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UCL’s Michael Arthur discusses fears for lack of long-term financial support and of a British exit from the EU

Critics cry ‘cop-out’ over decision on publishing report

A scholar’s project on Lewis Carroll’s heroine helps an institution boost its links with the capital’s museums

Scholars have asked university communications departments to publicise their birthdays and businesses as well as academic conferences

The UK must decide by 31 May whether to take the next step in a project aiming to measure learning outcomes at a global level

Rector at Maastricht University fears that curbs on using English are preventing some institutions from innovating and internationalising

Sector figures say postgraduate funding plan for England could fuel inflation in tuition fees as well as credentials

Watchdog finds reports of fighting in classroom at private provider and sets six-week deadline for action plan

Support for living costs is vital to participation, but grants that help to provide it are under threat, say Nick Hillman and Nicholas Robinson

Provost says university’s size will help it hit a ‘moral’ target of 50 per cent women across its professoriate and board

Universities, and especially the research elite, faced a choice between aiming for highest quality scores and the greatest number of staff submitted

Scholar Will Brooker says comic-book giant’s new-look superheroine seems to share traits with his own series

Academics discuss what might be done to improve trust, reduce cynicism and get young people to vote

Forum probes lack of UK students of African and Caribbean heritage taking history degrees, and its echoes in schoolteacher and lecturer cohorts

The number of university consolidations has shot up in recent years, EUA report finds

The ebbing of violence and the city’s transformation allow Antioquia to expand its horizons, writes Donna Bowater in Colombia

The next vice-chancellor of Leeds Beckett University will be Peter Slee

We drill down into our election survey of the higher education sector for a clue

Kathryn Mitchell is to succeed John Coyne as vice-chancellor of the University of Derby

Members of the University and College Union at the University of Aberdeen are being balloted on potential strike action over the loss of 150 jobs

Michael Stewart uses inaugural lecture to criticise social sciences and arts in particular for being too insular

Around 40 jobs could be at risk at the University of Manchester after it announced plans to drop longstanding opposition to compulsory redundancies

Despite students reporting increasing levels of satisfaction with UK higher education, one area is bucking the trend: university accommodation.

A student occupation at the London School of Economics has come to an “amicable end”, according to the institution – although protesters said there were “legal threats”.

Amity chancellor claims traditional institutions are lagging behind on research investment

Change follows ‘comprehensive risk assessment’ by Queen’s Belfast

Admissions procedures and student retention at St Patrick’s flagged, as well as ‘fighting in the classroom’, although other areas pass scrutiny

Hundreds of institutions respond to Times Higher Education Twitter call

A new network of young research institutions in Europe has been launched with the aim of increasing influence in education policy

Sussex researcher speaks of ‘disbelief’ at comments over paper on gender bias

Academics at a British Academy event discuss the purpose of the history of political thought

Study finds inconsistencies in grading for borderline 2:1 and 2:2 essays

The marks of private provider’s first cohort of graduates make Anthony Grayling feel more vindicated than ever

Which institutions are building the reserves to cushion potential shocks from uncapped student recruitment and rocketing research costs?

A staging of the 1647 Putney Debates poses inconvenient questions about political means and ends, says Liz Schafer

Journalists who set the news agenda have short attention spans. By helping them, researchers can help to get coverage for their work

The value of donations peaks at £807m, annual Ross/CASE survey finds, but challenges of limited outreach and elite domination persist

Which party scores highest for one policy nerd?

Rolf Tarrach, incoming head of the 850-strong EUA, is also keen to maintain and expand its UK membership

Our survey of university employees reveals the electoral intentions of a campus cohort with real impact

An academy built on low-wage, part-time staff will be a deficient and unworthy one, argues Deborah Rogers

Commercial links are transparent, says sector body. Donna Bowater in Rio de Janeiro writes

The Education-USA initiative to attract overseas students is a wake-up call for the UK, argues Chris Cobb

A leading social and cultural historian of 19th- and 20th-century Britain has died

Three scholars with their sights set on Westminster explain what drives them to aspire to a career in politics

We speak to an American linguist who will become the first foreigner to head a Norwegian institution of higher education

Historians await legal judgment over heirs’ demands for payments from academics citing Joseph Goebbels’ diaries

Whoever wins or holds the balance of power, senior sector figures see risks ahead for higher education funding, fees and policy

But Home Office revokes private college’s licence to sponsor overseas students

Carol Hay and John Kaag make one final heroic push in the final straight of the academic year

Less than a quarter of people in the North East of England agree that it is essential to have a degree in the current job market

Ranking of universities under 50 years old shows a dip in UK’s strength in depth and Swiss on a roll

Study suggests that students do not want to add more debt to personal finances

A tale of quiet devotion to scholarship seems all the more poignant given the relentless nature of today’s academy, says Rachel Carey

Megan Dunn sets out priorities as she defends the right to occupy

Young academics cite bullying, pressure to publish and casualisation as downsides of assessment exercise

Two trade unions are urging the University of Bolton to overturn its decision to dismiss two employees for allegedly leaking information to the press

A Scottish university broke the law when it let staff on fixed-term contracts go without consulting unions, the Supreme Court has ruled