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Creator of controversial predatory journals blacklist says some peers are failing to warn of dangers of disreputable publishers

Andrew Southgate and Rob Turner offer some tips on organising a study-abroad trip following a visit to a Japanese university

The Italian scholar discusses how Machiavelli might have appraised current politics, the benefits of birdwatching and discovering Stevie Wonder

Aarhus University has signed up companies to fund fundamental research in what it calls a ‘patent-free playground’

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

Dip in number of applications puts students in the driving seat, say sector experts

The Humboldt University of Berlin, the historical home of interdisciplinarity, is experimenting with new ways to encourage a broader perspective 

Students’ unions achieve goal in teaching excellence framework protest at Cambridge, Manchester, Oxford, Sheffield, and eight other institutions

Study finds that students who witness lecturers misbehaving are more likely to display incivility in lectures or seminars

Professor cites Soviet achievements as evidence of how detachment from mainstream scholarship can foster innovation

Staff covering for academics on leave are often given no time to conduct research themselves

Analysis shows that UK’s income from higher education taught overseas is a small part of £13 billion export industry

Indu Shahani speaks to Times Higher Education at the 2017 THE Innovation & Impact Summit

Many UK doctoral students view professional development as a ‘distraction’ or a ‘waste of time’, says study

Data on the entry qualifications of students at UK universities suggest that there must be more to the growth in top degrees

Neurobiologist questions whether academia has reached ‘peak sting’ in its battle with predatory journals

More than half of doctoral candidates surveyed at one university reported “abnormal” levels of stress and depression

Dundee life sciences undergraduate frustrated by lack of signs for many essential terms

Country’s universities and colleges have educated 58 heads of state and government

Researchers argue that national data provides a powerful call to action

German institutions and the publishing giant have still failed to agree a new deal. Could this become permanent?

Private school pupils 43 percentage points more likely to enrol in most prestigious institutions

We discuss the challenges facing early career researchers, parenthood and tearful graduations with the award-winning University of Massachusetts Amherst geoscientist

Sydney’s move towards programmes focused on problem-solving designed to address rise of artificial intelligence and automation

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

Academics just keep on finding new ways of exploring the phenomenon of the US president

Emily McIntosh and David Grey offer advice on rediscovering a ‘lost art’

UEA and Soas among institutions challenging awards in sector-wide assessment of teaching quality

Synergy Grants will be worth a total of €250 million but, when piloted in 2012 and 2013, success rates were under 3 per cent

Threat to sue universities with policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants ‘deeply disturbing’

Academics who have become deputies for Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche! hope to tackle country’s problems with scientific method

A pilot planned for the subject-level teaching excellence framework has revived debate about the importance of small group teaching at university

National survey finds that one in 10 female students have been attacked in past two years

Watch Alan Lau’s keynote speech at the 2017 Times Higher Education Research Excellence Summit

Secretary general of ruling party wants government to provide "fully subsidised grants" to low income families

New centre to promote respect through research, outreach, culture and practical help

Drop in students getting go-ahead for study for first time in almost a decade

Recent cases at universities of Mississippi and Southern California raise question of 'moral turpitude'

HMRC claims reorganisation of for-profit university’s owner may represent ‘abuse’ of VAT rules

Claims that outsourcing in higher education improves efficiency are not proven, says analysis

Differences in contact hours and class sizes between institutions and subjects ‘undermines idea that students receive value for money’

Science policy experts have concerns about the effectiveness of new UK government support model

Discipline at ‘critical point’ in UK as universities struggle to replace retiring staff, says report led by Newcastle vice-chancellor

Universities facing the challenges of developing a knowledge economy

Some University of Hamburg academics fear decline in German scholarship, and believe international students should learn German

National University of Singapore promotes provost Tan Eng Chye

‘Network science’ may help to predict the plot twists in iconic television series, researcher claims

We talk internationalisation in the face of Brexit, as well as the “alien” concept of fun for academics, with the international relations professor

European Innovation Council mission to create ‘unicorns’ may deprive academics of funding, critics warn

Watchdog says data ‘does not bear the weight that is put on it in public debate’

Investigative journalist Emilia Sercan defied threats to uncover high-level ring of fraudulent PhDs

Outpost to offer business, media and education courses

Sir Mark Walport acknowledges ‘challenge’ of UK’s departure from European Union as sector anxiety grows

Bundling of subjects under pilot for future phase of teaching excellence framework may ignore diversity and complexity of many disciplines, says engineering body

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

Forty per cent of state-funded student places to be axed also

US president struggling to find executive director for scheme, according to reports

Monash-Warwick Alliance graduate researched chemistry PhD in England and Australia

Simon Birmingham claims that universities can achieve ‘economies of scale’ to deal with funding cuts 

Low grant success rates, a shrinking budget and concerns over evaluations preceded departure