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Reports of UK-based researchers already thinking of moving overseas after Brexit vote

 A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

The university professor and former political prisoner compares his own iconoclastic impulses to Rhodes Must Fall movement

University leaders from across the Continent explain why collaboration is more important than ever as a new mission group forms in Amsterdam

Assessment, timetables and module weighting could be altered to reduce pressures for students who travel a long way to university each day, says study author

As meritocratic approach to education finds favour in UK, academic argues its dystopian original meaning has come to pass in China

Anonymous interviews explore how scholars use gossip to warn others of wrongdoers – but it may not always work

Myths about the impact of having a surname starting with a letter late in the alphabet have been debunked by a new analysis

Greater student mobility and research partnerships should emerge from an accord that forms part of presidential visit

Greta Van Susteren says universities should stop ‘billing’ students for ‘hugely expensive’ new buildings

University of Auckland student claims the top prize for Universitas 21 3MT competition 

Jonathan Moyo and deputy deny wrongdoing as fate of $450,000 from skills development fund is investigated

Survey of Chinese employers shows UK graduates required to ‘fit back in’ to home culture

Researchers must have grants to win grants, new study says

Hispanic student accuses professor of cultural insensitivity over allegations she must have plagiarised work by using the word ‘hence’

International network counts 158 assaults and persecutions on higher education communities over 16 months

UK delegation meets up with C9 universities to consider new funding opportunities

Platform to ‘continue developing’ an educational role after pilot broadcast in partnership with UCL

British Council deputy cites activity in Iran and Russia, as well as Israel and Palestine

Spanish university’s new teaching space mixes videoconferencing and online collaboration with data analysis and emotional recognition technology

Battle of Ideas event asks whether ‘core academic values’ are still safe in the academy

European University Association research flags pressure points across continent

Ucas data for early deadline courses are first sign of possible reaction to referendum result

Badly rated teachers more likely to distrust data, Israeli study finds

Student artists at Staffordshire University have transformed academic research on graduate debt into a full-length comic

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

America is head and shoulders above other nations in attracting and retaining prizewinning scientists

Dean of new French-Chinese institution excited by opportunities in ‘dynamic’ part of the world

Leading scientist savages the widespread hostility to serious scientific evidence

Vice-chancellors warn that leading researchers will flee if unrest over tuition fees is not resolved swiftly

Universal free higher education regarded as unaffordable in country’s current economic crisis

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

Country is the latest to wonder whether separate admissions processes for international students are fair

New Aston vice-chancellor Alec Cameron also says that Brexit could lead to ‘aggressive’ recruitment of students in Europe

Leru analysis points to problems with Horizon 2020

New paper finds that effective social media does help to attract and retain students

Combining higher education institutions will be 'catalyst' to improve scholarship, says minister

New partnership to help drive an economy which is no longer just a sleeping giant

Most say data-driven assessments are not helping them improve teaching, Inside Higher Ed finds

Indian private university adds Long Island to list of global campuses, but faces opposition on Boston plans

Spread of student ratings is part of trend that poses a threat to academic autonomy and diversity, says Coventry University academic 

Former Google chief says UK is facing a ‘computer science crisis’ that threatens its global position

Head of England’s funding council says ‘future talent pool’ is big Brexit issue

Anthony Monaco adds that the US has a more ‘holistic approach’ to recruiting students than the UK

Attacks inspired by Hindu nationalism are now ‘transnational dynamics’, argues Cambridge scholar

UUK report brings together best practice for combating abusive behaviour

Former universities minister says researchers deserve same guarantee as bankers

Australian university seeks to improve researchers’ digital identities. But does this risk excessive uniformity?

Plugging a multibillion-pound deficit exacerbated by June’s poll result may require ‘drastic measures’, analysts have warned

Experts question whether funders are doing enough to tackle discrimination in grant applications

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

As universities tighten attendance policies, an education professor has argued that scholars should be more prepared to accept absence

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Many graduates would also have chosen a different subject or institution in hindsight, study reveals

Advocates for using education to help former inmates get their lives back on track say that current policies are deterring applications

Co-author of a major UK study of female advancement at Pakistan’s universities recounts positive experience of such institutions

Director discusses life at the world’s northernmost university, and how it leads collaborative research on Arctic issues

Nicholas Dirks predicts politicians will rescue public institutions once they are convinced cost-cutting has reached its limit

Those who leave China to study are more likely to win jobs and promotion when they return, but local academics tend to take top administrative roles, analysis suggests

Universities need to be far more open about addressing the issue of racism