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The combined results of this year’s three main UK university league tables are in

Women find cultural attitudes impede their career advancement, says university leader

Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman on the long shadow cast by Francis Galton’s theory

MEPs reject candidacy of right-wing Hungarian Tibor Navracsics to education, culture, youth and citizenship portfolio

UCU wants answers to questions about campus location and job losses if proposal goes ahead

World Bank report says countries of sub-Saharan Africa need more and better postgraduate qualifications

Amanda Goodall and Andrew Oswald examine the state of the disciplines

In a shifting employment landscape, academics are urged to drive their own progress rather than letting it happen by accident. Plus the latest higher education appointments

There is no dumbing down with a professor’s Caltech Parallel Session - how do campus and online students feel about the shared course?

Maintaining a stable university income while writing off a third of student loans could save money and win votes, John Cater suggests

Flexible model at West Midlands institution providing ‘budget’ higher education means students can balance their study, work and care commitments

The German artist critiqued Western ideals with humour and a sharp eye for their subjective nature, says Eliane Glaser

Mike Cole ponders how to promote research culture and social democracy in Cambodia

We speak to Lord Puttnam, the chair of Pearson College’s academic board

An internationally acclaimed authority on the role of creativity in education has died

UCU warns that academics at older universities could be up to £21,000 a year worse off in retirement than those at newer institutions

Glyn Maxwell, whose departure follows Marina Warner’s exit, claims the importance of high-profile academics is ‘lost’ on Essex

With utilitarianism on the rise, we must reaffirm the value of the liberal arts, says Frank Furedi

MP attacks Labour’s plan and urges his own party to spend spare public funds on bursaries

In his new book, Scott Herring aims to ‘depathologise’ hoarding. He talks to Matthew Reisz

Positive feedback as agency makes recommendations after controversy over student grades at the School of Management

Could training schemes for teachers help to improve student learning? asks Graham Gibbs

Physical sciences students from southwest England travel almost five times further to study than those originally from London who read education, according to data highlighted by the Higher Education Funding Council for England

Hefce move could signal the end of single regulatory body

New powers for the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales are ‘disproportionate’, say Assembly members

Tribunal ruling against pay transparency will not extend to senior managers at King’s College London

The University of Glasgow has become the first university in Europe to commit to divesting from the fossil fuel industry, campaigners have said.

Watchdog responds after business secretary’s ‘dross’ remark

The 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been shared by three scientists for their work on the development of nanoscale microscopy.

Plymouth University has appointed a new chair of governors after the previous post-holder stepped down amid ongoing controversy at the institution

The coalition’s move to allow for-profit colleges more access to student loans opened the door to “a lot of dross”, Vince Cable has admitted

Vince Cable has predicted that the Conservatives could raise fees “significantly” and abolish student grants if they win power at the election

The head of the University of Oxford has said he is “baffled” by the UK’s “hostile” student visa system, and called for a shift to evidence-based policymaking

A consultation has been launched on the future of quality assurance in UK higher education

Three Japanese-born researchers have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes

Two vice-chancellors of Yorkshire institutions have announced their retirements

A US neuroscientist based at a UK university and married scientists from Norway have won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Yes, you read that correctly. It’s amazing what you find on Twitter these days…

British Council report warns of overreliance on Chinese market in coming decade

Head of project to increase female numbers attacks ‘patronising’ marketing tactics

US-based scientists and economists dominate a list of Nobel Prize predictions derived from their high citation counts

Fees paid by growing numbers of overseas postgraduates studying in the UK have helped to subsidise additional places for domestic learners

Higher education fringe event from the 2014 Conservative Party Conference

The University of Huddersfield has been tackled by HM Revenue and Customs over a £600,000 “abusive tax avoidance” case dating back more than 10 years.

A research council has announced £125 million of funding for doctoral training partnerships in the biosciences.

Eight people at Imperial College London were sanctioned by the Home Office for failings in animal welfare standards, it has emerged

In-year higher education funding is hit after Northern Ireland government protects welfare bill

Alex Danchev on the artist’s extraordinary and formidable work

1:AM forum on altmetrics weighs pros and cons of tracking research impact via blogs, ‘likes’ and social media traffic

As full visa licence is restored, focus moves to student experience

Christopher Davidson, who has 120,000 Twitter followers, on how to use social media as an academic

Quotas suggested as women’s success rate for Royal Society fellowships falls

Four scientists reflect on the perks and drawbacks that go hand in hand with winning the most prized prize

Suspended v-c still wants her job back as details about legal bills are disclosed

Information is intended to start conversations on finding local solutions to filling gaps in subject provision and employability

About 30,000 students starting an undergraduate degree this year have decided to pursue it in a different UK country from where they live