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Andrew Atherton placed on leave after just nine months in post

Researcher says experiment demonstrates that students mistake benefits of technology for increase in ‘internal ability’ to solve problems 

Less than half of undergraduates now spend 11 or more hours a week in classes, according to Advance HE study

Ankara may be seeking long-term presence in Syria through campuses that will bring influx of non-Kurdish refugees, according to experts

Tributes paid to ‘a committed visionary’ whose research and lobbying helped transform the Californian legal system

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

University believes new criteria rewarding selfless behaviour will ‘focus minds’

The Yale Law School professor discusses the ‘sham’ of meritocracy, the damage the idea causes and why elite universities are part of the problem

Negative perceptions surround the head’s role, but those who have taken up the challenge speak of a range of benefits, write Navé Wald and Clinton Golding

Too many institutions, however, don’t properly serve them, advocates warn

OfS data analysis suggests that almost 200 students who dropped out may not have done if they had been given a conditional offer

US governing board bends as pressure builds after California showdown

Equality and Human Rights Commission data show staff complaints take longer to investigate and are less likely to lead to redress

UK and Switzerland risk missing out on beginning of €100 billion (£86 billion) programme, alongside potential newcomers Australia and Canada

Gender-fluid academic seeks to challenge the ways in which we carve up the world

Cambridge leads combined results of three main UK university league tables for ninth year running

England’s Office for Students also says 13 providers are in ‘representations process’ after being provisionally refused loans access

Junius Ho, who has been accused of supporting violence against protesters, has honour removed by British university

Government Accountability Office says number of religious-based hate crimes in universities nearly doubled in eight years

Students believe that institutions must walk their talk when it comes to the future of the planet, Sydney summit hears

Analysis of publishing deals across Europe highlights different costs faced by country-level consortia

As government takes interventionist stance, education experts call for deeper measures on social and institutional inequality

Sir Michael Brady believes generous scholarships and opportunity to create post-oil economy will prove attractive

More than a thousand people sign open letter published online by Times Higher Education

Ream of new reports suggest capping of places is continuing to take a toll, but justify policy focus on graduate employment

Part-time learners in the UK much less likely to get a first or 2:1

Australian Qualifications Framework overhaul also recommends decoupling of knowledge and skills

Commentators laud ‘exciting’ political pairing of seasoned bureaucrat and entrepreneurial icon

Academy faces challenge of overcoming a sceptical White House and reluctance of some of its members

US president’s visit shows heavy reliance of struggling minority campuses on federal power

‘Regional’ tag extended, after cities lobby for international education incentives

Federal institutions vow to fight back against Jair Bolsonaro’s restrictive policies

Tianjin campus will be first in country to offer US-accredited master of music degree

Alberta joins Ontario in cutting university funding and hiking tuition fees

Trump education chief resisted aiding students defrauded by for-profit college chain

Gender equality expert says higher education sector must ‘strengthen the economic independence of researchers’ 

Repository of research findings to help social scientists see ‘what we’re actually grappling with’

Tough sanctions on institutions that ignore research integrity rules in new concordat backed by Universities UK and research funders

Sir Konstantin Novoselov sparks debate over who should be responsible for commercialising research discoveries

Linguist ‘at a loss for words’ over university guidelines on what can and cannot be said about Jews

Investment will create 2,700 new PhD places in biosciences and AI research

Internship restriction ‘makes no sense’, says international education expert

The artist and oral art historian discusses what objects can tell us about the past, the importance of fieldwork and the calming influence of a good clean

Tributes paid to an academic ‘free spirit’ who applied economic principles to gambling and car parking permits

Collaborators criticise lack of sanction against Anna Lora-Wainwright, but internal investigation finds she did not intend to deceive

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

There are huge direct and indirect benefits in removing loan restrictions which make it impossible for many prisoners to study for degrees, argues Hepi

AQF review also recommends smoother pathways between vocational and higher education

Move comes amid concern about treatment of academics who criticise employers

Defendants see new charges as bid to intimidate them into admitting guilt

Equality and Human Rights Commission report says UK universities “oblivious” to scale of abuse on campus

Gender action project also calls for increased focus on gender equality in evaluation of Horizon Europe research proposals 

Opposition driven by fear of ‘increases in cultural diversity’, analysis suggests

Scheme means universities can spend levy money on own training for lecturers instead of seeing it claimed by government

Schaffhausen Institute of Technology will work closely with industry and focus on interdisciplinary research and education

Tensions between Hong Kong and mainland China students play out at universities

There is a vast universe of information about people’s online behaviour. But academics say social media firms are restricting access to it, leaving us in the dark about the web

Technology organisation says gender balanced intake is a sign of things to come

Chris Skidmore reiterates desire for UK to associate to Horizon Europe, but says negotiations are unlikely to begin until the second quarter of 2020

Liberals’ likely partners equally committed to reducing burden on graduates