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Reid review says academics must win a greater share of competitively allocated funding post-Brexit

Arizona State to be first university adopter of new technology, launching fully online biology degrees

Unions and universities worry that agreements could leave them vulnerable to for-profit competition and entrench privatisation

The biologist on how a box of tulip bulbs encouraged her to research plants and why women must expand their comfort zone 

The Hepi/Advance HE Student Academic Survey finds undergraduates at gold-rated institutions do not rank teaching staff highly

Tributes paid to expert in interprofessional education who worked on both sides of the Atlantic

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

Requirement for visa holders to report attendance builds ‘culture of mistrust’, say scholars

President shares story of institution’s path out of the ‘abyss’

Tel Aviv University researchers face down religious objections with new museum attraction

Parisian university to work with controversial cab company to develop ‘autonomous three-dimensional transport systems’

Steady decline in undergraduate continuation blamed on unusually open admissions system

Government allows fully online degree programmes in a bid to boost share of young people enrolling in higher education

President unveils new target of attracting 350,000 foreign students despite ongoing concern over human rights abuses

End stigma against students who don't want to pursue careers in academia, says report

Universities of Liverpool and Southampton among those to improve their ratings

Committee of University Chairs guidelines say leaders should not be involved in setting their own pay and should be required to justify their salaries

Bolton head’s pay rose by almost 30 per cent despite ministers’ calls for salary restraint

Toronto president says international ventures have diverted resources from institutions’ core activities

Interdisciplinary and risky projects in particular led to projects that made big strides in understanding, evaluators say

Universities across North America told they must resolve issues around job insecurity as one institution faces 14th week of industrial action

Seventy-two per cent of women working in UK universities believe men are at an advantage when pursuing top jobs, Advance HE survey says

Institution hopes to win funding under European Commission project, despite Brexit

Teaching experts watching success of Victoria University experiment closely

Review of international students in net migration target must be priority of home secretary’s ‘fresh look’ at immigration policy, say sector leaders

Court rulings make clear that higher education institutions’ responsibilities go further than previously thought

Although ousted prime minister Najib Razak supported strategy, there were signs it had already reached its limits

Michael Spence maintains status as Australia’s highest-paid university leader despite cut in salary

New book sets human history in the light of the wider trends that have shaped the universe

Bums-on-seats model ‘failing millions of Chinese’, conference hears

Buenos Aires rector says public universities remain committed to their social mission

Dutch study finds students do not get better grades if they are taught by leading scholars

Proposals also curtail opportunities for dependants of international students in the country

Staff refuse to allow delegates to consider motion calling for general secretary’s resignation

World-first study suggests scientific societies may offer an underappreciated avenue for female academics to burst through the glass ceiling

European Commission proposal means the UK will be able to seek an agreement to participate post-Brexit

President of Incheon National University says higher education institutions should be ‘honoured to be the servants of industry’

The new chancellor of Leeds Trinity University talks about playing a student on Coronation Street, coping with grief and why regional accents are still frowned upon by directors of Shakespeare

Head of Higher Education Authority acknowledges ‘political appetite’ for organisation to take on stronger regulatory responsibilities

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

Gender gap at professorial level is largely down to fewer women applying, so default application system could be a solution, researcher suggests

Tributes paid to physicist whose research on moon rocks illuminated our understanding of the solar system

Analysis finds black students significantly more likely to have their applications investigated and cancelled

What does a university’s reputation and the ‘B-word’ (no, not Brexit) have to do with delivering higher education outcomes?

Analysis reveals Asia’s top universities still have low levels of prestige outside continent 

University and College Union general secretary Sally Hunt faces demands to stand down over her handling of the pensions strike

Move comes with added aim of attracting foreign branch campuses to Dubai

Sibongile Mani charged with theft after allegedly spending £49,000 of mistaken grant

Institutions themselves could create their own megajournals in response, report from European universities suggests

Scheme introduced as figures show most US colleges have seen a fall in number of international applications

Government backs report proposals to increase regional people’s participation

Creation of Ministry of Science and Higher Education seen as potential boost to Project 5-100

Royal Academy of Engineering drive to link advancement to good teaching could be a better way to drive up standards than the TEF

Australian National University introduces early applications and ‘whole-person’ tests in latest snub to ATAR

Students unhappy about a 25,000-capacity fan zone next to their institution have held demonstrations and circulated petitions

Max Nikias and senior leaders perceived to have failed to act on misconduct reports

Melbourne university reports improved student achievement and retention

Private liberal arts institution gains UK degree-awarding powers

Latest Hesa data show there was no immediate exodus of academics but Russell Group warns against ‘complacency’

Nearly two decades on, reports suggest the goal of a unified higher education area in Europe is still some distance away