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Former minister calls for ‘in trouble’ apprenticeship levy to be reformed into skills and ‘lifelong learning levy’

A ‘deficit-centric discourse’ is obscuring the benefits of partially completed courses, Australian research finds

Many campuses on continent lack basic scientific tools

Yukon University will offer its own degrees and combine Western and Indigenous approaches to science

Academics say there has been a shift in guidelines on philanthropy but changes are likely to remain superficial

Sector leaders emphasise potential role that country’s academics could play in finding solutions to global challenges

Share of country’s research involving international collaboration more than halves as domestic publications surge

Mental and financial survival are prioritised, as government and universities chart recovery efforts

New organisation should help build partnerships between academics and content developers

Richard Horton says periodicals can no longer sit ‘passively waiting’ for submissions and should instead focus on issues such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Prime minister acting as education minister after departure of Maszlee Malik

Arbitrator finds campus unfairly limited hours to avoid having to provide tuition fee benefits

Figures mark end of trend that has seen the share of students gaining the top degree class double since 2009-10

The Foulkes Foundation Medal-winning immunologist on open science, adjusting to the UK climate and why women scientists still face bias

IE University in Madrid wanted to grow so, in a crowded city, it decided to build upwards

Participation in assessment likely to be a condition of receiving Research England funding from 2020-21

Catholic institution hires TEQSA chief executive who led QAA and Ucas

Gender quotas have improved female representation on internal panels, but researchers have highlighted that the loss of research time slows career progression

Tributes paid to a pioneering scholar who helped ‘push the boundaries of how we think and feel theologically to address the needs of the world’

Just 5 per cent of funding over past two decades went on studies examining how to change human behaviour to help tackle crisis, researchers find

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

As social media becomes an increasing presence in scholarly life, Mark Carrigan looks at how to mitigate its negatives

‘No threat’ to UK involvement in European Union’s student mobility programme, Boris Johnson tells MPs

Poll of 4,000 researchers reveals half have sought or wanted help for mental health problems, and four in 10 are victims of bullying or harassment

Academics are taking advantage of their freedom to launch new research, but question how long this will last

Experts say Derry-Donegal institution could support access and post-Brexit research collaboration

Academics estimate that 32 language degree programmes have closed in the past five years

International education association considers its frequent flyers footprint, as university representative body joins crisis talks

Information collected from educational tools can be highly sensitive, and very valuable – triggering calls for learners to have more say in what happens to it

As universities help to shoulder the disaster response, experts say the ultimate outcomes from a tragic summer are hard to predict

Study finds Ugandan students valued their educational experiences but felt isolated in wider society

Universities are relieved the Greens have replaced the far right, but see challenges ahead over their management and comprehensive subject mix

Institute vows corrective steps but limited sanctions after taking funds from sex abuser

Perth university offers concession ‘in the spirit of moving towards a resolution’ with Gerd Schröder-Turk

Unprecedented recall of papers from Russian journals must also spark broader debate on academic culture, say research integrity scholars

Left government wants post-austerity funding revival and better careers for academics, with Manuel Castells appointed universities minister

Emma Hardy highlights how abolition of student number controls has ‘hammered’ universities that provide places for disadvantaged students locally

Overseas campus in Essex new town has marked 50th anniversary – and may be about to try some local recruitment

Data suggest US campuses pushed by 2011 policy into tougher line on accused in sex cases, potentially triggering Trump rethink

Education ministry says it will not bend to demands to remove university head, after dozens were injured in attacks

Disaster entrenches universities’ function as community safe spaces

Stanford scholars hope common usage agreements might ease long hold-ups in obtaining corporate and government information

Country hopes move will improve skills of local students and attract more overseas learners

Situation at Richmond raises questions about English sector regulation

Regulator proposes rules that, if breached, could lead to fines for institutions

Hepi paper calls for broad range of measures to boost ailing subject in UK higher education

Study finds levels of psychological safety falling well short of national benchmarks, and getting worse

Latest Innovating Pedagogy report suggests way gamers learn from each other online could be adopted by universities

Environmentalist praised by Al Gore as ‘eloquent’ and ‘passionate’ authority on oceanic climate change 

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

The professor and media expert advises universities to value the low-tech practice of meditation, and to move far more quickly to embrace the high-tech way that their students prefer to learn

Australian university scrutinises former student’s research record, as whistleblowers refute ocean acidification theory

Falling numbers of NHS-based scholars and lack of research time must be reversed, warns Academy of Medical Sciences

Hull West and Hessle MP, a former teacher and union official, replaces Gordon Marsden

Party tables amendments to withdrawal agreement bill, but may struggle to overcome Boris Johnson’s majority

Study finds that some scholars can earn lucrative rewards from international contracts, but may deprive domestic postgraduates of vital experience

Study suggests that ‘predatory’ spam targeted specifically at scholars costs universities $1.1 billion annually

Academics call for reform of system that favours students from wealthy cities

UCU says that universities should focus on solving dispute ‘instead of trying to spin their way out of this’

Widely expected Plan S-style order hailed as ‘major boost’ to global movement