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Opposition calls on government to help meet funding shortfall

Campus staff will have to report their whereabouts to managers when they leave their ‘normal place of work’ for a morning or afternoon

A UK-wide, co-regulatory system is pitched by the QAA at its annual conference while Hefce focuses on changes needed for England's market regime

New course in historical research follows decision to cut undergraduate fees a year early

Science Council debate highlights differences in Leave camp about whether more international students are needed in the UK

Sector experts variously predict benefits and damage from lifting the lid on who earns what

TUC analysis of the ONS Labour Force Survey highlights gap between BME and white workers

Paper explores the emotional costs for women of working in ultra-competitive environments

Soon-to-be-released review into employability has identified the importance of work experience, students’ attitude and accreditation

Almost nine in 10 in staff who took part in online poll do not think the former Ofsted chief is fit to lead institution due to cost-cutting plans

Asked how they would like to be remembered, high-achieving physicists cited intellectual accomplishments while others referred to personal qualities

Majority of junior academics are on ‘precarious’ short-term contracts, says UCU report that criticises job insecurity

McGraw-Hill Education chief executive says companies must work to allay ‘legitimate concerns’ of higher education staff

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Brighton piloting and assessing a mentoring programme with potential for much of East Africa

Could the St John's College scheme be first step towards Ivy League-style system of financial support?

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

'Tesla’ initiative will combine anti-plagiarism software with facial, voice and keystroke identification technology

David Turpin says Canada’s provincial system makes it harder to attract international undergraduate students

New collection encourages universities and students to let their opponents speak

BRIDGE fellowships build on partnership established between two institutions in 2014

Analysis reveals some disciplines could leave graduates at a much greater risk of being replaced by machines in the future

Major new research on graduate earnings by course and university shows social background is key

Distance learning master’s courses announced by Falmouth pose the question of whether creative skills can be taught online

Ballot for industrial action is called despite ongoing pay talks over pay claim for 2016-17

Wellcome Trust Monitor Report finds more certainty about the benefits of breakthroughs, but a mixed picture of general scientific knowledge

Technically-trained graduates vital for development, says thinktank chief

Following previous trips to the country, physicist receives huge welcome after joining Chinese social network

Increased funding is now available applying and commercialising research

Number of women in high performance computing and science in general is worryingly low, says scholar who leads group for female academics in her field

Director of the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education says 'the tide is against' these specialist institutions

Democratic presidential candidates have rival ideas to ease the costs of HE on students, but who has the more realistic policy?

Number of signatories will trigger a mandatory government response

Paper finds that universities are more likely to interact with institutions that are geographically closer to them

New chair of AUDE, Trevor Humphreys, says increased competition within the sector could create ‘perfect storm’ for estates investment in coming years

Largest business school accreditation organisation releases report on future of business education

Lack of independent working blamed for difficulties making the leap from undergraduate to doctoral work

Graduate start-ups also show employment and turnover growth, although fewer are being founded

Universities UK analysis claims that students from the rest of the European Union ‘spend money and create jobs in all corners of the UK’

New head of Staffordshire University says sector must think harder about whether classrooms and lecture halls on campus are suited to modern teaching methods

Philanthropic donations to universities seen in the US can be replicated in Europe and the Middle East, argues former University of Chicago president Hugo Sonnenschein

Offspring of lone parents are an overlooked group in widening participation, study suggests

Russell Group and University Alliance at loggerheads over whether next research excellence framework should assess more at university level

Battersea campus will tackle global challenges via linkage of science, technology, design and creative arts

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

How should universities handle breakdowns in PhD student-supervisor relationships?

Are you on this year's shortlist?

Academic casts doubt on universities’ spin-off success and impact on SMEs

The UK has the most institutions in the Times Higher Education 150 Under 50 Rankings 2016

Outdated view that modern universities exert only local influence should be challenged, Hefce’s David Sweeney tells Barcelona event

Involving companies in quality assurance described as ‘logical next step’

Scholar explores clothing brand’s role in student life

New universities must seek innovative ways to improve the student experience rather than simply mimicking older institutions, says Peter Coaldrake

Muhammadu Buhari concedes he overreached his authority when he replaced university boards

Qualifications for women leap forward, although salaries have yet to catch up

Region’s economy draws students back from foreign universities, says National University of Singapore deputy dean

Study also warns that business schools could be producing ever more narcissistic graduates, leading to economic problems in future

But study finds while grade point averages are increasing at four-year institutions, that's not the case at community colleges, reports Inside Higher Ed's Scott Jaschik

Tensions between ‘tribes’ of differing prestige harms sector, says Leadership Foundation report