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Head of private university that closed in July 2016 is latest academic targeted in post-coup crackdown

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

Study finds 35 per cent increase in publications ahead of submission deadline, but 12 per cent decline in citations

Partnerships should allow access to a wider pool of research grants, institutions hope

Private equity-backed music institute trebled number of students with taxpayer-backed loans to net £24.4 million in 2016-17, new figures show

Career of prolific technology and development expert took him from Nairobi to Harvard

The Ghanaian university president on medieval poetry, good leadership and Goethe 

Wilfrid Laurier University admits it mishandled incident in which teaching assistant was accused of creating a ‘toxic’ environment 

Tory controversialist hits back against ‘politically motivated attacks’ as he joins England’s higher education regulator

England’s outgoing director of fair access mulls progress on participation and gives advice to new regulator

Pro vice-chancellor warns that students may be ending up on courses on which they will struggle

Eleven per cent of women and 3 per cent of men report inappropriate sexual advances or touching at American Political Science Association meeting

Research-intensive mission group can act for benefit of whole UK sector, says Tim Bradshaw

Universities fear they will be forced to subsidise the cost of regulating new entrants to the sector

Junior researchers also more likely to feel they have to give credit to colleagues who made minimal contributions

Diverse dining options are part of institution’s recipe for success, says outgoing president Tan Chorh Chuan

University and College Union says selection of ‘Tory cheerleader’ raises questions about new regulator’s role in English sector

Increases in government research funding are absorbed by scientists at the ‘bottom of the hierarchy’, study suggests

Concerns raised over moves to ‘mute’ students’ union and potential for far-Right figures on university boards

University of Strathclyde pollster John Curtice knighted in annual list

Certain disciplines and institutions likely to suffer from pegging of teaching funding

Promise of free higher education for majority of nation’s youth greeted with scepticism by university sector

UK institution expresses concern about regulatory constraints and ‘global political challenges’

Imperial College London centre will aim to speed up development of vaccines

Latest data from Ucas suggest bulk of institutions are increasingly recruiting students with similar grade profiles

Echoing the UK, government will also seek to measure the impact of research on society and business

Thirteen Russian higher education institutions feature in top 200 of inaugural Moscow International University Rankings

Scholars claim dean-elect is unfit for office after publishing articles in journals found on Jeffrey Beall’s blacklist

Offer of free study appears to have attracted many undergraduates, particularly from Russia

Sussex historian Joanne Paul said she felt she ‘had not been taken seriously’ after reading sexist review of her work

Scholars seek to ‘call out’ workshops they see as far too soft on empire

Fears that uncertainty over UK’s future in EU research framework has led to drop of half a billion euros in coordinated projects

Leeds Beckett University researchers are to publish a book exploring how the unheralded British actor became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars

Sir David Eastwood earns £90,000 as USS chair, while Dame Glynis Breakwell gets £50,000

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

A trawl of published research shows that Santa Claus has an enduring fascination for academics

The award-winning historian talks about research in an Eastern Siberian prison, making sense of the world through stories and why Angela Merkel is admirable

Researchers receiving funding from overseas may be forced to register as foreign agents

Institutions operating without full university degree-awarding accreditation also to be targeted

Range of initiatives designed to help women unveiled

Thousands more gain finance for study from student loans board after appeals

As Pam Tatlow departs MillionPlus, she warns against imposing a market in fees and criticises UUK on funding and Brexit

Westminster course brings serving prisoners together with students

Interventions such as women-only fellowships have improved gender balance – but some professoriates are still more than 85 per cent male

Jack Chappell launched distributed denial of service attack against Janet service

King's College professor Fiona Watt picked to lead organisation when it comes under auspices of UK Research and Innovation

Campaigners say US move could see download speeds for academic content slow and tuition fees rise

Scholar who lives in Germany and works in UK blames Brexit after waiting months for certificate

Ambitious target will be smashed as communist state steps up overseas collaboration efforts

Law lecturer’s unflattering account of Senate candidate Roy Moore triggers debate

Keeping support for undergraduate courses at 2017 levels effectively ends demand-driven system, say universities

Scheme streamlines immigration process for master's courses and allows graduates to stay in the UK for six months in search of work

HEA, LFHE and ECU to form new, as-yet-unnamed agency

Proposed penalties for intuitions that fall foul of new regulator called “eye-watering”

Hepi/YouthSight poll finds 68 per cent of students now back the party, up from 55 per cent prior to June’s general election

Conversion course costs have hit social mobility in legal profession, leading QC warns

Botanist warns of continuing political instability and restrictive legislation on science

Xiang Zhang, who will succeed Peter Mathieson, faces challenges over academic freedom and Chinese influence in the former British colony

Traditional literary approaches meet the latest stylometric analysis in determining who wrote the Bard’s plays

Rapid technological change means that higher education leavers will need to return during their career, says Tec Monterrey president