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Leader’s offensive behaviours portrayed as exception for morality-focused institution

Athene Donald tells launch of institute that universities need better data on why women drop out

Chris Skidmore says Augar review recommendation to cut tuition fees in England would lead to university closures

As university expands record endowment, comments boost concern over moral clarity

Major international project involves large charitable and public funders of research from nine countries

Birmingham’s Kathleen Armour emphasises need for collaboration across traditional disciplinary boundaries

Candid self-appraisals lend weight to doubts about English capabilities of learners coming to Australia

Clare Langford writes about her experience of creating social networks between learners and lecturers

Debra Humphris discusses experiencing prejudice and learning from it, and why the University Alliance's voice on the future of work and higher education matters

Former Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde academic ordered to complete unpaid work and overnight curfew

Results of early assignments can make or break students’ determination to continue their studies, Australian research suggests

Aminata Cairo leads the Inclusive Education research group at the Hague University of Applied Sciences. Born in the Netherlands to Surinamese parents, she obtained a PhD in medical anthropology from the University of Kentucky. She won the Martin Luther King Jr Humanitarian Award for her work promoting inclusion among students

Electronic credentials could be the way of the future. But how will HE counter the risks of cyber-attacks and concerns over standardisation? Anna McKie reports

Uncertainty over funding and the movement of foreign students to megacities will spur institutional mergers, says Bert van der Zwaan

Graduates arranged workplace visits in major world cities as well as donations to cover travel costs, university alumni relations head tells conference

International student mobility policies around the world don’t address sustainability or inclusivity, survey finds

AI technology could help save people from the encroaching predators – and vice-versa

Decline of for-profits helps, but ethnic minorities and low income students still in trouble

Less than one-third of institutions are utilising technology that could boost innovation and fundraising, report finds

Donation comes from billionaire producers of plastic-bottled water

Data show US has relatively low number of domestic PhD graduates, leaving it reliant on potentially fragile international recruitment

Cornell, New Mexico and Morehouse schemes highlight importance of debate at federal level, say experts

National legislation can be a barrier to offering one diploma from two universities, joint degree advocate says 

The French president’s ambitious plan for cross-border universities will require at least seven years given integration required, experts warn

Trend for ‘shorter and closer’ overseas study options among Japanese students puts premium on demonstrating educational value, EAIE conference hears

EAIE report analyses views of 2,300 international education staff on their universities’ priorities

Improving the career prospects of postdocs is now a priority of UK universities and research funders

Percentage of BAME and female professors has gone up but ‘there is still a long way to go’, Advance HE report shows

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

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

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

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