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Murderous deeds in Islam’s name cannot exterminate love and courage in this moving Mali-set drama inspired by real events, writes Duncan Wu

The deputy director of the London School of Economics is to take over the helm at Durham University.

Coventry and Sussex make strides

Sequel to be released later this year

Welsh universities have created a new initiative to attract more international students.

The British Library has received earmarked funds of more than £9.5 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund to put the nation’s sounds online.    

The UK government must be clearer in articulating its immigration policy or risk facing a decline in the number of overseas students.

But publisher says changes to policy are ‘evidence-based’ and adhere to standard principles on sharing work

Announcement from Hefcw also shows hit to overall sector support for part-time and postgraduate teaching

London centre that hosts Moodle environment affected

Comments follow huge hike in net migration figures

Hepi document envisages harsher repayment terms for students and loan book sold at a loss

We speak to the Greenwich v-c and newly appointed head of Jisc

University considers rewarding staff who help with global goals as it moves from a branch campus model towards a network of partnerships

Review group to reconvene over future of higher education in North Wales

A digital tool created by the University of Edinburgh uses Twitter to engage with Mooc learners

Researcher finds reactions to Shakespeare performance vary wildly across continent

Black scholar at UCL claims that he lost out on a permanent job after his proposed course ‘scared’ the academy

Bumps are expected in decade-long shift away from market-based system

Welsh universities need 600 more additional academics in STEMM subjects to get their ‘fair’ share of research cash

Paul Webley calls on the academy to follow the institution’s lead and divest from fossil fuels

£6K tuition fees was the wrong idea at the wrong time. The party has to tailor its next plans for higher education to the wider climate, argues Andy Westwood

The number of people employed by social enterprises spun off from universities rose by almost 150 per cent between 2012-13 and 2013-14, figures reveal

Diana Beech explains why her choice at the ballot box was an act of defiance against other academics

A talented physicist who moved into finance and then returned to academia to create major programmes at Essex Business School has died

Researchers are advised to learn how to manage their own expectations and to be synergistic. Plus the latest higher education appointments

A research network that links schools with higher education institutions is demonstrating the positive impact the sector can have on teaching

If the form-filling that plagues academia is pointless, why do academics comply with it? asks Eliane Glaser

How one academic stood up for fact in an error-strewn world

Many of the Italian researchers interviewed said they were unhappy working abroad

Twenty-five years after its publication, Camille Paglia’s Sexual Personae is still an energising ‘cultural bible’

Managerialism has taken over the university, professor argues

GDP-adjusted ranking of global higher education systems puts British system near top

Should the foundations of a 21st-century academic career still be built on the traditional model?

Survey details the financial and personal costs of casualisation in higher education

Institutions seek new ways to halt exodus of country’s scholars

The former president of the National Union of Students explains how his background helped Labour take Ilford North from the Tories

Juan Manuel Mora on what makes a university’s reputation

The head of a research council is leaving to take up a position at a London university

Sir Roger Jones says comments by School of Management dean on trade unionists were ‘puerile’

More than 200 jobs could go at the University of Exeter as part of plans to save £25 million

A row over job losses at the University of Surrey will not lead to a strike

International students in London contribute a net benefit of £2.3 billion to the UK economy every year, a study says

The University of Oxford has announced publicly that it does not invest in oil and tar sands companies.

Move by Gregory Fenves reflects worries about ever increasing salary hikes for US university heads

The new chair of Million+ will be Dave Phoenix, vice-chancellor of London South Bank University

The British Academy has launched a call for evidence on a new project exploring the nature and challenges of interdisciplinary research.

Next week will see scientists in 12 UK cities – and 8 other countries – presenting their research to audiences in pubs.

Former universities minister Greg Clark issues directive within days of taking up new post as communities and local government secretary

FutureLearn, the UK massive open online course platform, has this week commenced what it believes is the biggest-ever Mooc.

The High Court has ruled that an animal rights organisation can bring a judicial review against the Home Office

The University of Aberdeen is set to become the first UK higher education institution to open a campus in South Korea

A conference has challenged the UK government’s notion of “extremism” and the negative educational consequences that academics believe flow from it

More than 95 per cent of graduate teaching assistants at a London university say they work longer than their contracted hours, a survey has found

Renowned economist Thomas Piketty has been appointed Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics

A leading figure in the pharmaceutical sciences has died

Universities’ lobbying of the new Conservative government will focus on funding and continuing EU membership