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

Altmetric list of scholarship getting the most online attention shows that authenticity in science, and society more generally, is major theme of the year

Universities Superannuation Scheme cautions that making governance changes swiftly could be challenging

Latest Ucas data suggest university applicants are now only slightly more likely to use them to obtain a place than any other offer

World’s second-biggest publisher says proposals to accelerate switch to open access would not be sustainable for many titles

Times Higher Education journalists name the academics and administrators who have shaped the debate in the past 12 months

Ex-Tory adviser pushes plan to legislate to create ‘national academic freedom champion’ to ‘lead on sanctions where appropriate’

A$100m agreement ‘first cab off the rank’ for new foreign interference guidelines

Representative body presses case for education and research spending, as Canberra slashes budget projections

Told by judge to spare defrauded students, secretary toughens loan policy

Germany’s research ministry wants academia to provide the public with ‘answers’, but scholars say it’s not that simple

Skilful management has delivered growth most industries ‘would die for’, but new analysis asks whether this can last

Universities concede societal push to handle delicate matters in more legalistic ways

Oxford, Cambridge and UCL have been the big winners from changes to formula used to allocate quality-related research funding, analysis shows

Report calls on Hong Kong to speed up funding system and increase number of junior researchers

While parents are jailed for faking sports credentials, legal avenues still persist, says Ana Mari Cauce

Current approach is ‘overly restrictive’ and does ‘not appear appropriate for an open, strong scheme’

Science spending increase, research funding system revamp, targeting of ‘low-quality courses’ among other potential implications from result

Technicians and teachers will also receive more awards under learned society’s plan to ‘reflect how science is carried out today’

Initiative to tackle issues around openness and poor incentive culture in science gains vital ‘middle’ layer in fight to boost research quality

Pro-Palestine group brands order a ‘dangerous, authoritarian attempt to silence student activism’

Australian authority the latest to review planned merger of Cengage and McGraw-Hill

Initiative aims to expand the debate about endowments beyond divestment to wider social responsibilities

Some academics feel incentives do not reflect that motivation for research comes from ‘the pursuit of knowledge’, says researcher

Economic and Social Research Council may provide four years of PhD funding amid concerns over stress caused by three-year model

Expansion of places and radical changes to admissions required or England’s most selective universities may face regulator’s penalties, analysis suggests

Lisa Roberts to succeed Sir Steve Smith next September

Despite system promising action soon, student advocates demand end to exams

Email also says staff should not work from home for general reasons for more than one or two days per semester

Web of Science study says articles with more than 100 authors or involving dozens of countries can artificially boost citation impact

Maps ruled invalid by a court in The Hague have appeared in scientific publishing

Australia's top-ranked university joins growing list of institutions trading off the innate commercial value of their land

Government retains title for top independent colleges, while accepting all other recommendations of provider category review

Independent process ‘found several areas in which we will need to improve our board of governors’ processes’, says UEL

Universities UK poll shows Britons value skills rather than income level when it comes to immigration

Campuses are being physically repaired but questions remain over whether trust can be restored among staff and students 

University of Texas at Austin scholar argues that the poor state of quantitative psychology makes replication impossible

Drip feed of funds from the supposed fix to voluntary student unionism leaves guilds in perilous state, warn union leaders 

Research partnerships with the Asian giant keep homegrown AI innovation afloat, new report argues

From tactical voting to farmyard animals – what do students think about the 12 December General Election?

Sleepless summer beckons for policy wonks, as Canberra endorses another major review

Guardian editor-at-large turned Manchester sociology professor discusses how UK universities are in an ‘analogous crisis’ to journalism on race

Universities offer insights on engaging with industry, excelling at research support and tackling the student mental health crisis

Professor warns over possible fallout from Japan’s education ministry polling 400,000 third-year students at 500 universities 

Study finds that overseas scholars in former communist countries work there not out of deliberate choice but often due to ‘happenstance’, love or to escape poor job prospects at home

Senate passing of bill on funding for minority colleges adds requirement on sharing tax data

Malaysian historian spies signs that liberal arts’ 200-year ebb may be ending as unpredictability of employment puts paid to utilitarian education

Survey respondents cite concern over lack of funding, difficulty of international travel and bureaucracy

Blocked from firing hostile professors, institutions restrict their teaching rights

THE’s data editor Simon Baker explains how he used student population and general election data to make some poll predictions for the 2019 General Election

Old and new home trade compliments, as former deputy calls time on six-year sojourn out west

Australian representative bodies back consolidation of education and training portfolios, as tide comes back in again

King’s College London survey finds ‘significant agreement’ between students and the public ‘on the value of freedom of expression’

The first black leader of an Oxbridge college on the need for careers-based initiatives for students, the joys of parenthood and seeking out moments of calm

Tributes paid to ‘superb scholar’ whose achievements as a historian of science matched his prowess as an engineer

UK students are concerned about rumours of universities facing data security issues, says survey

Paper warns that Office for Students must work to build ‘constructive dialogue’ and ‘assure itself’ that it meets legal requirements

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

The dream of robot researchers is edging closer with automated laboratory producing five years of experiments in just two weeks, experts claim

Female students are also more likely than men to be ‘undermatched’ to courses with lower graduate earnings