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The two winning entries in our competition explore the arguments for and against independence and what it might mean for the academy

Conference hears from academics about the benefits of building Wikipedia into higher education teaching and learning

Five students on how doctoral study changed them and their futures

Expensive food, fancy glamping and questionable hats: from Sonisphere, Emma Rees reflects on 27 years of music festivals

‘Breakdown in personal relationship’ of senior figures must also be addressed

University chiefs forecast a lower level of activity despite 30,000 extra student places

A political scientist who was a pioneer in the field of leadership studies has died

Academic criticises ‘inadequate nature’ of free public open access service

We speak to the CEO of GSM London (formerly Greenwich School of Management)

Graduates in non-graduate occupations - ‘gringos’ - are not hunting for roles that use their higher education skills, say academics

The latest higher education appointments

Sebastian Conran calls for a fairer approach at UK universities

The NSS does not give an accurate representation of student feeling, according to more than half of university staff responding to a straw poll.

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council aims to accelerate both scientific breakthroughs and social and economic impact.

Maryam Mirzakhani has become the first woman to win the Fields Medal in the history of the world’s most prestigious mathematics prize.

A majority of adults in England support reduced tuition fees for students from lower income families, according to a survey for the Sutton Trust

The public have been asked to help shape the new science and innovation strategy due out in the autumn

Students are most satisfied with teaching, least happy with assessment and feedback

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

The medical journal The Lancet has defended its decision to publish an open letter condemning Israel’s military action in Gaza

Scientific publishers producing model copyright licences will make it harder for academic research to be a “first class citizen of the web”.

MPs warn it is “highly doubtful” the Scottish government’s position on tuition fees would be legally sustainable if the country became independent

Times Higher Education has launched a survey to see whether Scottish university staff believe leaving the UK would be good for their institutions

A University of Cambridge student has accused the NUS of encouraging Hamas to ensure “as many children as possible die” through its Israel boycott

The Wikimedia Foundation has spoken out against “the right to be forgotten” enshrined in European law, likening it to removing an index from a book.

The number of students at private colleges accessing public tuition fee loans more than trebled in just two years, a study says.

A towering figure in Northern Irish higher education, notable for his “courage, integrity and independence of mind”, has died

University libraries join project to extend UK Medical Heritage Library online resource

Survey of 400 academics reveals almost all admit involvement in at least one unacceptable research practice

Disquiet grows into horror as an infamous Nazi doctor takes an unhealthy interest in a young girl in Argentina, finds Philip Kemp

Women graduating from part-time degrees go on to earn £7,500 less on average than their male equivalents, according to new data on higher education leavers

The opposition must give universities guarantees about funding if it wants to gain support, argues Bill Rammell

Dame Ann Dowling warns that universities that put too high a price on their intellectual property may hamper a spin-off’s success

In exercising its autonomy, the UK’s first fully private university has blazed a trail that the rest have followed, asserts Terence Kealey

Paper turned down for plagiarising surfaces in another of publisher’s journals

We must change the way we educate students to counter rising scientific misconduct, say Tim Birkhead and Bob Montgomerie

Deal with for-profit firm INTO University Partnerships cancelled due to lack of ‘common ground’

Universities are capitalising on junior academics’ willingness to accept deteriorating working conditions, argues Luke Brunning

Unions tell university that a resolution is not possible in dispute over new career structures

Intervention follows governors’ sudden decision to place vice-chancellor on leave

Apple director and Open University v-c tell Universia International Presidents’ Meeting 2014 in Brazil to think pedagogy, not technology

Louisiana State University president says some US institutions fear new ratings system because they have been misleading students

Welsh institution helps keep the maritime economy afloat as applications remain buoyant

Middlesex lecturer gets to the bottom of meaningless phrases found while marking essays

Why would a university stand by Mordechai Kedar after his abhorrent comments about rape as a terror deterrent? asks Neve Gordon

THE analysis reveals no correlation between applications and leaders’ pay as performance targets remain shrouded in secrecy

Archive of Lake Distrtict dynasty also ‘invaluable’ for scholars studying John Ruskin and Arthur Ransome

Former minister’s proposal for universities to buy share of student debt has divided opinion

England urged to learn lessons from country’s experience of steep rise in undergraduates after relaxation of controls

John Allen, who wrote to The Lancet about the role of metrics in redundancies, has been dismissed for refusing to teach a course

It is becoming more common to ask members of the public to pay your fees, but is it acceptable?

V-c speaks on marketing research, ethics, gender bias at Universia International Presidents’ Meeting 2014 in Rio de Janeiro

Reconsider long working hours, says Patience Schell, for leisure is vital for mind, body and productivity

The latest higher education appointments

The urban dreams of those with degrees are driving up prices in US metropolitan hubs and driving out those with no tertiary education

We speak to the Palestinian artist and pro vice-chancellor (academic portfolio and market development) at Birmingham City University

Anger as funding for scientific researchers fails to materialise