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Sector experts debate whether continental outposts would help to mitigate any decline in student recruitment

'Arguments premised on consumerism are not likely to influence me' insists academic after students suggest staff should not express personal opinions

Scrapping of BIS prompts warnings that universities may lose influence in Whitehall

Effectiveness and impact of one-day strikes targeted at university graduation and open days also questioned by expert and employers

Some believe the momentous referendum result may harm the UK’s ability to compete for the world’s best PhD students

Johnson survives Theresa May’s reshuffle

Shift may be evidence that researchers feel they are increasingly judged on citations and journal impact factors

Concerns raised over splitting research and universities, while Theresa May’s focus on ‘industrial strategy’ prompts questions

Sector aims for stronger collaboration with schools in new department

Thinktank advises universities to take advantage of UK’s ‘instability’ after EU referendum

Research league calls for funding decision makers to see UK partners as desirable

Former UN secretary general insists that scholars have to make politicians listen in order to influence change

Lack of progression may help to explain BME under-representation in academic workforce

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

Some scholars claim plans are more about improving staff visibility to students than brightening corridors

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

No staff will be lost, says Durham vice-chancellor

New exhibition celebrates the achievements of 12 female academics at the University of Sussex through photographic portraits inspired by Rembrandt

Academics gave ghostwritten papers good marks in Australian study

Two recipients of a new initiative at Portsmouth Business School describe their experience of joining a UK university

Offa concerned that institutions lack evidence for effectiveness of outlay on bursaries and fee waivers

Jeremy Corbyn urged to investigate claims of abuse much more actively and openly

Minister invites researchers to send ‘concrete’ examples that UK academics are being stopped from bidding for EU grants 

David Feldman describes his experiences of being ‘misrepresented in the public sphere’

Plans to allow graduates of France’s most elite higher education institutions to claim the title of PhD without taking a viva have enraged some Gallic scholars

University of Hertfordshire modules are marking how well classmates encourage each other to participate

Vice-chancellors argue that exercise should not go beyond pilot stage because of ‘significant instability’

Government and universities must find ways to remove obstacles to cross-cutting research, says report

Lawsuit against University of Cincinnati claims decision went against US gender discrimination laws. Maxine Joselow reports for Inside Higher Ed.

Iranian-Canadian Homa Hoodfar, who has conducted research on Islamic family law and Muslim dress codes, was imprisoned last month

Focus on teaching in proposed framework ignores its primary role as extra quality assurance tool, claims researcher

Impact of EU withdrawal on UK universities ‘more nuanced’ than some believe, says Nick Hillman

Tyneside-educated scientist to lead institution from next year

In Home Office and shadow education brief, Ms May has long history with higher education

For-profit college stripped of right to receive public funds

Senior academic from the university embroiled in the ‘Climategate’ scandal warns how open data can be used irresponsibly to damage science

Secretary general of the Guild of European Research Intensive Universities says shortfalls of Horizon 2020 must be addressed

Daphne Koller says online platform reached millions of learners largely because of the publicity, both good and bad, about Moocs

Scottish students less likely to be offered a place than rest-of-UK and non-EU applicants, according to watchdog

Immigration red tape created by Brexit might lead to certain academics being valued more than others

Dundee academics face redundancy at end of ‘shocking’ assessment process

Keele University has top record among larger institutions in DLHE survey

Brazil leads Times Higher Education’s debut ranking of the top universities in Latin America

UCU brands University of Bolton incentive scheme, which could see programme leaders paid thousands of pounds, ‘just wrong’

Fewer students expected to come to UK from Continent in wake of Brexit

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

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Hundreds of students at Europe’s largest postgraduate dental school may have been awarded the wrong marks thanks to form-filling blunders

UK alone could not match ERC prestige, senior Swiss research figure tells MPs

Malia Bouattia says she has ‘absolutely heard the arguments’ of students who voted to disaffiliate

Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust will be able to publish their findings ahead of peer review on a new digital platform from this autumn

Like the UK’s referendum on the EU, the US presidential race looks set to split the population between graduates and non-graduates

Staff raise ‘serious reservations’ about the impact of proposal to record tutorials

Referendum result is a ‘wake up call’ for UK universities on their relationship with the rest of Europe, conference hears                      

British College of Bahrain likely to reignite debate about country’s human rights record

BIS-appointed anti-fraud agency says criminals could use photos to access latest designs

Survey also finds cases of foreign scientists opting against taking up UK jobs

Behaviour like students avoiding eating before they drink to cut down on their calories may be more common than previously thought 

Kent study says intense pressure on undergraduates to succeed may be damaging

Market shocks caused by Brexit vote may have implications for sector’s largest pension scheme