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Dame Julia Goodfellow, Universities UK president-elect, calls for higher education to ‘stand up and be counted’ in EU referendum debate

Former Ucas head to join Australia's higher education regulator

Bibliometric analysis concludes lower-quality thresholds in 2014 are more likely explanation for doubling of top-rated research

Graduate talent spotter says UK’s ‘theoretical’ courses should be more like those in continental Europe

New principal sets out his vision for the institution

Study finds little difference in levels of inequality in England, US and Australia as privileged families do ‘whatever it takes’ to gain advantage

Reducing burden of student debt is top of shopping list as candidates jockey for position

Controversial dean blames ‘differences’ with the university over implementation of future strategy

Budget document says the relief was never intended for higher education institutions

‘Critical Muslims’ square up to the challenges facing higher education and research

Government attacked by Hepi president for backtracking on pledge to increase loan repayment threshold

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

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

Hefce study shows 132 per cent rise in number of students reporting a mental health problem

Dress to impress if you want students in your corner, claims US study

Plunging MoD research spend compensated for over past decade by rising research council budget

Making radios in London Met’s masterclasses gets children on the university wavelength

Epigram editor Zaki Dogliani explores whether students would accept different prices for different courses

Lack of evidence is ‘increasingly untenable’ with TEF gaining traction, says funding council

Unions and universities divided over extent of ‘casualisation’ despite major joint initiative

New report highlights fears that UK could lose out to international competitors

Research shows female ITT leaders having to 'reinvent' themselves to survive in a more marketised landscape

The way universities perceive and handle flexible hours is an area for improvement, says a joint report by employers and unions

Report attributes decline to UK government trebling tuition fees 

Funding council details how cash will be saved from English universities’ 2014-15 and 2015-16 budgets after George Osborne demanded extra cuts

Health leaders express fears for institution’s independence after Erdoğan appoints his physician and party deputy 

Former European Commissioner to lead a national review to address “systemic gender inequality” in higher education

Rosemary Deem, the new chair of the UK Council for Graduate Education, tells Holly Else of the risks to PhD support from the government spending review

Law students from the University of Warwick have so far been involved in 36 death penalty cases in the US

Institute for Fiscal Studies says George Osborne’s Budget changes will also hit middle-earning graduates by more than £6,000 on average

Predicted £310 million deficit prompts sweeping changes for non-academic personnel

New national executive committee perceived as being more left-wing

Online encyclopaedia is currently dominated by male editors

Review of Destination of Leavers from Higher Education study announced

About 80 per cent of UCU members prepared to take industrial action over expectations on external income and other issues

Researcher charts shift from racial to class segregation

Women who head universities say their gender is an extra job

Survey suggests graduates of Australia's less renowned universities earn around 15 per cent more than Group of Eight graduates

Institutions expected to assess where and how students might be at risk of being drawn into terrorism

Michael Gunn will stand down from his role in 2016

Professor hopes York Accord will see institutions take in one student and one academic displaced by violence each year

Will open doors between the academy and the arts create a golden age?

Move follows controversy over comment pieces and cover page for Science

Long-term future of theological colleges in doubt due to stringent visa regime, warns head of one institution

Regional audits of science activity will identify areas of emerging scientific strength, says minister

Business-focused City will join the University of London next year

Leeds Beckett researchers aim to maximise the impact of their knowledge

Stina and the Wolf academics enlist students in bid to make first such full-length film from a UK university

University of Huddersfield lecturer describes success of using plastic bricks in seminars

Women in university senior management earn significantly less than men in equivalent roles, says new report

Watchdog pushes higher education institutions to be more ambitious about admitting students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Another amusing collection of student slip-ups submitted by Times Higher Education readers

With fee rises in the offing for UK universities with ‘high-quality’ teaching, we look at a EUA study of performance-linked funding across Europe

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Sector questions how government will decide which universities can raise fees on 2017 timescale

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

Hepi report recommends more practice-led courses guided by employer needs, with further education colleges playing a ‘larger role’

The University of Nottingham is the UK institution with the highest number of students going abroad through the Erasmus programme, latest figures have shown

Partnerships between institutions and wider world now worth almost £4 billion

But universities and science minister says focus should be on outputs, not inputs