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Unite Students’ executive pay deals prompt union criticism of ‘massive rises funded by public money and student debt’

Data underline strength of links built via EU framework programmes and highlight amount of work needed to develop ties further afield

Abolishing predicted grades system would help poorer students, says Angela Rayner

Sydney’s Michael Spence says increasing competition, growing costs and changing expectations mean institutions need to change tack

Leader, who will relinquish post in September 2020, credited with leaving institution in ‘very strong’ position

Authors of randomised control trial study warn that popular approach could be exacerbating achievement gaps between different groups of learners

Despite reservations over staying on in Trump administration, National Institutes of Health director is glad he did

Diverse measures guard against unintended consequences but suggest few universities can achieve top marks

Four out of five presidents in survey describe escalation in recent years

New warden of London institution also announces levy on single-use plastic

Two-day event to focus on how UK universities can ‘change the story’

University says scheme will give junior academics ‘opportunity to experience life as a full-time lecturer’, but critics suspect REF link

But academics question the logic of consolidating three institutions in different locations

Newcastle’s Jane Robinson wants to work strategically with local partners to help address north east’s post-industrial challenges

Gender determines whether university study is in directionless students’ interests

Resignations follow loss of access to company’s titles

Deloitte report suggests teaching costs have accelerated as funding stalls

Consultation options look to reduce administrative burden of flagship scheme

Inadequate funding and lack of interregional collaboration hindering much-needed scholarship, report says

Vocational training funding freefall to continue as governments bicker

Research leaders welcome announcements but warn of impact of no-deal departure

Universities, already facing upheaval on several other fronts, fear imminent plans could make it far harder to recruit students

Lords committee says Augar panel ‘missed mark’ in not considering how reducing tuition fees could force universities to divert research income to teaching

Agreement with controversial Ramsay Centre follows divisive internal debate

Office for Students’ judgement that for-profit college was ‘not financially viable’ raises questions of why Department for Education extended funding access last year

The new president of Boise State University discusses what the Victorians can teach us and how her dream of ‘staying in college for ever’ has come true

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

Tributes paid to long-serving political science professor

Fees are seen by some as a proxy for quality, so an increase might not be all that bad, says Hepi report

Three professors accused by nine women of using academic powers to press for sex

Robert MacIntosh offers some tips on dealing with the deluge of student reference requests – and on how to get a decent one yourself

‘Distinctive Australian’ scheme will ‘buffer out unintended consequences’, architect says

Early career academics dismayed to see 20 per cent threshold for independent projects and personal development dropped from UK guidelines

As in the UK and the US, universities face questions about whether their curricula feature enough non-white voices

Universities urged to reconsider use of large introductory lectures

Stuttering reforms and party control of academics hinder country’s extraordinary scientific rise

Retention, graduate employment, student feedback and widening participation to guide distribution

Martin Keck, who led the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry’s hospital, is being investigated by Munich’s public prosecutor

New Zealand university swaps former prime minister for Sir Anand Satyanand

eLife editor says radical shift would help readers judge the real value of research, not just where it is published

States have rolled back funding as Washington has stepped in – and this must stop, says Louisiana State president

Overstating the value of an intervention could put patients at risk, say researchers

PhD leavers from overseas seek new companies, but can’t accept visa risks

All chiefs and no workers in Australia’s over-credentialled labour force, says new thinktank

Baroness Amos leaves London institution after issuing warning about its finances

Overseas scholars feel that their presence is ‘tokenistic’, says study, despite state-sponsored drive for internationalisation

Decades of racial division hindering academia’s ability to alleviate poverty

Call for other sector agencies to take on research from regulator

Rapidly growing country could be springboard to wider Asean engagement, say experts

LUISS Guido Carli University uses alumni ties to influence political debate

Rise in Continental recruitment offsets overall flattening in transnational education numbers

Manoeuvre seen as ethically flawed but also as a sign of the country’s growing student debt crisis

Jo Johnson is back in his old brief as England’s universities and science minister, reappointed by the prime minister, his brother Boris. John Morgan looks at his most pressing challenges – some his own creation – and his likely goals

New twist in case which triggered departure of vice-chancellor and management dean

Former deputy Liberal leader to assume the reins from Gareth Evans

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

‘Hong Kong Principles’ aim to tackle ‘perverse incentives’ in metrics-based policies and university promotion criteria

Countries can boost each other’s prospects with a united appeal to colossal research funding scheme, say sector leaders

Move fast and be patient, antipodean institutions told, as doors open in Indonesia

GSM London will end teaching at the end of September, meaning current students must find alternative institutions