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Instead of spending time competing for competitive funding, academics should be given a lump sum, paper suggests

Office for Students’ Nicola Dandridge says new regulator will not guarantee union seat on board

Watchdog’s new guidelines aim to stop ‘contract cheating’ on campus

Louise Richardson says concentration of functions at college and departmental level creates ‘great deal of duplication’

Petition with 80,000 signatures was set to be presented as part of mass protest outside country’s National Congress

Latest OECD figures suggest that some countries such as the US are a long way behind others on social mobility

Academics worldwide volunteer space in labs and homes, but Puerto Rican relief efforts are slow to get off the ground

‘Turbulent times’ ahead for university funding could lead to less cash for buildings, warns AUDE chair

Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture recognises lifetime achievement in philosophy and public service

Academic social network accused of infringing copyright on a massive scale

Extended senior management survey finds that employees are extremely unhappy with the people running universities

The new chair of the Campaign for Social Science on ethnic minorities, the similarity between law and academia and universities swallowing the management textbook

Students on course forced to find alternative programmes, as government plans to open English sector further to new providers

Former vice-chancellor of London South Bank University remembered

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

Analysis of departmental spending suggests there is a large gulf in costs between some disciplines

Pragya Agarwal considers what aspiring doctoral students can do to make their application stand out from the rest

Countries with the most open immigration policies for scholars have stronger scientific impact, reports suggest

Proposals ‘reverse the trend’ of falling spending, says research minister

Conference speech raises questions about future of £9,250 fees system and shows impact of Labour policy

Text from the prime minister's 2018 party conference address

Three scientists, based in UK, US and Switzerland, share prize for making it possible to see biological material at atomic level

Political climate and anti-immigration policies in US are blamed as UK and Canada report increase in applications

Investigation launched after police attending mass student protest in Varanasi seen to be beating women with sticks

New facility should provide crucial information for detecting crimes

National demonstration planned over income contingent repayment 'propaganda'

Ten people, including four coaches, face charges in federal investigation

Figures from Elsevier's Scopus database suggest study into topic has unusually low rate of collaboration

Budapest-based institution says negotiations between Hungary and New York State have created ‘basis for an agreement’

Finance expert Martin Lewis likens government to 'illegal loan shark' on 'disastrous' threshold freeze

Raising graduate repayments bar to £25k hikes level of public subsidy for system to 45 per cent, says respected research institute 

Researchers Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne recognised for their work on the international Ligo project 

Long-awaited list of institutions eligible for excellence initiative funding in China is published

US researchers Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young take prize for studies on circadian rhythm

Theresa May’s goal of achieving fee differentiation steps into ‘minefield’, sector figures warn

Stephen Toope says universities must continue to work across borders even as societies become more inward looking

Breaking free from Madrid may reduce bureaucracy for universities, but could endanger funding

US survey finds development of curiosity, leadership and work ethic unaffected by length of international experience

Commission wants more comparable data on the jobs students go into, and how well their degrees prepared them

Nick Hillman makes call in book that aims to influence Conservative policy

Andrew Hamilton says NYU’s internationalist aims challenge the nativist visions of Theresa May and Donald Trump

Leeds, Southampton and Manchester among institutions downgraded by Moody's, but Cambridge keeps triple-A rating

Publisher argues European countries could move to subscription-free approach without international consensus

Sir Peter Gluckman, who advises New Zealand’s prime minister, cautions scientists against overreach

UMBC president calls for shift in institutional culture at Times Higher Education forum

Some researchers worry that lack of female laureates devalues prestigious awards

Data analysis by THE suggests some universities would take a hit of more than £25 million if fees were slashed to £7,500 for classroom subjects

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

The Coventry chancellor talks about being inspired by protest, managing a rap artist and being a pioneer as a black woman in law

Cost of compliance with Home Office rules uncovered by Study Group

Police complaint is filed against Delhi University lecturer after he posted comment on Facebook

Move comes after country’s top anti-corruption chief turns attention to Italy’s universities

Staff and students at the National Autonomous University of Mexico return to studies

Move follows government accusation that ideological and political work at some top institutions was weak

Intense polarisation of Turkish diaspora, plus online harassment, means refugee scholars feel they are being watched

Greater democratic development in post-Soviet nations when students head for EU rather than Russia, study finds

Stanford loses lead spot in 2018 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education league table 

Peter Agre, Ed Byrne and Nicholas Dirks speak to Times Higher Education at the 2017 World Academic Summit in London