Grade inflation continues in US colleges But study finds while grade point averages are increasing at four-year institutions, that's not the case at community colleges, reports Inside Higher Ed's Scott Jaschik 4 April
'Airbnb for academia' plan to inject pro-market ethos into sector Plan to rent university estate via travel app seen as solution to higher education funding worries By Avril Olof 1 April
University hazing scandal goes viral in South Korea Football team being doused in ‘milky fermented alcohol’ shines light on practice more commonly associated with the US By David Matthews 29 March
Professor ‘must apologise over blog post to keep job’ Marquette University row follows professor’s online criticism of ‘liberal’ colleague By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 29 March
Economics degrees still 'too narrow in focus' Research shows continuing lack of historical and critical perspective in most bachelor's degrees 26 March
London School of Economics and University of Cambridge seek new leaders Replacements sought for departing Craig Calhoun and Sir Leszek Borysiewicz By David Matthews 25 March
Wellcome criticises publishers over open access Wiley and Elsevier attacked over failures to deposit papers as research funder warns it could withdraw funding for hybrid journals By David Matthews 24 March
Theresa May ‘failed to prove’ language test students cheated Judges rule in favour of two students who brought case after ETS fraud claims By John Morgan 23 March
Rise in UK university dropout rate ‘disappointing’ Six per cent of young first degree entrants fail to advance to second year, Hesa data show By Chris Havergal 23 March
Higher levels of education ‘can benefit mobsters’ People contemplating a criminal career might do well to stay in and do their homework By Matthew Reisz 23 March
Brussels attacks: controlled explosion close to university Vrije Universiteit Brussel cancels classes for the rest of the week By Ellie Bothwell 22 March
Private college St Patrick's falls short in QAA review Improvements required in two out of four areas at college where students claimed £259 million in state loans in three years By John Morgan 22 March
Trump 'used as taunt in US colleges' Trend that started in US high schools is increasingly being reported on the country's university campuses, reports Josh Logue for Inside Higher Ed 21 March
Wanted: British social scientists with better quantitative skills There are many lessons to be learned from universities around the world, says new British Academy report By Matthew Reisz 21 March
Financial gap between English universities widens Hefce report on sector finances also warns of fall in overseas entrants By John Morgan 21 March
Tristram Hunt: write a ‘bloody brilliant book’ for impact Getting politicians to learn the lessons of history can sometimes require an indirect approach, Queen Mary event hears By Matthew Reisz 20 March
Hefce fires starting gun on quality assurance bidding Funding council also plans to register itself as England’s official quality body By Chris Havergal 18 March
UK and China agree deal on 'high-quality' cross-border education Countries make a commitment to deepen partnership in quality assurance for transnational education By Ellie Bothwell 17 March
Education White Paper calls for ITT 'centres of excellence' Wide-ranging policy document notes importance of university provision in plans for teacher training reform By John Elmes 17 March
UUK panel: handling of sexual assault complaints must be reviewed Campaigners believe 1994 Zellick guidelines may be at odds with equalities and human rights legislation By Chris Havergal 17 March
University of Sussex 'founding father' Asa Briggs dies The social historian, who was second v-c of Sussex and later chancellor of the Open University, was 94 16 March
University of Oxford scholar Andrew Wiles wins maths 'Nobel' Academic is awarded Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for solving Fermat’s Last Theorem 15 March
Treasures of Cambridge University Library go on display Landmark documents and artefacts in the history of science and religion go on public view for the first time By Matthew Reisz 14 March
NYU Shanghai head: US universities ‘have special global role’ Jeffrey Lehman says American universities have the resources and autonomy to be innovative By Ellie Bothwell 11 March
Can neuroscience help solve the Israel-Palestine conflict? Researchers set out how academic insights can build trust between different groups By David Matthews 11 March
Graduate recruitment stutters as apprenticeships take off Growth in university leaver vacancies is slowing, AGR study suggests By Chris Havergal 9 March
Brexit research worries ‘massively exaggerated’, says Tory MP But Owen Paterson’s claims rejected by NUS president Megan Dunn, who warns that leaving the EU would harm students By John Morgan 9 March
International Women's Day - Chinese students' bizarre tributes Banners put up across Chinese university campuses have strange take on annual event By David Matthews 8 March
Cornell University president dies aged 52 Elizabeth Garrett announced last month that she was fighting colon cancer By Ellie Bothwell 8 March
Large rate my professor study finds gender bias in comments University of Illinois research finds ‘brilliant’ or ‘genius’ more often used to describe male academics By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed 7 March
