus across the institution as a whole

The university’s principal on capturing a landmark building, a rebranding volte-face, and the capital’s ‘fizz’

The latest video in a series of short self-help programmes takes a sympathetic look at mental health issues

Andrew Hamilton, the University of Oxford vice-chancellor, has been named the next president of New York University

George Osborne has announced that the government will offer PhD and research-based master’s students income-contingent loans of up to £25,000

Plans to uncap tuition fees in Australia have been defeated in the country’s upper house for the second time in four months

But university’s registrar defends v-c, saying he has been ‘targeted personally and directly’ for weeks

A University of Birmingham pro vice-chancellor has been appointed to lead Heriot-Watt University

Prevent document from government has different wording for English/Welsh universities

Times Higher Education has announced that it will hold its inaugural THE Africa Universities Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, in July 2015

The public cost of the coalition government’s private college “fiasco” could be in the region of £100 million

Just a third of bright teenagers from poorer backgrounds take an A level likely to help them attend a selective university, a study says

Campaigners have accused the University of Oxford of dithering over a decision on whether or not to divest from fossil fuels.

Academics have been left fearing for their jobs at a university politics department after management announced a restructure

World University Rankings subjects data reveal top university performers across six areas

Dozens put name to statement criticising attempts to stop ‘lawful academic discussion’

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

A Royal Society discussion has considered the behind-the-scenes and often neglected roles that women have long played in the advancement of science.

Young people in areas of high university participation are more likely to turn to Google for information about financial aid, a new study suggests

Researchers are being “taken advantage of” and put up with very low wages and insecure careers.

Thirty-three leading social scientists have been just elected as fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Professor Croney, who joins Teesside from his post as deputy vice-chancellor at Northumbria University, will succeed Graham Henderson, who retires this year after 12 years at the helm.

Scientists are being urged to lobby MPs and parliamentary candidates to back an increase in the UK’s level of public investment in research

A learning support company received millions of pounds of public money despite undertaking student disability assessments itself, a new report says.

‘Prevent’ guidance clarifies new legal duty on institutions to help tackle radicalisation

The world of higher education responds to our latest rankings

But Nicky Morgan tells TES debate that schools route offers choice to students

Despite her books, Warner never thought of herself as academic, she tells Matthew Reisz

Stanford University’s graduate business school is launching a UK-based teaching programme for the first time

Competition and Markets Authority advice addresses terms and conditions for students

Jean-Lou Chameau says universities must reflect the societies within which they exist

The proportion of part-time staff on teaching-only contracts is now more than 60 per cent after climbing almost 4 percentage points in a year, according to a report

Those who spend part of their degree overseas tend to earn more in their first job and are less likely to be unemployed six months after graduating

University of Greenwich’s report following the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby suggests the ‘area was a centre for radical Islamic movements’

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill will enable ministers to join up datasets

Concerns over open access publisher as journal containing ‘world’s shortest review’ disappears from Pharma Research Library list

‘Super-league’ can’t be shaken from the top

Response to Hefce consultation on quality assurance raises fears of an all-powerful regulator susceptible to political influence

Research-intensives fear that shifts could cost them millions annually

Liverpool’s new vice-chancellor discusses need for more women and ethnic minorities at the top

Study suggest that most of the gender pay gap is ‘caused by discrimination’

Student beds, government bonds and science parks in investment packages assembled by new UK innovation team

‘Management review’ led to removal of academic who harassed researcher

Mooted Hereford university benefits from serious backing

Nature is offering anonymity for both reviewer and reviewed, but questions remain about value and effectiveness of the approach

Early career scholars will help themselves as well as others by assessing papers, abstracts, grant proposals and book chapters. Plus the latest higher education appointments

FoI request shows large rise, which university puts down to more awareness

Universities must be put at the “heart of the teacher education system”, according to a new election policy manifesto.