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Developers working with academics compete for $150,000 prize

Universities worry that young scientists affected by humanitarian crisis might ‘leave and not return’

Institutions left ‘bemused’ by ratings delivered by pilot

Ningbo campus provost threatens legal action over ‘deliberate misrepresentation’

Minister for higher education says proposed new law will help foreign universities set up outposts in the country

Researchers blame ‘old boy’ networks and evolutionary history for male tendency to stick together

Details emerge of another academic publisher blocking access to sensitive journal articles

Photographer and pro vice-chancellor of the University of the Arts London remembered

Almost 50 years after it was dismantled, the celebrated institution is making a comeback

NTU pro v-c talks about finding out who you are at university, leading a stellar theatre company and why Nottingham should be European Capital of Culture

Some academics call for institutions to break all links with the country, while others say educational partnerships are key to building peace

Library staff should think in terms of the whole university if they want to advance, Sconul report says

Efforts by granddaughter of William Carlos Williams to persuade the Nobel Foundation to acknowledge the US poet could open door for other disciplines

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

Senior QAA reviewer claims it is unfair to compare alternative providers to universities when they charge different fees

Noura Al-Jizawi hopes her experience at the University of Toronto will help her to transform her homeland into a democracy

Fellow at Scottish university at centre of investigation over presidential adviser’s alleged collusion with Russian authorities

Paris and Brussels are now taking legal action against sites critics accuse of 'pimping'

Five people were killed at Monterrey Institute of Technology during 7.1 magnitude earthquake in September

Campus protests promoted by controversial speakers also viewed as very negative but relatively low impact, survey finds

Scholars charged with terrorism offences almost two years after signing anti-war petition

High price of journals 'placing strain on acceptance' of division of labour between researchers and publishers, says professor

University of Maryland student claims top prize for explaining thesis on parasites affecting bee decline

Long-running legal saga involving US academic and Sir Peter Scott concludes after court verdict

At the University of Hamburg, new rules leave it up to lecturers to decide whether the full face veil disrupts their teaching

Simon Birmingham suggests Productivity Commission report could change senators' minds

Lobbying government on Brexit will be key priority for new leader

Robert Smedley sentenced for five counts of fraud alongside partner Christopher Joynson

College of the Ozarks president says new course demonstrates importance of pride in your country

Sweeping away ‘leaves’, using the metric system and forcing students to speak ‘European’; the depth of universities’ EU ‘treachery’ is uncovered

Hate studies grows in importance as a discipline as more universities open research centres

Vice-chancellors say it is unclear whether the government will fully compensate universities after scrapping fees

Hefce analysis reveals extent of first-year retakes and transfers in England

Higher education needs to tap far more effectively into the essential human ability to reimagine the world, claim authors

Dame Athene Donald raises concerns about how UK research councils will operate under their new umbrella body

Madeleine Atkins says institutions can cope with fees remaining at £9,250 for two years only

Remaining three years of funding programme to focus on carbon reduction, climate change resilience, digitisation and cybersecurity

King’s College London professor says current loans system means most young people feel they have ‘no choice but to go to university’

Junior researchers being ‘held back’ by the ordering of names on joint papers, study finds

Prime minister Jacinda Ardern says the government will ‘work quickly’ to try to implement the policy from 2018

Jennifer Rubin to become executive chair of research council, alongside new role for Sir Harpal Kumar

Professor allegedly demanded ‘superhuman commitment’ from doctoral students, allowing them barely any holiday and setting meetings that ran past midnight

Senior pro vice-chancellor will succeed Glyn Davis in October 2018

UK researcher who travelled to predatory conference in Denmark calls for greater awareness of problem

Journalist who led Stanford courses in Berlin remembered

The inventor with a penchant for clocks talks KitKat wrappers and kettles

Plan explored to prevent ‘chasm’ opening up in enrolment from declining numbers of EU undergraduates

Sutton Trust says contextual admissions must become ‘central’ as report reveals uneven use across sector

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

EU and international applications up in data for Oxbridge, medical and veterinary degrees

Robert MacIntosh explains how academics should tackle their first university administrative role

Letter signed by 22 representative organisations calls on governments to speed up Brexit negotiations concerning higher education

CU Boulder president also urges expansion of student Pell Grants to middle class in future

Four other women continue legal action against Irish university

Sixty-five students expelled or given suspensions in three years

University still hopes to live by its original ‘pan-American’ ideals

Researchers from across the globe gather in Buenos Aires to discuss medicinal uses of drug

Sino-American University aims to offer liberal arts education that will help students ‘respond to the challenges of new technologies’

Chris Heaton-Harris’ request for academics lecturing in field was research for book, says Jo Johnson

Canada and Germany also boast high levels of cross-border collaboration, Elsevier data show