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Imaginative method is detailed in sector ombudsman’s latest annual report

Oxford and Cambridge maintain dominance as total number of donors falls

Support for medical science and the humanities will increase under 2017 budget deal

Report raises concerns about academic freedom and funding structures

Augmented reality and game-based learning among the innovations set to transform higher education

Leading universities could widen access without harming academic standards or budgets, report says

Research finds that support levels are lower among conservatives and some minority groups

Commission hopes awards will help researchers find other sources of funding

Ian Jacobs says visits by hundreds of thousands of international and lifelong learners on short courses will transform campus life

Figures likely to fuel debate over whether value of bachelor's degrees is eroding over time

Medical charity sets out demands to allow it to invest ‘confidently’

Indiana public higher education institution eyes for-profit online provider’s technological expertise

Bill to further market approach in England backed by MPs and Lords

Conservative peer attacks ‘brightest and best’ language used by ministers

Researcher talks of anger over job loss caused by federal hiring freeze

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

A round-up of academics awarded research council funding

We discuss realising what it means to be black in the UK, dealing with insomnia, and institutional racism in the academy, with the renowned race and black identity scholar

Higher education news from around the globe

‘Centrist’ candidate wins majority in first round of ballot

Former chancellor claims ‘politically correct’ students hold sway over ‘totally supine university authorities’

Vince Cable and Julian Huppert back party to overtake Labour in ‘university seats’

System rewards academics whose work is used in teaching – but at potential bureaucracy cost

Scholars more likely to falsify or fabricate data if they 'can get away with it', researchers say

Report finds that the average undergraduate pays twice the amount recommended by an affordability benchmark 

Electrical engineering professor Khalil Al-Halwachi jailed for 10 years on 'fabricated' weapons charges

New target aims for 13.2 per cent of students to undertake international placements by 2020 

Political scientist at Arizona State University thought to have taken his own life

Government warned against further reductions in sector funding in upcoming budget

Government deal with opposition clears path to pass bill ahead of election

Mackleen Desravines uses film to show that not all academics ‘have nice offices and fabulous lifestyles’

Satirical take on sector also has serious message for university leaders, says author

Some research-intensive universities grew value of collaborations by more than 20 per cent in 2015-16

Research excellence framework maintains discrimination in academy, says thesis

As the country succeeds in attracting even more students from overseas, a mixture of demographics, ‘soft power’ concerns and local politics help explain its policy

‘Overwhelming’ evidence that initiatives targeted at disadvantaged groups increase access

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

Peer review process punishes academics who ‘challenge the dogma’ of their field, scientists claim

The former leader of the House of Lords talks inequality, widening access to higher education and keeping on top of technology

Critics call proposal for world-first professional recognition system ‘demented’

A round-up of academics awarded research council funding

Government concessions needed ‘if it is not to lose its bill’, senior Labour peer warns