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Institutions accused of only ‘wanting to be about Shakespeare’ in wake of proposal to merge US Education and Labor departments

Ballot follows walkouts over pensions earlier this year

Relying on an inspirational leader is a bad tactic for universities, conference hears

Nobel laureates call for early career researchers to be freed from ‘publish or perish’ mentality

University of Roehampton provost Lynn Dobbs will take the reins at London Metropolitan University in October

University alliances warn pilot could be restricted to Erasmus+ programme countries only

Submissions will be published alongside reviewers’ comments and author responses

A committee investigating sexual harassment at Makerere University has called for the end of ‘rampant’ abuse of students by lecturers

Gillian Martin described transgender students as ‘hairy-knuckled laydees’

Glasgow School of Art’s historic home at risk of ‘sudden collapse’

Chemistry laureate Michael Levitt also warns younger scientists are now far less likely to be awarded grants

Controversial legislation will not be considered before August

Student Minds to lead in developing charter, but student mental health ‘isn’t just about universities’

The Hungarian medievalist discusses being in Paris in 1968, learning from Jacques Le Goff, and the Orbán regime

Thirty providers already signed up to initiative, with another 30 interested in following suit

Post-18 review likely to be pressed by government to lower fees without extra spending

Tributes paid to “inspirational” scientist who transformed understanding of a rare disease

Scholars say European Union may be reluctant to allocate research funds to Hungarian universities after government takes control over financing of research institutions

Biggest campus protests since 1989 have disrupted legislation that many fear will lead to more state control of universities

Analysis reveals Antipodean universities are falling behind East Asian rivals

Jean-Lou Chameau pushes for formal merger of five grandes écoles

‘Essentially no difference’ for most part between views of students and general public, says YouGov

Fee-free policy cheaper than expected, as enrolments remain subdued

President of Canada’s York University warns against binary divide between regional and global universities

Leaving state regulatory system might free institutions from ministers’ ‘deeply flawed’ fixation with value for money, says Frans Berkhout

Analysis of latest data could spark similar debate to that seen in relation to the REF, about whether a complex assessment process is needed

Australian regulator confirms it is investigating institution

Government-led initiative establishes ‘at least 30’ research institutes on president’s thinking

Belgian psychologist to succeed Sir Keith Burnett later this year

Australian National University outlines why it refused multimillion-dollar humanities gift

List of universities closing down predicted to grow rapidly

Opportunities to discuss ‘taboo’ subject and new institutional guidelines will help women during the menopause, says University of Manchester

New analysis shows regions were benefiting directly from uncapping of places

But new government figures do suggest rate in England and Wales is higher now than a decade ago

Academic tweets about how he stepped in to prevent colleague being attacked

Report says early career academics should be given more opportunities to lead their own research teams to foster independence and improve job security

Independent study will examine why more institutions have not joined initiative

Minutes show investment board saw draft of council decision against full divestment

Regional universities say complex measures are needed to do justice to teaching standards

Cross-border tensions accelerate trans-Pacific pivot

Study suggests pure science disciplines may have more of a problem with citations that are not actually giving the thumbs up to other studies

Data and analytics specialists discuss how universities should strategically use metrics to understand their own performance as well as their students' 

Cambridge vice-chancellor says reforms are needed if foreign researchers are to be attracted to post-Brexit Britain

But international scholars are less satisfied than domestic peers with the influence they have in the workplace, finds study

University of Huddersfield takes two prizes, including Outstanding Leadership and Management Team, back to Yorkshire

Russell Group broadly welcomes Home Office plan, but warns on project’s impact on study leave abroad

Only 17 per cent of Ucas questionnaire’s 85,000 respondents understood government’s flagship exercise designed to improve student choice 

The geriatrician and television star on hitch-hiking to Paris, the secret of ageing well, and how an elderly man’s rectal prolapse helped him realise his vocation

Analysis of accounts of institutions receiving public funding reveals large salary, bonus and dividend payouts

Reform wants external professional bodies to set university standards and to determine the proportion of each degree classification that an institution can award

Tributes paid to pioneering historian who served as first female president of Smith College

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

Introduction of lecture capture also leads to significant drop in attainment, King’s College London study finds

Ramsay Centre insists that negotiations with other institutions are under way

Overseas scholars use survey to warn of hostile political rhetoric against immigrants

Parliamentary moves to outlaw Islamic face veils from classrooms have been strongly criticised by universities

Calls for additional funding to help colleges police controversial events

Credit transfer agreement addresses concerns that part-time learners from finance sector will have to relocate

Checking on the whereabouts of international employees only may breach the Equality Act, campaigners say

Collaboration with Leuphana University of Lüneburg could lead to submission of joint research funding bids