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UK institution expresses concern about regulatory constraints and ‘global political challenges’

Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading

Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading

Campaigners say US move could see download speeds for academic content slow and tuition fees rise

Law lecturer’s unflattering account of Senate candidate Roy Moore triggers debate

Got some last minute scholarly Christmas shopping to do? Glen Wright has got your back

Sexual harassment allegations and Paradise Paper revelations among negative headlines

Mark Jones looks at what happens to the league tables if you isolate the World University Rankings’ teaching metrics

Alternative metrics find that research on dieting, PhD mental health and female doctors attracted the most online attention this year

Figures also show that female teaching staff earned between 95 and 98 per cent of their male counterparts

Restrictions on bibliometric data create ‘two-tiered’ research system, say campaigners

Study reveals how higher education institutions’ responses to executive order were shaped by local circumstances