Fiji cyclone – new v-c of FNU on storm impact In the wake of Cyclone Winston, incoming v-c Nigel Healey says he will ensure emergency plans are top-notch for natural disasters By John Elmes 5 March
Leading social scientists honoured Experts in everything from accountancy to China and spirituality to skills strategies appointed fellows by the Academy of Social Sciences 5 March
Psychology reproducibility ‘crisis’ overstated, new report claims But authors of original paper hit back, saying latest assessment is ‘very optimistic’ By David Matthews 4 March
Canada to relax citizenship process for international students Legislation will allow overseas students to include time spent studying in Canada in application By Ellie Bothwell 4 March
BIS grant letter asks Hefce to deliver TEF Letter from Sajid Javid and Jo Johnson also sets out funding for 2016-17 and issues warning to Hefce on quality assurance By John Morgan 4 March
UK research council budgets to 2019-20 revealed Although overall resource funding will rise, most of this extra money will go to multidisciplinary research By David Matthews 4 March
REF ‘leads to short-term research approach’ German academic looking at UK system raises concerns over incentives created by research excellence framework By David Matthews 4 March
Carlos Moedas: EU science benefit ‘goes beyond money’ EU commissioner tells THE that excellent science requires European and global collaboration By John Morgan 3 March
Female scholars average 12% of science academies’ membership UK among the worst performers in analysis of 69 national academies By Chris Havergal 2 March
NTU head – Europe ‘all talk but no action’ on HE investment Nanyang Technological University president Bertil Andersson says Singapore has been much better at improving universities By Ellie Bothwell 2 March
Australian scheme for North Korean students launched Almost half of defectors drop out of higher education in South Korea By David Matthews 1 March
Trump demands retraction of adverts attacking his university Former students of Trump University appear in campaign videos criticising tycoon’s bid for the White House By Ellie Bothwell 1 March
University of Houston staff advised over new Texas gun law State's new campus concealed carry law leads to warnings for academics on handling students who may have guns By Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed 29 February
TEF: ‘poorly designed’ system will harm reputations, MPs warn BIS Committee urges government to implement full TEF only when metrics are right By John Morgan 29 February
Robot librarian designed by Aberystwyth University students The invention might be a ‘world first’ in robotics, says the university By Jess Staufenberg 26 February
Brexit: EU ‘peripheral’ to university business investment Consultant downplays fears that leaving the EU could see overseas sources of funding dry up By David Matthews 26 February
TEF ‘must learn lessons from school and hospital ratings’ Hepi report says teaching assessment should be delayed to allow for lessons from Ofsted and Care Quality Commission to be incorporated By Chris Havergal 25 February
Gender balance targets set for Scottish university subjects No more than 75 per cent of a discipline’s students should be of the same gender, says funding council By Chris Havergal 24 February
More university mergers on the cards, predicts Moody’s Credit agency says the pace of change will quicken as governments seek cost savings By Jack Grove 24 February
Cornell Plantations latest flashpoint in 'slavery language' debate Student protesters at the US institution want the name of the gardens at the university changed, reports Ellen Wexler for Inside Higher Ed 23 February
Marcus du Sautoy: ‘mathematicians are storytellers’ Scholar describes how mathematicians take their audience on a journey to new peaks of discovery By Matthew Reisz 21 February
UCL Institute of Education names Becky Francis new director King’s College London professor of education and social justice will be first woman to lead IoE By John Elmes 18 February
Elite universities ‘going backwards’ on widening access Figures suggest Oxford and Cambridge among seven Russell Group institutions with lower proportion of poorer students compared with 10 years ago By Chris Havergal 18 February
Should there be a right to offend on campus? Free speech campaigners argue that campuses should not be entirely safe By Matthew Reisz 17 February
One in 10 staff ‘intimidated over sexuality or gender identity’ Survey suggests 3 per cent of higher and further education workers have been physically assaulted because they are homosexual, bisexual or transsexual By Chris Havergal 17 February
Universities ‘ideally placed’ to assist refugees, says academic Law professor at Queen Mary University of London organises open days for refugees and asylum seekers By Ellie Bothwell 17 February
Thirteen Nigerian vice-chancellors replaced by president Civil society groups attack move as ‘gross violation’ of academic autonomy By Chris Havergal 17 February
Overseas Chinese students to be targets of ‘patriotic’ education Chinese Ministry of Education directive wants students abroad to have a ‘positive patriotic energy’ 17 February
Many top scientists did not have a first, says study Researcher recommends reassessing selection criteria for PhD funding as several great scientists did not gain a first or a 2:1 By Jack Grove 16 February
Students with consumer mindset ‘get lower grades’ Study suggests ‘higher consumer orientation associated with lower academic performance’ By John Morgan 16 February