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The academic who says riding the waves can boost cross-cultural communication and sustainable tourism

Theatre practice and a funded research base make Central more oversubscribed than Oxbridge

Tribunal rules that academic’s post was genuinely redundant

An East London innovation and education quarter is arising with the help of several institutions

Academics discuss how supervisors shaped their teaching

National group would be the UK’s first to target help for minority ethnic doctoral students

The five local authorities with the highest percentage of residents holding a degree are in London

More students are entering higher education but most places are taken by those from wealthy backgrounds

Post-Crash Economics Society campaigners threaten negative feedback in National Student Survey in bid to be offered alternative course modules

We speak to the new professor of economics at the University of Manchester

Big post-92s suffer as Hefce steers allocations towards strong recruiters

Birmingham and Illinois at Urbana-Champaign pledge coordination on multidisciplinary research projects

Canterbury Christ Church University declines to disclose reasons for departure to Robin Baker upon ‘loss of office’

Study of the economic impact of graduates recommends universities should be placed at the centre of strategies to boost regional growth

Southampton scholar discusses the honour of becoming the first Regius professor of computer science. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

Academic seeks to gather examples of cases where open access article fees have been paid but content remains behind a paywall

Mauritius wants foreign students; Aberystwyth will help to provide them

Pro v-c at Nottingham Trent attacks ‘profit chasing’ in sector and calls time on marketing speak

South Africa’s energy is built on frustration, anger, fear and cheerful fatalism, finds Robert Appelbaum

Higher education may be “sleepwalking” towards a new quality control system based on Ofsted-style inspections, a leading sector figure has warned.

Could remark be hint of policy shift towards graduate tax?

Letters asks UCU and Ucea to resolve differences

Labour on the attack as RAB nears ‘break-even point’

Exeter offering to start this September

The former British High Commissioner to South Africa is to join University College London to steer its international strategy.

Graham Turner at Heriot-Watt raises awareness for Sign Language Week

A cross-party group of MPs has launched a new inquiry into university-business collaboration. 

Only one in 1,000 children who claim free school meals make it to Oxbridge, new analysis says.

A £2.5 billion drop in forecast student loan repayments over six years means the government will “massively overrun” on its higher education budget, independent experts have warned

Pro v-c ‘deeply disappointed’ after diary column on scientists’ appearance on Newsnight

Association of Business Schools will recognise institutions’ support for small firms and local economy

The proportion of male academics earning in excess of £56,467 is more than double that of females

Ice cores from 11,700 years ago aid the climate change debate, but the recent past has its own share of lessons, says Howard P. Segal

Football professionals involved in launch of Glyndwr Wrexham Football Academy

Proposal for scorecard system for US institutions ‘doomed to failure’

There’s an abundance of serious material outside the academy so why not use it, says Karen Harris

Researcher warns of ‘developing credibility crisis’ in reflection on retracted paper

Deputy v-c at Regent’s University London must be a strong scholar and able ‘ambassador’. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

Black academics claim they are viewed as ‘outsiders’ and hindered in career advancement

Policy ‘broke mould of segregation’ but problems persist

Hitting RAB charge ‘threshold’ will make £9,000 system more costly than old

Shut out of Horizon 2020, researchers ponder fallout of anti-immigration vote

REF and ‘impact agenda’ makes sector look at collaborations with extra interest, scholars say

Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman on the subject’s colour line

Post-92s’ student marketing spend rises as sector observers question its value

Former head of oversight at standards watchdog advising private colleges how to pass review

Munira Mirza lauds universities’ role in improving all levels of education in the capital but decries ‘coercive consensus’

Editors unsure of whether to issue retraction, correction or expression of concern, ethics expert says

Award of university title will allow arts specialist to clarify its message in the global marketplace

Scepticism that proposal to encourage diversity could effectively regulate sector

A pioneering developmental psychologist and authority on childhood autism has died

Does research assessment discriminate against female academics? asks Barbara Graziosi

We speak to the chief executive of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education

Evidence cited by a review of governance reveals a series of concerns

The new MMU Novella Award will champion a form that continues to defy definition but which, says Robert Graham, prose fiction writers love

The stealthy rise of private pre-degree courses

Universities should provide advice to prospective students, recommends BIS report