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Western universities receive strong scores on student-staff interaction, while those in Japan are rated highly on applying students’ learning to the ‘real world’

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

Sussex philosophy professor on why she continues to speak out despite facing online abuse and ‘hostile environment’ at work

Videos document shocking injuries, including to student leader 

Researcher said he had transferred the sums to help cash flow at his lab

Appointment of university rector Gaetano Manfredi signals ‘complete continuity’ with previous decade of higher education policy despite need for change, say scholars

Survey of 200 hires finds them often stuck in usual disciplinary confines rather than working across boundaries as intended

Effectiveness of courses aimed at improving diversity in leadership called into question by interviews with ethnic minority staff

Exams rescheduled and special trains laid on to get students home to participate in ballot

Scholars say ensuring vulnerable minorities have given consent to use of their data does not go far enough

Sector heads recognise that Mexicans have rallied behind the president’s promises even though problems of inequality and social mobility persist

Universities have the right track record on place-making and innovation, argues Brookings Institution fellow and report co-author

Former justice minster and wife alleged to have faked materials for children’s university applications

Former US secretary of state hails ‘strong relationship’ with Northern Ireland institution

Tributes paid to a pioneering feminist scholar who ‘made conversation glitter’

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

Others suggest government position on joining research programme is unchanged, while Cummings’ view may balance criticism of EU on research with openness to association

Text scans by artificial intelligence will flag inconsistent or unusual patterns in reviewer behaviour, says Wolverhampton professor

Critics claim that only ‘congenial’ researchers get access to ride-hailing company’s data, while academic co-authors have potential conflicts of interest

The former music journalist turned SOAS academic talks about why London’s black music cultures deserve more study

Three academics in the International Federation of National Teaching Fellows discuss learning from colleagues around the world about how to improve teaching

Union cites aspirational university statement as grounds to halt walkout

Did they know it was Christmas? Research probes academic propensity for submitting work out of hours

‘MIT of the North’ idea seen as ignoring imbalances in research funding that undermine regions

Latest data on income, staff and research funding show the key challenges facing UK higher education in the coming years

Judgment likely to reignite the battle over the fixed departure ages at the university and elsewhere

Chinese biophysicist jailed for three years for experiment that led to live births of three genetically altered children

Study of European Social Survey data finds academics more left-leaning than almost any other professional group, but show ‘no greater homogeneity’ in beliefs

Scottish university piloted accelerated degrees, but challenges highlighted in review raises broader questions over such courses

Higher education motivated by goal of more diverse lists of qualified applicants

Coalition of publishers, scholars and funders believes that combating confusion on issue is the first step to finding a solution

Study says comments such as ‘she should be in the kitchen, not writing papers’ affect the careers of under-represented groups

EPSRC and NERC executive chairs among those recognised

Office for Students registration process alone cost sector combined £2 million, according to unpublished UUK report

Later this year, Florida State University students will move into the Renaissance-era Palazzo Bagnesi Falconeri, and programme directors insist the cost will be worth it

Figures on English governing body members collated by former HEI head suggest some progress on gender, but less on ethnic minorities

UCU, employers and USS will discuss the ongoing pensions row, following series of recommendations from expert panel  

Home Office will nearly double number of fellowships where visa applications are fast-tracked, while ‘MIT of north’ plan is also floated

Marc Tessier-Lavigne discusses diversifying student intake and focusing on ethics of new technologies in Times Higher Education interview

Academics able to specify areas of interest to collect imagery of

Leader says that desire to maintain tranquillity can deter islanders from pushing ideas to ‘breaking point’

Two prominent cases signal higher-level response to abuses on campus

Missteps with international students ‘a bigger threat to the national interest’ than to university budgets, says commentator

UUK vice-president heading back Down Under after five years in Northern Ireland

Following Boris Johnson’s landslide win, John Morgan and Simon Baker analyse the election results and consider what this means for HE

Asian academics lend their own languages and experiences to the budding field of queer studies, says ‘godmother’ of the Taiwan LGBT movement

English regulator’s chief executive sets out priorities for year ahead, including admissions and recruitment review

Tributes paid to a ‘visionary’ and ‘far-sighted’ computer scientist

The winner of this year’s Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize discusses why we need to rethink our understanding of Africa, decolonising the curriculum, and the need to tackle big egos

Experts fear approach could give government an incentive to cut aid and could lock graduates in to big repayments

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

Tim Blackman also sees green shoots for part-time higher education in Wales that could nourish revival in England

Balancing Dominic Cummings’ agenda with industrial strategy approach, and deciding on geographical focus for increased investment, seen as key challenges

Craig Poku was the only black PhD student in his department. He reflects on how black British doctoral students can navigate the challenges they face

Strikes threaten to spill into the new year, as little progress made in dispute

Campus demonstrations oppose controversial new citizenship legislation

2020 federal spending plan boosts student aid and research spending

Average remuneration across mission group stands at £348,090, or £356,450 including pension contributions

Some traditional marketing-focused courses replaced by programmes emphasising environmental studies and social responsibility

Civil service hostility, legislative complexity and political naivety keep restructure in the slow lane