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Initiative to bring in US scientists causes backlash among scientists awaiting funding at home

Meeting should help develop scientific networks between the nation and European partners

Hungarian government extends deadline for compliance with education act after Budapest-based institution meets criteria

University leaders at University of Chicago discussion call for students to be better educated about First Amendment

A ‘European Campus’ has already been created by French, Swiss and German universities

Scientific developments from the microscopic to intergalactic deemed worthy of this year’s awards

Student accommodation wardens are latest to be imprisoned in Turkey's anti-Gülenist crackdown

Education minister sees break from Spain as a path to more ‘competition and excellence’ in hiring, firing and leadership

Chicago professor wins Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, awarded in memory of Alfred Nobel

Petition with 80,000 signatures was set to be presented as part of mass protest outside country’s National Congress

Academics worldwide volunteer space in labs and homes, but Puerto Rican relief efforts are slow to get off the ground

Proposals ‘reverse the trend’ of falling spending, says research minister

Investigation launched after police attending mass student protest in Varanasi seen to be beating women with sticks

New facility should provide crucial information for detecting crimes

National demonstration planned over income contingent repayment 'propaganda'

Ten people, including four coaches, face charges in federal investigation

Budapest-based institution says negotiations between Hungary and New York State have created ‘basis for an agreement’

Long-awaited list of institutions eligible for excellence initiative funding in China is published

Association of Commonwealth Universities and Commonwealth Secretariat strike agreement

Refugee and asylum seekers pitch tents on campus in northeastern France

Police complaint is filed against Delhi University lecturer after he posted comment on Facebook

Move comes after country’s top anti-corruption chief turns attention to Italy’s universities

Staff and students at the National Autonomous University of Mexico return to studies

Move follows government accusation that ideological and political work at some top institutions was weak

Intense polarisation of Turkish diaspora, plus online harassment, means refugee scholars feel they are being watched

Multinational research teams can now bid for money in any scientific area, although funders do not expect security-sensitive projects

Study finds that universities in big urban centres produce less highly cited research than institutions elsewhere

Europe’s funding councils oppose idea of requiring researchers to obtain a licence if they want to quote their colleagues or news articles

Only 6 per cent of displaced university-age Syrians currently in other countries in the Middle East are in higher education, expert warns

Inaugural UK-US science deal will include investment in two major projects Stateside

Vigilante mob face murder charges over campus killing of student Mashal Khan

New agreement could take cooperation to a new level

Firm steps up collaboration with university as world’s biggest tech companies race to harness quantum physics

Lack of student accommodation means new arrivals are often having to return home, warns student union

Australian Catholic University defends hiring of professorial fellows as a tool to build partnerships

Iran's detention of a history PhD student for alleged spying has been condemned by Princeton and US government

Backlash against VSNU’s appointment of Pieter Duisenberg, who called for investigation of anti-conservative bias on campus

US scholars will also be involved in new push to understand if the public still values expertise

Despite bachelor’s graduates rising by a third since 2009, funding has barely risen faster than inflation

Pyongyang University of Science and Technology feared closure when US travel ban took effect this month

But critics claim that French students are already well served in the province

Kweichow Moutai’s move reflects concerns about shortage of skilled workers

Simon Birmingham defends plans for 7.5 per cent increase in fees and 2.5 per cent funding cut

Fears that referendum result could put off applicants have been unfounded - at least for this type of grant

Glasgow vice-chancellor Sir Anton Muscatelli defends ‘cost-efficient’ sector driving UK growth

University leaders frustrated by lack of clarity on higher education in party manifestos

Loans between libraries, and research sharing between colleagues, could allow country to sever links, negotiators claim

Latest evidence overseas students are being put off US universities by political situation

Advocates say that the technology will cut out degree fraud – but could it actually help to fracture universities?

Varied levels of English language proficiency among students could hamper learning

Joint project with Brazil should raise the profile of Latin American astronomical research

Costs for students rising at triple the rate of inflation, triggering calls for rental caps

University of Debrecen bestows honour following involvement in Russian-funded nuclear plant

Seven top universities establish political monitoring units in response to state ‘rectification reports’

All research papers should be openly available by 2024, says Norwegian government

New metric measures how reliable scientific claims turn out to be – but calculating it could be an enormous task

Witwatersrand conference hears that scholars have much to learn from material that activists are seeking to make public

Foreign providers plan was misguided, but domestic selective funding option brings huge challenges, say experts

Sword-fighting, drinking, history and camaraderie: struggling to recruit, ancient brotherhoods mull their image problem

Politics has become overly dominated by graduates, who increasingly only mingle with each other, says author