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Summit to coincide with Times Higher Education Awards

Universities Superannuation Scheme is in ‘rude health’, says Mervyn King

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

The winner of the Royal Society’s Athena Prize talks about tackling sexual harassment and learning that scientific heroes are people, too

Government pledges money after report found problem had been ‘largely ignored’

US lawmakers voting to expand mandatory student loan counselling, despite little expectation of any meaningful dent in ballooning debt levels

University leaders from Russia and India and an executive from Microsoft discuss how to attract and retain top-tier academics

Philip Augar predicts ONS study could increase ‘public scrutiny of taxpayer subsidy for HE’

Minister sees MAC review as chance to change status quo that leaves him ‘concerned’

Union complains that early career academics have been told they must publish at least one 3* paper every 18 months ahead of 2021 assessment

New admissions system, set up to end a lottery for places, has led some applicants to leave decisions to the last minute

Preview data from upcoming Global University Employability Ranking show view is reversed for some European nations

All research funded by participating public bodies across Europe must be made freely and openly available to read and download, agency heads say

Cultural and linguistic cohesion required if region is to fulfil its higher education potential, experts say

Cambridge deputy to succeed Dame Glynis Breakwell in April

Universities would have to share proposed equity grants scheme with colleges and non-profits

Growing influence of Democrat-leaning students attracts attention of Republican lawmakers

Publisher says divestment from Prometheus was taken for commercial reasons

Association of Colleges urges government review to take action on England’s unconditional offers and admissions ‘free-for-all’

Universities UK calls on government to improve post-study work offer to compete with regimes in US, Canada and Australia

Data from 55 institutions suggest efforts to improve retention have had little effect

Office for Students makes nearly two-third of board papers ‘exempt from publication’ at latest board meeting

University of London member is the first significant UK higher education institution to close since medieval times

Canadian study finds that short-term contracts are ‘discouraging and demoralising’

Ennio Vivaldi says he stands with student protesters pushing for equality on campuses

University of Hertfordshire is stepping up efforts to include live-at-home students more fully in extracurricular activities

Government washing its hands over ‘market failure’, finance guru says

University of London institution complained its large international cohort meant it was penalised in assessment

Many universities now looking to China, not to Europe, to form academic partnerships, says Cambridge professor

Ministry will remove at least 1,000 places on English-language courses, claiming two in three are a drain on the state

University chiefs’ remuneration rising at more than double the rate of staff’s

Pioneering scholar of black feminism remembered

Controversial companies are pouring millions into academic research – including on how the industry should be regulated

Landmark paper charts rapid increase in use of essay mills

Gavin Buckingham offers new lecturers tips on how to thrive in the pressurised first few months in the job

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

Hepi paper highlights that ‘progressive’ reforms mean poorer students will have larger debts and less cash in hand than before

Ex-Aberystwyth professor John Warren forced to escape in dead of night

The psychologist talks about jumping ship, putting junior researchers first and why online gaming promotes abstemiousness

National improvement programmes have clear losers as well as winners, THE summit hears

Institutions should publish the names of lecturers found guilty of sexual misconduct, says head of National Universities Commission

There has been a surge of applications for Dutch universities, while students are also trying to ‘catch the last train’ before Brexit

Men account for just 28 per cent of graduates from Iceland’s main university

Institution obliged to yield to new government legislation on refugees and asylum seekers

First-year students from China’s special administrative regions will be required to participate in military training programme for first time

Doctoral students starting degrees at Westlake University handed advice to develop ‘strong morals’

Saint Louis University is latest institution to embrace Amazon-powered technology

It’s still early days for the £650 million biomedical research centre, but its director believes it is showing signs of fulfilling its promise

Opposition promises stability, uncapped funding and a new target

Findings based on observation of 587 courses at nine institutions

Be more bolshie in your negotiations with government, sector told

Sir Paul Nurse says having to apply for visas for EU researchers would be ‘a heavy financial administrative blow’

Freedom of Information requests suggest just a handful of members are involved in huge growth seen across sector

Findings suggest markets could be used to help prioritise which experiments need repeating most urgently 

Steady ship predicted as education portfolio changes hands

There are better ways to help Rwanda’s state university to thrive than donating laboratory discards or old books, says Phil Cotton

Scientists wouldn’t cause unnecessary suffering to humans or animals, so why are they so careless with numbers, asks biostatistician

World-first scheme also covers schools and colleges

It’s the devil you know, as ‘least-worst option’ for university sector prevails

US academics consider how the Bard can be taught to students who may feel he has nothing to offer them