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Old boy network still plays vital role in securing top posts, research shows

Washington’s ‘national interest’ restrictions on social science will affect bilateral projects

Union uncovers extent of casualised contracts in sector

Early career academics seeking to do interdisciplinary work need more information and mentors, says Southampton’s Smurf group

US institution’s Doha venture is said to contravene its 1815 charter

Harvard Business School’s teaching model offers consistency but also allows unscripted ‘discovery’, explain Michel Anteby and Caitlin Anderson

Four out of five postgraduate research students are happy with their university experience, a new study has suggested.

Plans by the University of London to sell a rare set of early printed editions of Shakespeare’s plays have been branded “egregiously wrong”.

The Liberal Democrats are trying to push through legislation to stop the National Union of Students campaigning against them at the next general election, Labour MPs have claimed.

Universities Scotland has trumpeted the wider social value of international students beyond their economic contributions, arguing for visa policies that will help grow their numbers.

A consultation on changes to pharmacy education has been launched to address concerns over an over-supply of graduates in the field

A university has asked for a journal paper to be retracted after an investigation found no evidence that the study it described had been carried out.

The Student Loans Company has sacked four people in the last five years for their inappropriate use of the social networking site Facebook

A fifth regional alliance of research universities has been announced by three institutions in the east of England.

Nearly two thirds of students are now working part time to help fund their studies, according to new research.

By Allie Grasgreen, for Inside Higher Ed

For some, studying towards a maths degree might feel as challenging as a 22,000-mile bike ride

Ensuring prospective students get accurate information on workload, class sizes and teaching is the aim of new guidance from the quality watchdog

Universities should give more intellectual property over to small- and medium-sized British businesses

Visa applications from overseas students seeking to study at universities are up 4 per cent despite the government’s toughening of the visa regime.

Almost nine out of ten graduates from the class of 2008-09 are in work, according to new data, and just over 3 per cent are unemployed.

Richmond, the American International University in London has become one of the rare private providers to pass a full review by the quality watchdog.

Too many adjectives and adverbs spoil academic broth, scholar argues

Independence enables biomedical laboratory to offer stability and freedom to researchers

Plan to make higher education sustainable requires a simultaneous attack on three big problems, says expert

Academics fear thin end of wedge

Conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-74), originally from what is now Thailand, toured the world in a “human circus” and became so famous that the term “Siamese twins” is still current

League tables should recognise the work of community-focused institutions in the developing world, argues Mukti Mishra

Vice-chancellor John Cater says that employment focus ensures strong applicant interest

Allan Johnson on the misunderstood B-sides of conference presentations

University renowned for drunkenness pioneers a new way to tackle binge drinking

We report from Spain on the University of Mondragon, which is fighting to preserve its teaching mission, industry-focused research and mutual governance model

Anonymous reports of misconduct will be blocked, writes Frances Mechan-Schmidt

Rethinking classroom design needn’t be expensive, but keeping users in mind is key

The ‘creative consultant’ at work in the National Theatre’s new production of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II

BIS applies cap in 2014, but with terms allowing ‘back door’ expansion

This year’s small deflation of A-level results still has a big impact on the sector, says Ucas head

Dip into surplus to improve below-inflation 1% offer, union tells sector

Critics turn on proposal to ‘shame’ sector into cutting costs

Teesside’s Centre for Realist Criminology to probe stories behind the statistics

Organometallics and University of Western Australia are reviewing article containing instruction to ‘make up’ data

Funds to be available quickly for research into rare, unfolding events

Commemoration of the 1914-18 war should involve critical reflection rather than arouse an inarticulate glow of national pride

Advantages to making research freely available are still limited when publication is via gold journals

Methodological controversy and a “publish or perish” culture explain why papers from US behavioural studies are more likely to exaggerate findings.

The acronym Mooc has made the Oxford Dictionaries Online – a web-based lexicon of current English by the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary

A Scottish lecturer’s union has launched an investigation into the use of zero-hours contracts by universities and colleges in Scotland

The first UK undergraduate medical degree to be offered by a private university has been launched, and will begin teaching from January 2015

By Ry Rivard, for Inside Higher Ed

A student project to create an “edible campus” is among the beneficiaries of a £5 million fund from England’s funding council.

A London-based private provider is to offer pathway programmes with a consortium of Northern universities, enabling international students to get on to degree courses

London South Bank University has announced that its new vice-chancellor will be David Phoenix, current deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Central Lancashire.

The latest edition of the University of Sydney students’ newspaper has been pulled from sale following concerns that its cover featuring 18 students’ vaginas could break obscenity laws

Students, young academics, professionals and entrepreneurs are being encouraged to present fixes to some of the world’s most pressing challenges - in three minutes.

It is not often that academics are mentioned in the same breath as Angelina Jolie and George Clooney for their humanitarian work, but for one University of Ulster academic, this unlikely scenario has become a reality.

Ability concerns at University of Exeter business school forces rethink on international intake