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‘Portfolio’ academics undertaking teaching for a range of platforms are playing an increasingly important role

Disgust at far-right violence at University of Virginia prompts stronger stance

Team sent to investigate rule changes that could close Budapest’s Central European University finds that they were made ‘without very strong reasons’

Expensive initiative criticised as 'defying logic' in cash-strapped country

Evidence from Denmark indicates drunken induction weeks make it difficult for reluctant drinkers to feel at home

Huang Jing was accused of ‘covertly advancing the agenda of a foreign country at Singapore’s expense’

Presence of top university is a draw card to locate organisation in Stockholm, says offer document

Matching murals mark new academic link between Cuban and Arkansan universities

Mass rallies held across the south-east Asian country as legislation to remove tuition fees is passed

University of Malta could offer financial incentive for students who apply with a Maltese qualification

UK universities can bring much-needed help in rebuilding the country, provided they avoid a ‘colonialist’ approach

New data show how universities took up the slack when businesses cut back on R&D. But the crisis also led to greater demands on universities to boost growth

Creator of controversial predatory journals blacklist says some peers are failing to warn of dangers of disreputable publishers

Aarhus University has signed up companies to fund fundamental research in what it calls a ‘patent-free playground’

The Humboldt University of Berlin, the historical home of interdisciplinarity, is experimenting with new ways to encourage a broader perspective 

German institutions and the publishing giant have still failed to agree a new deal. Could this become permanent?

Synergy Grants will be worth a total of €250 million but, when piloted in 2012 and 2013, success rates were under 3 per cent

Academics who have become deputies for Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche! hope to tackle country’s problems with scientific method

New institutes of excellence to lead training in agriculture, engineering, mining and industry

National survey finds that one in 10 female students have been attacked in past two years

Secretary general of ruling party wants government to provide "fully subsidised grants" to low income families

New centre to promote respect through research, outreach, culture and practical help

Drop in students getting go-ahead for study for first time in almost a decade

Recent cases at universities of Mississippi and Southern California raise question of 'moral turpitude'

Claims that outsourcing in higher education improves efficiency are not proven, says analysis

Universities facing the challenges of developing a knowledge economy

Some University of Hamburg academics fear decline in German scholarship, and believe international students should learn German

European Innovation Council mission to create ‘unicorns’ may deprive academics of funding, critics warn

Investigative journalist Emilia Sercan defied threats to uncover high-level ring of fraudulent PhDs

Outpost to offer business, media and education courses

Forty per cent of state-funded student places to be axed also

US president struggling to find executive director for scheme, according to reports

Monash-Warwick Alliance graduate researched chemistry PhD in England and Australia

Simon Birmingham claims that universities can achieve ‘economies of scale’ to deal with funding cuts 

Low grant success rates, a shrinking budget and concerns over evaluations preceded departure

Former education minister says government will table bill for creation of new degree standardising body

Digital humanities pioneer Gregory Crane argues academics are failing to fully utilise the new tools of scholarship

Exams this coming autumn semester to be affected

‘Staggering’ scale of persecution of Turkish academia condemned by scholars’ group

Sector leader says the UK can offer insights into higher education’s role in regional growth strategies

Analysis reveals extent of reward system for international publications, which could be distorting scientific incentives

The former president of Carnegie Mellon University will lead the Singaporean institution from 2018

Universities continue to run ‘jewel in the crown’ programme because of its ‘prestige’, survey finds

Court rules that professors suing the state did not provide evidence that presence of guns would impact on free speech

Some of Germany's most prestigious institutions are increasing pressure on the publisher to strike a new deal

Top academic claims universities have created 'factories' for junk science papers because of misguided funding system

Universities in the country face widespread shortages, disruption and often violence

CDU wants country to invest 3.5 per cent of GDP in research and development – more than twice that of UK

Twenty-one countries attend annual meeting to showcase progress of multimillion-pound Deltas initiative

Arizona State University’s Michael Crow was the highest-earning leader in 2015-16

Academics who take regular breaks from assessment will get more done than those who toil away for 10 hours straight, study says

Jo Johnson outlines UK ambition to be ‘go-to country’ for innovation and discovery, even after Brexit

Anthropologist spent more than a year among lecturers to understand why they don’t adopt innovative methods

German analysis finds that undergraduates with the highest ability put in the fewest hours

Universities could lose out as emphasis switches to supporting innovation

Higher education regulator's new rules aim to drive up standards within sector

Hakan Şükür has honorary doctorate removed over his alleged support for a banned political movement

President offers disaffected climate scientists a ‘second homeland’ to conduct their work

Stanford professor says $15 million lawsuit victory will not engender sympathy for publishing giant

Treatment of engineering scholars seen as sign of hostile ‘prove it again’ attitude