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The Institute of Cancer Research retained its place at the top, with the University of Dundee also staying second

King’s College London tops subject table for allied health professions, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy, based on GPA

Imperial College London climbs from seventh to first as Oxford falls to third

Imperial, Cambridge and Bristol all climb a place while Oxford drops from first to fourth

Leicester and Glasgow clinch spots among top five as Cambridge leads the chart, with Oxford first for research power

Chief of renowned university sees positive leadership role during Covid but admits miscues on edX and blind spots on cost discipline

Main panel C records biggest increase in number of submissions and participating staff

Four in five outputs judged to be either ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’

Although major players still dominate on research power, some large – and small – regional institutions have made their mark

Greater weighting helps medical institutions in particular improve overall positions

University of Aberdeen tops table when ordered by GPA

The University of Oxford came top with Birkbeck also moving up the rankings

UCL tops table for law as Kent, SOAS and Birmingham significantly improve their standings

Queen Mary University of London tops ranking, with Royal Holloway and the University of Manchester joint second

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LSE finishes on top again as Cardiff and Leicester repeat strong performances

The University of Strathclyde tops the ranking, with Royal Holloway coming second

LSE tops the table with Bristol second and Oxford falling from first to sixth

Imperial College London on top for key Research Excellence Framework performance metric focused on quality

Oxford and Cambridge rise up the table, replacing York and Manchester in the top two positions

Medicine-focused institutions perform strongly on metric given weighting in latest round of Research Excellence Framework

London School of Economics leads in anthropology and development unit of assessment table

‘Golden triangle’ institutions perform strongly on metric which accounts for 15 per cent of overall Research Excellence Framework scores

University of Exeter tops the table based on GPA

UCL leads area studies unit of assessment table based on GPA

York is out in front for modern languages and linguistics while Bristol and Nottingham move up

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Newcastle University leads English language and literature subject table based on GPA

Kent, Leicester and University of East Anglia lead the quality rankings in history as Oxford and Cambridge exit top 10

King's College London tops rankings alongside the University of Manchester, while Warwick, Durham and Exeter excel

The University of Birmingham tops the ranking, with the universities of York and Kent climbing several places

Clearinghouse tally held up as incentive for institutions to encourage returners, while also affirming scale of political dilemma confronting Biden

Virtual tools have unprecedented power to bend teaching towards research-proven ideals, yet opportunity of lockdown getting squandered, MIT experts tell colleagues

Country’s universities have ‘a lot of catching up to do’ despite two-month reprieve

Funding reforms set to drive up demand, but institutions uncertain about likely intake and course interest

Universities must ‘recalibrate promotion criteria’ to place more value on teaching, says scholar

La Trobe prolongs blackout on Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue’s dissertation, citing concerns over ‘identifying material’

Members asked to back motion opposing ‘gender critics’ and ‘transphobes’

Plan for legislation seems to firm up government plans for minimum entry requirement and student number controls

Blamed for housing prices largely beyond their own reach, overseas students are both courted and resented

Underfunding, compliance costs and buffer targets have left universities with ‘no room to manoeuvre’, says representative group

UK will give up its leadership role in EU-wide research projects for a back seat if association impasse drags on, warns Liverpool science chief

Universities seen as lacking capacity and strategy to embrace blended learning long-term

Academics urge action to avoid losing pandemic-era gains, also suggesting making emissions a key factor in project evaluations

Portion of overseas students remains low, with IITs reluctant to make concessions on admissions criteria

Merton College warden boasts long association with city and university, but is relative newcomer to top-level leadership

Study highlights significant under-reporting of anxiety and stress, with male and ethnic minority learners among least likely to seek help

Study finds getting a degree reduces authoritarianism and racial prejudice and increases economic right-wing attitudes

Extent of staffing overhauls bore little relationship to Covid’s financial carnage, says report

After leaked version of US Supreme Court ruling, conservative-state universities face prospect of sliding further behind on quality

Universities UK fears restricting student numbers at particular providers could have damaging reputational effects

Less than 5 per cent of medical students on indentureship deal have fulfilled obligations to work outside cities

Pakistani scholars blast move by India’s University Grants Commission, calling it ‘discriminatory, illogical and unilateral’

Academics at 44 institutions to refuse to mark work or set exams in midst of busy summer assessment period, in ongoing row over pay and pensions

Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali is given execution date on the day ‘historic’ trial ends

Special intake should be at least doubled, vice-chancellor says

Rival centre’s establishment highlights the problems for thinktanks in universities

Academic who has become a lightning rod for criticism over her pandemic advice reflects on two years in the eye of the Covid storm

Pentagon fell short on promises to help HBCUs compete for research grants, though institutions see new motivation from foreign tensions

UK professional bodies for mathematicians call for specialist funding to help female senior lecturers whose research careers are blown off course