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Although overall resource funding will rise, most of this extra money will go to multidisciplinary research

A new joint PhD programme is part of a ‘new era of close collaboration’ between the UK and Australian universities, say v-cs

Finance minister’s announcement greeted as ‘tall order’ but also as ‘amazing step’

German academic looking at UK system raises concerns over incentives created by research excellence framework

EU commissioner tells THE that excellent science requires European and global collaboration

UCL rent strike has thrown the spotlight on a growing problem across the UK

Times Higher Education World University Rankings data reveal the 20 best institutions based on private-sector investment per academic

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

Decision has rekindled row over universities’ role in validating HE courses in FE

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

University of Salford exhibition dedicated to the subject of childbirth is expanded

Construction on £25 million biomass boiler in nearby village aims to cut energy costs for ancient university

Distance learning institution and owner of FutureLearn describes results as 'disappointing' but 'not entirely unexpected'

These data show how scholars used their time at different types of university in the period 2012 to 2015

UK universities’ research links would be harmed and their ‘philosophy’ lost to Continent, John Morgan is told in Berlin and Munich

Study explores challenges of carrying out qualitative work

Female researchers now account for 37 per cent of first authors in medicine’s top journals, says US study

UK among the worst performers in analysis of 69 national academies

The share of women in management or governor roles has steadily increased over the past two years, analysis shows

Blogging is now an essential weapon in most scientists’ armoury

Nanyang Technological University president Bertil Andersson says Singapore has been much better at improving universities

Almost half of defectors drop out of higher education in South Korea

France's École Polytechnique among the institutions signing agreements in aftermath of nuclear deal

But country sees low satisfaction levels for financial support and accommodation costs

Collaboration with Europe has grown dramatically since 2000, according to analysis

State's new campus concealed carry law leads to warnings for academics on handling students who may have guns

Third of country’s higher education institutions were closed in 2014 after criticism of standards

Researchers hail separatism as a way for region to escape Spanish bureaucracy 

Future research excellence framework could incorporate information on the ‘future plans of institutions’

Students tend to nominate entertaining or ‘sexy’ academics, says paper

Consultant downplays fears that leaving the EU could see overseas sources of funding dry up

Survey finds support for tools that could improve grades and reduce risk of dropping out

Government considering regulation that would further hamper enrolment of international students, sector leaders fear

Free movement of students and scholars would be hindered by UK leaving EU, says University of Glasgow principal

Times Higher Education hears how Wu's career encompassed filming Tiananmen protests and sending China’s first email

Black students’ officer Malia Bouattia among candidates for union presidency

Despite claims that engagement with business is as important as research and teaching, academics find they have no time for work outside the academy

But concerns raised over Hefce move to contract out quality assurance in several tenders

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

The school was launched by four students who met on an online course at McGill University

Hopes that coordination across universities and better career paths can renew technician workforce

Scientists are increasingly working in collaboration with overseas academics, according to OECD figures

No more than 75 per cent of a discipline’s students should be of the same gender, says funding council

Credit agency says the pace of change will quicken as governments seek cost savings

Big remuneration deals for Salford’s Martin Hall and Glyndwr’s Michael Scott revealed in university accounts

As globalisation takes a firm grip on higher education, is the French government’s new strategy working?

Classes suspended at Pretoria and Free State following clashes over language and outsourcing

But universities warned to beware the predicted fall in China’s student population

Student protesters at the US institution want the name of the gardens at the university changed, reports Ellen Wexler for Inside Higher Ed

A comparison of some of the fees that are charged to international students

Director of Claro Learning has complained his firm was unfairly attacked by Margaret Hodge

Oxford pro vice-chancellor Sally Mapstone to take on role vacated by Louise Richardson

Leaving the EU would damage international partnerships vital to research excellence, v-cs say in letter to national newspaper

Study suggests there may be long-term benefits from publishing, but critics warn of ‘too much, too soon’

But peer review processing firm must deal with author comments like those on ‘consenting mole rats’

Ahead of TEF, funding council says universities must not seek to sway students’ responses

The UK’s first academic conference on hip hop comes straight outta Cambridge

Extra contributions are likely to cost many university staff more than £1,000 a year, analysis shows

Barry Winn, former University of Bradford deputy v-c, criticises short-term ‘colonial’ approach of UK universities to global partnerships

This graphic shows to what extent tertiary education increases people’s sense that they have a say in politics