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Institution hit by 41 per cent budget reduction pins hopes on reducing administrative and academic duplication

Tropical breakthrough represents the latest research application for the tiny aircraft

After the pensions strike, employees’ sense of ‘helplessness’ has ‘evaporated’, says incoming UCU leader

US president’s agitations seen as having political rather than practical goals

The live unveiling of Germany’s Excellence Strategy institutions is greeted by champagne, confetti and a changing of attitudes

Biggest bequest ever to bankroll university’s fight against autoimmune disease

Battling to protect online institutions, Trump administration raises risk to student dollars

Relinquishing guardianship to boost aid eligibility puts spotlight on ethics and debts

Ex-European Commission official predicts ‘zero chance’ of UK joining Brussels research programmes after no-deal, with ‘going global’ and looser rules the likely alternatives

Women who out-earn male partners need to have significantly higher qualifications, Australian survey suggests

Australian report suggests scholars should ‘focus on areas where AI is ineffective’

Thirty-eight per cent of 18-year-old applicants received at least one offer with an unconditional component in 2019, Ucas data show

Lack of a functioning executive and threat of a no-deal Brexit have put Northern Irish universities in jeopardy: could a new university help?

Scientists still stymied by federal restrictions as legalisation in states increases demand for answers on risk and benefits

German universities need to collect better data and rethink selection system to improve integration, analysis finds

The ‘best’ scientists lack time for peer review, and academics should be rated for ‘worthy’ papers, argues Dan Shechtman

As Labor hands EIF potential lifeline, ex-chair of its board says money could insulate HE against international income risks

Institute of Cancer Research and Imperial College London join forces to bring insights from physics, AI and data into cancer science

New analysis charts 40-fold increase in quantity of co-authored papers and 100-fold surge in quality

Survey affirms need for boosting human-based concerns in admissions and curricula

Study pinpoints ‘disconnect’ between what academics value when submitting work for publication, and what they think others value

Suspended vice-chancellor Richard Davies and dean Marc Clement now dismissed following investigations

Wall Street Journal op-ed on faculty salaries prompts collective fact check from scholars

Some alternative providers could lose access to public student loans if OfS judges non-continuation rates too high

Annual report shows increase in value of fund assets, but dispute over future contributions takes toll on contentment

The Pulitzer winner discusses the lack of national alarm over the lives of black communities in the US and how art can help Americans overcome barriers of race

But overall students are split on the policy of making lower grade offers to applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds

Stand-off likely to exacerbate concerns over free speech on campus

Landmark development ‘blurs boundaries between education and research’ and aims to deliver work experience for students

Leiden University acted unlawfully, a court has ruled, in using anonymous letter to discredit an applicant for a professorship

Scholars question whether move against autonomous private schools will go far enough in equalising university admissions

Law dean calls Amy Wax’s views ‘repugnant’ but does not answer demands for her removal

Gavin Williamson named education secretary and Andrea Leadsom business secretary in Boris Johnson Cabinet

Collaboration between three university alliances hopes to drive cooperation to achieve Sustainable Development Goals

UUK and Russell Group issue appeals after former shadow HE minister’s victory in Tory leadership race

Student and applicant data have been stolen in a ‘malicious and sophisticated’ phishing attack on Lancaster University

Rising numbers of overseas academics have been hit with visa denials or refused entry to Palestine, scholars say

Universities fuel governments’ appetites for metrics when they brag about their rankings, summit hears

New campus after seven years of CMU operations in Rwanda raises hopes, questions of sustainability

Michael Kosterlitz tells THE how colour blindness shaped his career and why Nobel winners shouldn’t be taken too seriously

Analysis of graduate pay data that could shape future of English universities lays bare contrasts in regional labour markets

UUK announces review of university admissions, after similar review ordered by the Westminster government.

Universities should cut enrolments rather than allowing further erosion of base funding rates, expert says

Ex head of UK Civil Service issues warning as Arts Council chief praises universities’ contribution during council funding crisis

'We have budget troubles too', provost of China’s leading university insists

Event hears how machine learning can aid student progress and curriculum design – and that academics should let AI ‘take over’ admissions

Forum mulls the merits of external experience, elected leaders and 10-year term limits

Situation is ‘driving anxiety and fear on our campuses’, Lawrence Bacow warns top officials

Political shifts will bring funding shift from HE to FE, but universities could play into ‘politics of belonging’, former No 10 adviser says

Sector’s representative and mission groups unite to call for change ahead of new PM’s entrance

Universities ‘on the front line’ as authoritarianism rises and other European nations may follow Hungary’s example, leaders and academics warn

In times of conflict it is best to meet students on their own turf, University of Cape Town leader says

Nesta finds proportion of female AI researchers was higher in the mid-1990s – although universities fare better than tech firms

Ruskin College denies allegations of ‘victimisation’ of UCU members

Member of catering staff draws support after appeal to Sir David Eastwood to survive on her salary for a month

Having learned the value of protecting reputations individually, universities now must begin acting collectively to support higher education more widely, Ellie Bothwell hears

Student satisfaction appears to be higher with some humanities courses like history, and lower with certain STEM subjects 

Print versions of Pearson materials will still be available to rent, but students will be discouraged from buying them

Result shows that rankings performance is not one-way traffic, despite fierce international competition

Analysis of academic survey suggests differences in perceived university prestige based on age of scholar