Why do we still assume that senior engineering researchers will be male? On International Women in Engineering Day, Alice Larkin decries the slow progress on improving gender balance in her discipline By Alice Larkin 23 June
Thelmas 2017 results announced University of West London wins top honour as Strathclyde and Gloucestershire take home two prizes each By Chris Havergal 22 June
Fifteen Turkish universities ‘shut down’ after failed coup Tens of thousands of students forced to find new places to study, reports say By Holly Else 22 June
TEF: bronze for BPP, but other alternative providers get gold University of Buckingham and University of Law grab top ratings in UK’s new teaching assessment By John Elmes 22 June
TEF: results ‘could undermine’ London as global student hub But many sector figures say that poor performance of capital’s universities is more likely to ‘undermine credibility’ of exercise By Ellie Bothwell 22 June
TEF 2017: ‘meaningless’ results ‘devoid of credibility’, says v-c Sir Christopher Snowden, former Universities UK president, attacks ratings in wake of Southampton’s bronze award By Jack Grove 22 June
TEF offers ‘huge opportunity’ to improve teaching, says OfS head Sir Michael Barber says that classes in English universities could be ‘more inspiring’ By Jack Grove 22 June
Patrick Johnston, 1958-2017 Tributes paid after sudden death of Queen’s University Belfast vice-chancellor By Matthew Reisz 22 June
TEF: how much attention will students pay to the results? The stamp of government approval means TEF ratings will carry significant weight, writes Chris Havergal By Chris Havergal 22 June
TEF: what makes a ‘gold’ university? Comparing the TEF with metrics such as the NSS begins to show how university location may have played a role in the final results By Simon Baker 22 June
Queen’s Speech: review of English tertiary funding left out Exercise that could take money away from universities likely to be shelved or scaled back By Chris Havergal 21 June
If your university brand disappeared overnight, would anyone miss it? Research suggests that most brands are instantly forgettable – but what can universities do to stay memorable? Max du Bois takes a look By Max du Bois 20 June