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University finances artificially inflated by government’s failed attempt to cut funding earlier this decade

Researcher says it is difficult to find portrayals of female scientists that focus on achievement

Policymakers in the US and the UK advise against abolishing fees in light of lessons from gratuidad programme

Revised deal would set up expert panel to advise on ‘future joint approach’, and aim to protect defined benefits

University has distanced itself from controversial researcher, but critic argues that it has failed to live up to own ethics code

More than 600 academics record resignation in online document

US-Australian study finds that older students in classes have a better chance of entering higher education

Hefce report shows English universities have been charging more as recruitment stalls 

Union ‘unconvinced’ making redundancies will help institution achieve aim of improving research and teaching

Uptake of Race Equality Charter in UK higher education ‘hugely disappointing’, says Kalwant Bhopal

Long-term trends data raise questions about whether fees are creating new pressures for students that some universities are struggling to address

Six higher education institutions report so far that male pay is at least 20 per cent higher than female remuneration 

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

Tributes paid to scholar of popular culture who was dubbed ‘Professor Rave’

The Oxford physicist on his appreciation for nature, renewable energies and the importance of not being afraid to fail

Contagion!, set to be broadcast on 22 March, estimates a death toll of 890,000 from an outbreak of a Spanish flu-type virus

Woolf University aims to charge $57,600 (£41,462) for its first degrees

Despite a bumpy 12 months for universities, students continue to be satisfied with campus life, finds Sara Custer

New Times Higher Education survey statistics reveal the institutions making the most progress over the past decade. Simon Baker reports

With most of its students living at home, Staffordshire University ensures they can access facilities when it suits them, finds Jo Faragher

Find out how your institution fared in the SES rankings

While supervisors say protracted shifts are a crucial part of medical education, new research finds no benefit

Lord Willetts warns mooted reforms of student finance system could backfire politically

Research collaboration ‘should be as important to the government as security’ and should not be a ‘knock-on consequence of other negotiations’, says report

Increasing Framework Programme 9 backing to €160 billion (£139.7 billion) would create 650,000 jobs by 2030, says open letter

Teenagers have completed three-year programme of after-school tuition

Taped recording of a university lecturer threatening students is viewed more than 80,000 times

Critical acclaim for Admissions, about the experience of a white student and a black student applying to Yale University

Industrial action at UK universities a ‘seminal moment’, say academics

Advance HE will be a supportive friend to higher education as England’s new regulator gets tough, explains chief executive Alison Johns

UK Essays said that its ghostwritten papers provided a ‘guaranteed grade, every time’

Head of Koç University says international researchers are applying to institution despite political landscape

Demonstrations opposing ‘biggest cut’ to higher education funding planned in five major cities

Durham academics Ernesto Schwartz-Marín and his wife Arely Cruz-Santiago were told to leave after spending too long conducting humanitarian work abroad

Fixation with students’ scores on national ATAR scale constrains teaching innovation in schools, says report

University of Waterloo president says modern universities must combine research and creativity 

Minister says the UK has much to learn from Israel’s scientific excellence and entrepreneurial flair

Announcements are part of wider initiative to increase number of training places by 1,500 over three years

Copyright policy would bar staff at University of Nottingham from objecting to edited versions of their own lectures, which could be used during a strike

An expanding research misconduct investigation has stretched its net from the chilly Baltic to an idyllic Queensland island and the grasslands of Saskatchewan

Most international students who stay in Australia after they graduate cannot find jobs in their fields

Opposition of Labor and Greens means that measure proposed in December's mid-year budget update is unlikely to pass

Middle Eastern country has the resources to ‘invest appropriately’ in universities, says UCL head

Internationalisation expert says universities should only proceed with new collaborations if there is backing from scholars 

Universities UK to appoint panel to explore methodology and assumptions behind pension scheme’s £6.1 billion deficit

Students’ union says major report suggests that humanities degrees are ‘not worthwhile’

US-based ARTiFACTS system is claimed to be first ‘fully functional’ blockchain-based system for recording research process

Institutions in many states are facing large funding cuts, although some have received a boost in income

Project encourages students to explore the past of Roehampton’s Georgian mansions and teacher training colleges

Aston researchers calculate the tensile forces at work when Spider-Man prevents a ship from splitting in two

Higher education institutions are well placed to develop solutions to harassment and assault, says University of Southern California provost

Perth’s Murdoch University backs away from radical move to reboot staff conditions

UCU appeal is latest escalation of row over future of Universities Superannuation Scheme

The latest edition of Times Higher Education discussed by the editorial team

Survey of more than 5,000 students fuels debate about cross-subsidies in English higher education

Creating a separate pot of money for international research ‘risks funding second-rate’ work, conference hears

Sophie Inge speaks to two sets of job-sharers about the pros and cons of dividing an academic role

Hepi report warns that surge in youth population and higher participation will add to government’s funding headache in England 

Tributes paid to expert on the Scottish Enlightenment

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