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Turing Institute and British Library collaborate on project to use artificial intelligence techniques to analyse texts

Linguists also concerned about the creation of modern-language ‘deserts’

Government increases funding for project grants but cuts cash for associated costs

Organisation follows nearly 200 German research organisations in cutting ties with publishing giant

The remote campus director talks about her traveller roots, winning and losing at business and the limits of the curriculum

Spike in severance payments in Russell Group may be sign of attempt to shed ‘underperforming’ academics

Even if tuition-free or ‘debt-free’ higher education cannot be achieved at national level, local reforms are having a big impact

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

With one more year to go until the end of a decade that is transforming universities worldwide, Times Higher Education looks at the trends that have shaped the past 12 months

Several institutions refusing to pay settlement fees for employees or their families

With many staff required to record their lectures and put them online, how can they ensure students are still learning effectively?

Tributes paid to nun who was a pioneer of women’s education

Welcome for abolition of cap on visas for skilled workers, but continuing concern over impact of £30,000 salary threshold

Essay mills ‘possibly our biggest reputational risk’, advisory panel says

Academics claim that loopholes in government index of top scholars raise questions over allocation of public money

Office for Students head says ‘spiralling grade inflation’ must be tackled after latest figures show universities with most explaining to do on issue

University of Helsinki pilots aimed at eradicating unconscious bias in hiring decisions

Latest Indigenous scholar to leave post urges universities to focus on student support, not ‘tokenistic’ senior positions

Inaugural ceremony to build on success of long-running UK-focused awards

Expert panel given six months to design new system

New Zealand university ‘did not consult enough’ on new identity

IFS researcher says ONS decision will make Labour fees pledge ‘a lot less expensive’ and bring more ‘Treasury scrutiny’ of sector

Modest remuneration rises and inclusion of housing costs push average pay packets past £350,000 mark

Invitation of two far-right speakers to the University of Siegen has prompted protests and counter-claims of censorship

Immigrants whose qualifications are formally recognised are more likely to have a job which matches their level of education, says report

The University of Buckingham will open a new health science campus on Cheshire site

Estimated portion of loans that will never be repaid to be classed as government spending, rather than lending

Options said to have been modelled by Augar review could mean students with Ds or Es at A level are in effect blocked from entering university

Staff, council and senate at Wollongong ‘did not know talks were under way’

PhD scholarships in the sights as cutbacks more than double analysts’ expectations

Critics of open-access initiative had warned of limits on collaborations and publishing choice if major regions stayed out

Why other academic disciplines have not also introduced such markets is a ‘very good question’, organisers say

Unfamiliarity with opposite sex may harm academic results when mixed-gender cooperation required, says study

Graduate programmes tipped to lure disillusioned millennials

Capes-PrInt programme could help Brazil become more active in internationalisation, but worries emerge about scheme’s concentration and its future under new right-wing president

Work published by women is more widely read by undergraduate and master’s students and by junior researchers than articles written by men

New European rule on protecting data from human research subjects being found so complicated as to slow medical science

Study raises doubts over value of ‘character education’ in universities

Staffing reductions could leave institution unable to meet needs of international researchers, academics warn

System urges researchers to consider boycotting academic publisher as negotiations go to the wire

After US government officials escalate warnings against Chinese espionage, university presidents challenge idea that it’s a major campus activity

Equity ‘synonymous’ with excellence, creating the pre-conditions for multi-dimensional learning, conference hears

Universities beg government to cancel cut planned for mini-budget

Scientists must act in wake of He Jiankui case, say US and Chinese leaders, to avoid ‘rash or hasty political reaction’

Job security a dream for most higher education staff as casualisation escalates

Latest Ucas figures likely to fuel criticism of system

Latest remuneration figures bring prospect of more criticism for UK universities

Former president of University of Victoria remembered

Call for England’s Augar review to take action over fate of part-time education, as Birkbeck starts losing money too

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

Hepi study also suggests number of classes requiring peak-time travel might have to be minimised

The author and black history researcher speaks on the importance of passing historical knowledge on to the next generation, and reveals her competitive sporting nature

Universities told to reduce gap in entry rates between most and least disadvantaged applicants by almost half by 2024-25 and eliminate it altogether by the end of the subsequent decade

As a new report reveals dissatisfaction with mentorship for female researchers, Jack Grove asks where responsibility lies

Andrew Thompson warns suitable plug for UK research funding gaps post-Brexit could take years to deliver

Explosion of interest from Nepal put under scrutiny

Impending ONS student loans review to impact on chancellor’s deficit elimination goal and government’s post-18 education review

University hit by declining student numbers returns multimillion-pound deficit for third year in row

Principal of joint venture between ex-Manchester United players and Lancaster University discusses how he answers the question: ‘aren’t you making a lot of rich people even richer?’

Paper calls for scientific organisations to monitor platforms ‘known to spread false and misleading’ information about research and ‘respond quickly’