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Backlash against VSNU’s appointment of Pieter Duisenberg, who called for investigation of anti-conservative bias on campus

Book and exhibition by one of the UK’s most renowned photographers stem from unprecedented access to elite university

US scholars will also be involved in new push to understand if the public still values expertise

Administrator taking over from Les Ebdon as director of fair access must speak out on need for student diversity, says sector expert

Despite bachelor’s graduates rising by a third since 2009, funding has barely risen faster than inflation

Pyongyang University of Science and Technology feared closure when US travel ban took effect this month

Kweichow Moutai’s move reflects concerns about shortage of skilled workers

Simon Birmingham defends plans for 7.5 per cent increase in fees and 2.5 per cent funding cut

Fears that referendum result could put off applicants have been unfounded - at least for this type of grant

Use of new graduate earnings data further undermines validity of exercise, critics warn

Aim for UK-EU research agreement ignores ‘decisive’ role of immigration system, argues Leru secretary general

Minister outlines plans for TEF and new regulator to tackle problem

Minister to set out plans for new regulator to ‘use its powers’ on senior pay in UUK speech

Glasgow vice-chancellor Sir Anton Muscatelli defends ‘cost-efficient’ sector driving UK growth

University leaders frustrated by lack of clarity on higher education in party manifestos

Digital media democracy expert on tension between control and engagement, and need for less interesting research in his field

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

List of finalists for the ‘Oscars’ of the higher education sector released

Snapshot from latest Global University Employability Ranking suggests relative reputation of US and UK graduates may be slipping 

Research reveals majority of authors publishing in illegitimate journals come from wealthy countries

Eric Mazur, father of the ‘flipped classroom’, says rethinking assessment is the next frontier

Iconic Californian institution’s viability as a state university called into question by fall in public support and growing political intrusion, says ex-chancellor

Analysis of university-city performance shows UK’s capital has a lot to lose if EU exit is botched

US physician also tells summit that, while governments change, ‘science goes on’

Carolyn Fairbairn’s UUK speech will also criticise Labour’s plans to abolish tuition fees in England

Improvement districts and policy innovation via research among international examples of civic missions, summit hears

Times Higher Education’s flagship event will return to the Asian city state for its fifth edition

Universities face new diversity challenge as middle-class parents push to secure places for children at top institutions, says former University of Warwick boss

David Malan had encouraged students to watch video recordings of lectures

Loans between libraries, and research sharing between colleagues, could allow country to sever links, negotiators claim

Two UK institutions lead our ranking of the best universities for the first time in its history, with Oxford holding on to the number one spot for the second year in a row, while Cambridge has risen to second place

Inaugural HEA award is latest accolade for Yorkshire institution

UCL head warns that decision to leave European Union ‘affecting our ability to recruit and retain the very best’

‘Artificial barriers’ such as Brexit ‘should be resisted‘, Nobel laureate tells event hosted by King’s College London

Andrew Hamilton suggests lure of New York will help it to ride out political storms

Pay ‘furore’ could deter top researchers from coming to UK, Janet Beer warns

Louise Richardson says it is ‘completely mendacious’ to suggest higher tuition fees have driven inflation in executive pay

Latest evidence overseas students are being put off US universities by political situation

Thousands of university staff are set to pay more towards pensions under proposals

Less than 10 per cent of tweets on journal articles represent genuine engagement with content, finds study

Metric on self-referencing could provide ‘truer’ citation data, say researchers

Driving force in ‘edgy, self-confident’ city’s regeneration rallies sector support for Northern Powerhouse

Hefce stops short of adopting Lord Stern’s proposal to include university-wide impact in research assessment scores

HEA's latest National Teaching Fellows announced

Times Higher Education poll of globe's greatest minds highlights threat of divided politics to academia and research

Just one leader of a top 10 UK university has a Twitter account, report reveals

The ex-footballer explains why his PhD means more than his Wales cap, and how his Cardiff Met team reached the verge of Europe

Universities must communicate better if they are to avoid being presented as part of a ‘distant and malevolent elite’, says Dame Minouche Shafik

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

Advocates say that the technology will cut out degree fraud – but could it actually help to fracture universities?

Academic whose writing fused law and literature remembered

Costs for students rising at triple the rate of inflation, triggering calls for rental caps

University of Debrecen bestows honour following involvement in Russian-funded nuclear plant

Seven top universities establish political monitoring units in response to state ‘rectification reports’

Major investment in advanced medical manufacturing announced by government

Vice-chancellor says involving academics in conversations about resources and sticking to the core mission were key to turnaround

Professor warns full university status for complementary medicine institution would ‘downgrade credibility’ of UK sector

Paper was rejected by journal because it had appeared on website of education centre

New metric measures how reliable scientific claims turn out to be – but calculating it could be an enormous task

Difference in performance by gender and ethnicity ‘pervasive’ despite assessment changes, study says