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An artist often portrayed as an orthodox portraitist is depicted as having an ‘unquenchable thirst’ for innovation and experiment, finds Shahidha Bari

Andrew Hamilton to take over at NYU after he makes his exit

Research council chief insists the benefits of narrowing funding range for grants scheme outweigh risks

Universities were too slow to take lead, leaving them vulnerable to policy change, scholar argues

Where will the axe fall? Up to 165 jobs may be lost as enrolments tumble

Outdated practices and lack of simplicity result in ‘unfindable’ work, Carole Goble tells Jisc Digital Festival 2015

Sector frets over how requirement for biometric residence permit and lack of overseas English testing options may affect enrolments

Universities must be realistic about crashes and capitalism, says Terry Jones ahead of the premiere of documentary Boom Bust Boom

Students at Benedictus will spend half their course outside the classroom ‘studying from the object’

THE analyses postgrad awards by subject and region as academics debate the risks and rewards of a decade of internationalisation

Two cases assuage concerns about scientific integrity

Home Office under fire over ‘indefensible’ appeal forcing international relations expert to quit UK

An interdisciplinary centre at Manchester Metropolitan University builds its research around listening to the next generation

Students who spend part of their degree overseas achieve higher final grades than those who choose to stay put, according to a report

Goldsmiths occultism conference hears defence of irrationality

Frank Finlay considers the experience of the immigrant professor who held his post during the 1914-18 conflict

UK universities must register in regions of transnational activity, lawyer advises

Emma Rees investigates research where selfhood and scholarship are intertwined

Head of Association of Arab Universities also urges the West not to ignore the plight of Syrian academics and students

University says that provision should be seen in context of a £10 million surplus across the institution as a whole

Silicon Valley giant’s business school brings its 10-week Ignite programme to London

The case for research funding in the humanities is stronger if we recognise the similarities, argues David Eastwood

The university’s principal on capturing a landmark building, a rebranding volte-face, and the capital’s ‘fizz’

European Court of Human Rights rules in favour of a whistleblowing Latvian academic

The latest video in a series of short self-help programmes takes a sympathetic look at mental health issues

This guide gets right to the heart of the virtues that make a scholar, Robert Eaglestone discovers

A major figure in establishing the discipline of European studies in the UK has died

John Gilbey remembers the gifted, generous and genial creator of the Discworld universe

This flawed publication is symptomatic of a deeper malaise in business and management studies, says Dennis Tourish

Andrew Hamilton, the University of Oxford vice-chancellor, has been named the next president of New York University

George Osborne has announced that the government will offer PhD and research-based master’s students income-contingent loans of up to £25,000

Plans to uncap tuition fees in Australia have been defeated in the country’s upper house for the second time in four months

But university’s registrar defends v-c, saying he has been ‘targeted personally and directly’ for weeks

A University of Birmingham pro vice-chancellor has been appointed to lead Heriot-Watt University

Prevent document from government has different wording for English/Welsh universities

The public cost of the coalition government’s private college “fiasco” could be in the region of £100 million

Just a third of bright teenagers from poorer backgrounds take an A level likely to help them attend a selective university, a study says

Universities must understand what employers want from graduates, argues Kevin Kruger

Campaigners have accused the University of Oxford of dithering over a decision on whether or not to divest from fossil fuels.

Academics have been left fearing for their jobs at a university politics department after management announced a restructure

World University Rankings subjects data reveal top university performers across six areas

Dozens put name to statement criticising attempts to stop ‘lawful academic discussion’

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

A Royal Society discussion has considered the behind-the-scenes and often neglected roles that women have long played in the advancement of science.

Economist Andrew Oswald counsels against despair over the Universities Superannuation Scheme reforms

The best way to notify successful university applicants? Drones, of course

Young people in areas of high university participation are more likely to turn to Google for information about financial aid, a new study suggests

Researchers are being “taken advantage of” and put up with very low wages and insecure careers.

Thirty-three leading social scientists have been just elected as fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Professor Croney, who joins Teesside from his post as deputy vice-chancellor at Northumbria University, will succeed Graham Henderson, who retires this year after 12 years at the helm.

Scientists are being urged to lobby MPs and parliamentary candidates to back an increase in the UK’s level of public investment in research

A learning support company received millions of pounds of public money despite undertaking student disability assessments itself, a new report says.

‘Prevent’ guidance clarifies new legal duty on institutions to help tackle radicalisation

The world of higher education responds to our latest rankings

But Nicky Morgan tells TES debate that schools route offers choice to students

Despite her books, Warner never thought of herself as academic, she tells Matthew Reisz

Stanford University’s graduate business school is launching a UK-based teaching programme for the first time