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Study concludes that black and ethnic minority applicants are less likely to be offered a place because they choose more competitive courses

Move comes as universities minister criticises National Union of Students for failing to back new rules to curb ‘extremist’ speakers on campus

Hefce study finds independent school students are less likely to get a first or a 2:1

Funding council role could be taken on by other bodies, according to lead civil servant on Browne review

University shows its new ‘fusion’ collection at this year’s Ceramics Biennial

Stance of Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, who calls fee rise linked to TEF ‘contentious’, appears to contrast with that of Oxford counterpart

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

Sir John makes robust defence of current set-up as he warns sector not to be ‘complacent’ about councils’ future

Are you an idealist or a pragmatist? In his latest book, Self and Soul, Edmundson aims to provide fresh insights into how we might choose to live our lives

But individuals are still much more likely to trust NHS sources of information on cancer

Research by University of Oxford academics provides evidence that student satisfaction scores are unconnected to exam performance

Fledgling company reaches out to the US sector to help broker university and industry collaboration

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Post-crisis, UK academics’ pay stays flat

International students accounted for over two-thirds of the growth in enrolments in past decade, says study

US institutions top the inaugural Reuters Top 100 Most Innovative Universities table

University negotiates compromise deal over controversial conference

Study finds proportion of non-aboriginal people in the country graduating from university is improving at a faster rate

Anxieties over overseas posts largely overlooked as academy highlights benefits of global mobility, researchers claim

Physicist warns that the UK’s high scientific output is based on investment made ‘decades’ ago

£18K-a-year college launches its students into the world with artwork to reflect their CVs and ‘brainwaves’

Critics say Kansas State University show resembled a sexual act, William Shatner disagrees

Five hundred staff face a choice of relocating to Manchester, Milton Keynes or Nottingham, or leaving

Overseas applicants also cited the UK’s attitude to international students as a factor dissuading them from choosing a university in the country

Former business secretary’s book says PM cannot move Theresa May ‘an inch’ and reveals Lib Dems had plan to protect higher education and science budgets under new coalition

An openness to other cultures has long characterised a country often considered exotically remote, says Tibetan scholar as Dalai Lama visits UK

Report author says ITT is fundamentally ‘a university matter’

Universities to scale back liberal arts and social science courses

Critics question Jeremy Corbyn’s £10bn policy to scrap fees, but student activists applaud him for putting free education on agenda

Grant winners failing to comply with policies to end cronyism and other practices face penalties

Just one in 10 researchers has completed an internship away from the academy, a new survey says

Firm’s scheme offers degree funding in exchange for students returning home to work in the country

Academics need to become ‘good gatekeepers’ to students from minority backgrounds, a study from New Zealand suggests

Debate hears differing perspectives on whether students should have warnings or be sheltered from certain points of view

Institution says app was designed to make the experience of clearing ‘reassuring and enjoyable’

Report recommends that branch campuses are scrutinised within institutional reviews of UK awarding bodies

Megan Dunn and NUS national executive committee clash as policy to formally oppose the teaching excellence framework is passed

Brazil’s flagship scholarship programme likely to suffer as government looks for savings. Donna Bowater reports from Rio de Janeiro

Scholar says departments that did well in the research excellence framework may not have the right to ‘strut around campus’ if their field is not competitive 

Survey finds that students perceive similar benefits to overseas experience, regardless of duration

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

Norwegian study argues ‘walking for thinking’ is exercise that all researchers can benefit from

Research councils thought to be under review as BIS aims to be ‘sharper, smaller, cheaper’

Sir Adrian Smith on what he feels is the institution’s undeserved reputation for fustiness

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Dalmeet Singh Chawla looks at short, sharp new ways to impart information from journal articles

Transition to ‘make-or-break’ stage for female academics is a significant challenge, study explains

‘We don’t need Nobel physicists running car parks. We want the scientists focused on science,’ says universities minister

‘Conference at the Gates’ confronts the buyers and sellers of arms

Financial boost follows better than average performance in the 2014 REF

Discipline may fund women fairly because of a better awareness of the ‘ingrained, institutionalized male culture of universities’

Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor identifies the top academic ‘habits’ postdocs need to reach the next level

Bruce Harreld will become president of the institution in November

Scholars in countries with a permissive approach are three times more likely to use the technique

First female president of Universities UK jokes that ‘it’s only been 100 years’ before a woman filled the post

Wyn Ellis appears to have been on immigration blacklist after exposing Thai official’s plagiarism

Kiron University looking to raise money to offer free education to refugees

Ministers respond to concern about violence against women on campus

Region’s universities must build a type of institution distinctive from those in the West, scholar argues

Deluge of submitted papers leads journals to fall back on alma mater prestige, research suggests