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Poll finds university leadership supports diversity schemes but limited buy-in from rank and file

Even dentistry and history could incorporate environmental and sustainability learning elements

Fighting climate change and improving the evaluation of foreign credentials will top the agenda at the 2019 EAIE conference 

Success stories from across Europe hold lessons for universities on removing the obstacles that block the progress of displaced students

Weeks after Trump vow to strengthen HBCUs, key Republican senator causes row by tying funding to wider HE legislation

HE institutions have offered more than 2,000 places to GSM students, but uncertainty remains over fate of others

As latest headline figures are released, concerns are raised over groups still failing to gain access to HE

Fringe event also hears v-c complain that marketisation forces universities to ‘waste’ a ‘huge’ amount of money on marketing

University study centre ‘positive’ on Islam but not Christianity, objects senior Department of Education official

Lack of scholarly freedom in China threatens future progress for its universities and harms overseas partnerships, warns Scholars at Risk

Education secretary’s backing for subject-level exercise before publication of TEF review prompts university warnings of ‘significant diversion of staff time’

Capping universities’ intakes from private schools would require ‘highly controversial’ legislation on admissions, says one legal expert

Australian study also finds that dodgy agents are exploiting a migration advice ‘loophole’

Hong Kong Baptist University unrest comes as mass demonstrations in city pass 100-day mark, with major impact for universities

Concerns about student visa scheme’s integrity prompt methodological adjustment

One in 12 students now pays to go private in Germany, attracted by ‘niche’ courses, smaller classes and flexible learning schedules

Athena SWAN recognition extended to 13 more Australian institutions

Switch to students applying after receiving their results still faces sector resistance despite government and opposition signalling support

Episode spotlights concerns for safety of scholars who visit repressive regimes

Lecturers’ union fears Andrew Scheer is portraying universities as left-wing ‘indoctrination centres’, with potentially damaging consequences

Algorithms may simply lead to ‘self-fulfilling prophecies’ and do not give reasons for their decisions, Oxford researcher warns

‘Systemic barriers’ hinder universities’ efforts to tackle the territory’s major problems, says report

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

Academic also claims European Commission officials told him UK coordinators would be kicked out in event of no-deal Brexit

Canada’s welcoming immigration policies and political turmoil elsewhere have enhanced an already diverse academic sector, says head of representative body

Usha Goswami’s work has allowed educators ‘to arm themselves with scientific understanding’

The University of London’s new vice-chancellor reflects on her Canadian working class roots, leadership lessons from local government and her time in 10 Downing Street

English universities may have shifted towards low-cost subjects under £9K fee regime, ‘exacerbating’ inefficiency in the system, say economists

Tributes paid to leading chemist who helped illuminate nature and properties of nanoparticles and nanoalloys

Frédérique Vidal discusses reform project launched in wake of president’s plan to abolish École Nationale d’Administration

Failure to improve diversity risks ‘marginalising the impact and credibility of universities in an increasingly diverse world’, Leru warns

Open access journal will publish results from studies sometimes dismissed as ‘failures’ as well as replication attempts

Pension fund’s deficit is likely to be worse than feared rather than better, says Sir David Eastwood

Funding scholarships rather than a whole new course ‘would benefit hundreds more students’

In move that leaves other institutions wary, Northeastern pushing new students to foreign posts

Committee compares Home Office attitude in ETS crackdown to Windrush scandal

First data from graduate employability survey suggest surge in reputation for continental institutions

Bath researchers seek to combine scholarly rigour with campaigning zeal

Leading professor blames pressure to publish and lack of access to chief executives

Trump adviser plans multi-agency tour of universities confused by crackdown

Fighting what it sees as anticompetitive practices, Trump administration may harm universities and low-income students

Nearly one in five first-year UK undergraduates tell Unite Students survey that they have a mental health condition

Visa route on offer for those ‘graduating in the summer of 2021 and after’, but Indian students concerned by announcement’s ambiguity

Proposed new law not as tough as some feared – but critics argue focus on Dutch ignores benefits of studying in English

Appointment strengthens team leading THE following acquisition by new owner

Contrition helps actress who paid to get answers changed on her daughter's SAT

UUK survey of institutions suggest most feel prepared but student recruitment and staff retention already being hit

But Layla Moran says party unlikely to finalise HE stance before next election – when it could secure pivotal role in event of hung Parliament

Long-awaited francophone university in largest Canadian province to emphasise humanities

International School for Government chaired by former Australian foreign minister and launched by former UK prime minister Tony Blair

Monash union election called off at last minute following criticism

There have been big declines in the proportion of humanities and social science papers published in Norwegian, conference told

Researchers need to find more indirect ways of promoting peace in an age of nationalism, conference hears

As Harvard donates some Epstein money, MIT’s president concedes endorsing abusive financier

Departure is latest example of intermittent campus disruption from broader protest movement

Conference on subject area’s future hears warnings against making it mere ‘problem-solving for the sciences and engineering’

Countries such as the UK and Germany could see benefit to their research bases, event hears

The latest OECD data ignited a debate about the value of an arts degree in the UK, but are there other complex factors influencing the international picture?

ETH rector says academia should focus on ‘excellent performances’, not quantity of research

Gemma Hersh acknowledges that publishing giant could do more to demonstrate its value