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Hungarian prime minister says the ‘milk has curdled’ with institution’s support for immigrants

Universities New Zealand highlights university entry gap between ethnic groups

Global academic leaders have found themselves powerless against Hungary’s government

All higher education institutions agree to make figures from nationwide survey publicly available

Government announces new centre in the wake of scandal at National Taiwan University

Country also looking to build stronger links with UK universities

Mahmood Mamdani describes the rationale behind his pioneering research institute in Uganda

Sociologist is reportedly still blocked from leaving the country

Most academics are keen to access other researchers’ material but a third are yet to share their own

Parliament approves legislation that institution says would force it out of Budapest

Institution has tightened security after an academic and seven students died last year

Netherlands' market share of mobile scholars grows by 15 per cent in 10 years

Without input from other disciplines, new technologies will fail to improve lives, report warns

George Soros-funded institution could be ‘first victim’ of increasingly illiberal world order, observers say

Union calls for universities to remove barriers to peaceful protest

Code of conduct frames non-publication of unexpected results as an issue of research integrity

Civil servant status and national pay scales mean senior academics earn less than peers elsewhere

Andrew Potter's article lambasting Quebec's 'social malaise' was heavily criticised

Advocates argue that universities should be prepared to ditch subscriptions altogether

Colorado’s excise tax set to raise millions of dollars to support college access

Institutions need to be excellent across the board to attract leading researchers, analysis warns

Carlos Moedas defends research council as discussions build over next framework programme

Education minister wants power to prosecute assignment writing companies

Minister's speech disrupted at event aimed at finding solutions to sector challenges

Academics say students' concerns reflect tense environment on racial issues

Higher education news from around the globe

China and India accounted for almost half of all international students in the US last year, up from just under a quarter a decade before

Expert on EU warns academics against a ‘Brussels monopoly’ over how they research the union

Analysis shows more than two-thirds of overseas learners come from former Soviet states

Comments are a further sign that European institutions are gearing up to poach UK-based researchers

Brussels-based scholar Ahmadreza Djalali has lost 27kg while in detention in Iran

Poll finds staff believe reforms have undermined academic freedom and created more bureaucracy

Car carrying Charles Murray attacked at Middlebury College, reports say

Some academics and students may choose to move to China over the US, says leading scholar

Students will assess how social media feeds influence their views as part of new programme

Scores of academics pull out of annual convention, blaming president

University announces new initiatives designed to reduce problems around affordability  

New policy may not benefit poorer households, say officials                

Analysis suggests v-c pay is rising twice as fast as salaries of more junior university staff

Some object to their university's choice of commencement speaker

University of Hong Kong v-c denies he is ‘heading for a simple life’ as the next head of the University of Edinburgh

Technology identified by NMC Horizon Report as having ‘potential to enhance’ online learning

Controversial pharmaceutical executive faced protests as he delivered speech

University of Paris Seine offers UK institutions chance to create a base in France

Xolela Mangcu argues that more attention to race would benefit both black and white students

Study finds a stronger correlation for women between success and being central to a network 

Living next to the US is like sleeping with an elephant. But will the election of a divisive president see more Americans pack their trunks and trump, trump, trump up to Canada? asks Glen Jones

Lack of opportunities and local hiring practices have stopped many French scientists from returning to their homeland, a new study says

Axelle Lemaire says democracies are ‘suffering’ because of ‘broken links’ between academics and policymakers

Proportion of Royal Society scientists associated with Oxbridge is lower than expected, researcher says

Publisher takes decision despite still having no deal agreed with German universities

Expansion into ‘digitally advanced market’ confirms platform is ‘firmly on the map’, says chief executive

New study into medieval universities describes how paupers studied alongside the elite despite financial barriers

Country looks to private sector to increase student numbers even further

@Trump_Regrets account from Canadian university student gains more than 200,000 followers

Editors of journals should face ‘negligence’ investigations over extensive delays, suggests a new paper

Website provides vital documentation for studying Palestinian political history and its place within wider anti-colonial struggles