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Multidisciplinary mindset requires more diverse reward structures, says Sydney v-c

Long-term benefits of research success – and of building industry relations – may be less direct but far more valuable than royalty payments, summit hears

Leaders have increasingly been acknowledging that the cultural pressure put on the country’s children to spend their hours studying has left them too one-dimensional

President of Humboldt University of Berlin says new public laboratory will help drive the ‘production, preservation and communication of knowledge’

Rosie Duffield says Labour should ‘keep that conversation open’, while Wes Streeting criticises ‘middle-class subsidy’

Humboldtian tradition at risk of unravelling in shift to use of teaching-only staff, Nobel prizewinning v-c says

Leaders of top universities say students must be pushed to ‘breaking point’ and allowed to fail

Data from the Office for Students appear to show vocational courses have bigger shares of such students

Complaints process can drag on for several years and is nearly impossible to challenge, says 1752 Group report

After a year of heavy criticism threatened to see the landmark study written off for good, it has received support from an unlikely quarter

Carlos Moedas tells MEPs institutions should introduce allocations for female academics ‘at some point’

Many counsellors opting to work overseas or move into private practice

Staff at the ‘University of the Air’ are more optimistic after the end of an unloved era of leadership, but challenges remain

Accusations of academic malpractice have forced two resignations and reached the prime minister

Duke topples queen, as Kiwi institution opts for new identity

Shadow minister warns UK risks being overtaken by rivals in North America and Asia if sectors don’t work more closely together

Libraries worry that they could be caught up in a drive to force platforms like YouTube to share their profits with creators

Scottish institution’s reparations for its slavery connections should be emulated by many more institutions, says black studies activist

Four institutions hope science-focused campus will be exempted from student numbers cap

Former doctoral student looks into the frontiers of research before the days of ethics committees

Clearing out corruption will be most important in Nazarbayev University’s success, says vice-provost Loretta O’Donnell

Review of UK guidelines says junior scholars should spend 20 per cent of time on their own projects and personal development

Completion rates improve as number of women in a programme increases, US study finds

Consumer group’s concerns follow last year’s Advertising Standards Authority crackdown

Move follows criticism of redundancy plans and no-confidence motion

Immigration bill and education exports strategy seen as key windows for reform after disappointing MAC review

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

Major new survey of world university leaders finds widespread acceptance that casualisation will increase

Tributes paid to a wide-ranging and highly innovative scholar of Renaissance literature

Report sets outs recommendations for healthier collaborations

Report says non-white students will represent 73 per cent of undergraduates by end of next decade

The Teesside pro vice-chancellor discusses promoting gender balance and being diagnosed with ovarian cancer

Half of list of 100 fastest-rising institutions in terms of contribution to the Nature Index is made up of Chinese universities and institutes

National Science Foundation demands that universities report findings of sexual harassment involving anyone working on the projects it has financed

A decade of budget reductions and surging student numbers leaves sector ill-prepared for further increases, institutions warn

Courses in Dutch language and literature are now more popular in Poland than in the Netherlands, figures suggest

Naledi Pandor wants ‘urgent’ meeting of Universities South Africa to address recent violence at two universities

New agreement will ensure ‘direct access’ to doctoral programmes for skilled individuals in each country

Cambridge fellow also calls for arts to be excluded from research excellence framework

Critics question why iQ, with UK property worth £2.2 billion, is registered offshore in favourable tax regime

Analysis reveals that, when medicine is taken out of the equation, collaborations are thin on the ground

New centre will offer master’s programmes and conduct research to tackle global environmental challenges

Increase may reflect efforts to target markets where UK has traditionally been strong

But universities welcome Migration Advisory Committee call to end Tier 2 visa cap

Students spending far less time working for their degrees in US states that have legalised medicinal cannabis, US research finds

Government’s lead migration adviser admits graduate earnings information is ‘not as good as we would like’

Data on international collaboration show cross-border authorship share falling over recent years 

Global survey suggests benefits of overseas collaboration are not evenly shared

Efforts to prevent sexual harassment at universities advanced with new policies from top US provider of science funding and world’s biggest general science society

Thinktanks join forces to warn ‘last-dollar’ approach leaves low-income students unable to afford daily essentials

Data unclear on whether older scholars are keeping younger researchers out of jobs

Last year’s move to ease burden on graduates means system is almost back to where it was before fees hike, IFS report suggests

Grattan Institute says 25- to 34-year-old university leavers have found it tougher to find jobs matching their skills

As universities have turned to partisan lobbying and self-promotion, new head of Allea thinks ancient organisations now fill a crucial space in public debate

Student protests at Mexico’s largest institution turn violent after ‘shock groups’ sent by rogue authorities

Government hopes its first new science policy in nearly 20 years will help the country tackle societal problems and embrace technological change.

Controversial textbook deal comes under fire

Coalition leader Giuseppe Conte has been urged to back out formally of the race for a top university job

Fears that MEPs’ move will make little significant difference to plight of Budapest-based university

Australian research argues that re-entry programmes focusing only on returnees ‘widens inequity in internationalisation’