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Brexit uncertainty could see several top UK universities relocate to a windblown North Sea island, Times Higher Education understands

Reduction in fees for rest-of-UK students would add to ‘perfect storm of uncertainty’, says Universities Scotland

More joint papers would ‘spread the word about China’s strengths’, summit hears

Future steps require a future, first-time China summit hears

Home institution of right-wing provocateur sees little room under tenure constraints

Analysis of finance data for English universities suggests some institutions have responded by cutting staff costs

For most competitive class ever, Asian Americans claim more than a quarter of seats

Policymakers shy away from regulatory reform as court cases progress

Librarians welcome new European rules on copyright, which also secures right for researchers to mine text and data

Implementing the mandate for open access monographs will be complex but that is the price of ‘being the leader’, says Cameron Neylon

Indian scholar explains why she thinks guidelines on ensuring PhDs focus on ‘national priorities’ are dangerous and wrong

Shadow minister says new assessment is ‘half-baked’

Country wins biggest share of advanced grants, but could soon lose access to fund

Universities minister says domestic programme would offer ‘ability to tailor the scheme to UK needs and target funding where it is most needed’

Thierry Baudet’s anti-immigration, anti-European Union party had its ‘cradle’ in Leiden thesis, former supervisor says

The Turner prizewinning artist on being part of the UK’s Black Art movement and promoting the contributions of women

Post-Brexit UK grants scheme would find it ‘almost impossible’ to match European Research Council’s international competition and quality, former European Commission research head warns

Tributes paid to University of Washington vice-president for innovation strategy

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

Times Higher Education’s poll of artificial intelligence experts defies predictions that university jobs will be cut as technology advances

But Nicola Dandridge says that ‘to pile limited public resource into failing institution’ would be mistake

Work to encourage team science is gathering momentum, and a recent Academy of Medical Sciences report highlights key steps to be taken

Project reported to be linked to suspended dean of School of Management

Study finds that students with ‘controlling’ parents report higher levels of worry when enrolling in higher education

C$100 million donation from entrepreneurs to fund two-tower downtown complex

THE rankings data show institutions are progressing on all areas of their global outlook, but experts say there is still more work to be done

Kyoto University overtakes University of Tokyo in student-focused table

Department advertises for ‘policy expert on HE financial sustainability’ who will shape stance on ‘potential intervention’ if institutions risk closure

Advocacy groups worried by entry of high-cost private lenders to market

Former Brexit secretary calls on Philip Augar’s review panel to lighten the burden of student borrowing

Universities unable to deliver governments’ ‘unrealistic expectations’ of prosperity and social mobility, says English funding review member

Elevated output has not come at cost of excellence, research assessment exercise suggests

Initial federal letter asks eight US universities for details on implicated staff and students

University said to have known of problems with lab technician’s faked data for several years

Oslo-based programmes win accreditation after regulator rules there is a "field of work" astrologers can enter after graduation

Online platform boasting 11,500 academic experts answering public questions seeks backing for global expansion

UK’s first professor of social mobility says institutions must focus on outreach activities that are proven to work

But union says codifying free speech principles would backfire

New partnership with the University of Bremen will involve the cross-affiliation of staff

New association will seek to tackle class-based barriers prevalent in academia, says chair

Rapid change in the business school market is ‘almost unmanageable’, according to report from the Chartered Association of Business schools

Experts say university council should intervene in Western civilisation degree row

Stronger attention to student mental health appears to overlook need among teachers

Lessons from wealthy bribes may help counter legal and political threats to affirmative action

While fundraising is growing, it involves more than ‘building relationships over a cup of coffee’ 

Australia’s private colleges are lumbered with loan fee despite doing better than university partners

Female PIs awarded lower starting salaries than similarly qualified male research group leaders, survey suggests

Edict reveals limited levers available to US president

Latest sector-wide figures likely to increase concerns about financial sustainability

One in six campuses is shrinking as low birth rates bite, says study

Leadership barriers facing graduates suggest need for change, including in university curricula

But funders still need to create standardised data repositories for all fields, says Magdalena Skipper

Editorial in journal special issue says ‘arbitrary’ p-value threshold for analysing results has become ‘meaningless’

Tributes paid to pioneering philosopher who established guidelines on embryo research in the UK

Evidence on international students’ tax payments raises ‘serious concerns’ about rejection of post-study work visa return, says report for Hepi

Post-18 education review also said to have looked at proposals to allocate top-up public funding according to subjects’ cost of provision

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

Tributes paid to victim of Ethiopian Airlines crash

The father of the Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on being a student leader with a stammer, returning to Pakistan and his fears for his daughter at Oxford

Average success rate for European Commission programme stands at 12 per cent