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Continuing conflicts will limit collaboration between universities in Iran and in neighbouring Gulf nations, says scholar

Institutions from eight countries feature in a snapshot university ranking for the region

British academic’s book describes life at Edwardes College in Peshawar, one of the world’s most dangerous cities

Allegations of mistreatment by university raises questions of discrimination against 'untouchable' caste

New instructor questions whether she was hired 'because I'm Indian'

British-Turkish academic who signed petition for peace is one of hundreds of academics who could face legal action in crackdown

Committee of MPs hears that effort to conduct vaccine and treatment trials during outbreak in West Africa was ‘uncoordinated’

‘Bold move’ wins praise from one expert who says there is ‘excessive inefficiencies and waste’ in US higher education marketing

Universities told to mitigate dangers by providing pre-travel training to students

A paper argues that China’s one-child policy helped women to break into higher education. With the demise of the policy, could female progress go into reverse?

Four gunmen killed in battle at Bacha Khan University in north-west Pakistan

Tsinghua University web page was changed to feature terrorist group fighters on horseback

An American student who was on an intensive language programme affiliated with the University of Tehran is among the prisoners released following nuclear deal

Students at Eduardo Mondlane University will have the chance to visit Chinese universities

Two networks in Australia and the US backed by the same start-up technology are blazing a new teaching trail

Comments come amid debate over whether to permit for-profit institutions to operate in the country

British catering bosses have flown East to learn how to feed what is an increasingly vital student market. Richard McComb reports from China

Astronomer comes with experience of running winery and pitches salary so he is not seen as ‘outsider’ by staff

The former university rector has been praised as one of the country’s most effective politicians for driving his ambitious reform programme forward

Jon Marcus reports from the famous military academy in New York state on an unusual student exchange

New study suggests 150,000 jobs in Ireland are dependent on the sector – with each role in HE supporting another seven elsewhere

Country’s standardised test shows improvements in undergraduates’ general and subject knowledge

One of Ukraine’s most highly regarded institutions has decamped to a new home 100km away to escape fighting in the war-torn region close to Russian border

Student leaders warn cuts to support funds will increase financial pressure on those at university

Head of Saint Petersburg State University’s Graduate School of Management insists government does not interfere in academic freedom

First foray into Germany for the owner of University of Phoenix

Almost 7 billion rand (£310 million) made available to pay for fee freeze and student support

Less than 1 per cent of those enrolled on Global Freshman Academy courses eligible for credit, but university involved says it is ‘positive first step’

Associate dean at HEC Paris says French institutions must look to international peers if they want to compete globally

Durham scholar is using episodes of public tears to illuminate the history and contemporary culture of Mexico

Local officials wanted too much control over academic programmes at Nazareth branch campus, says Texas A&M

Pressure on student activists has raised questions about the Eastern European state’s acceptance into the Bologna Process

A long-running stand-off has been resolved as a three-year deal on subscriptions is agreed

Scholars call for open dialogue with Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement supporters

Better training will help communities to prevent and deal with consequences of procedure, says vice-chancellor

Politics lecturer Michael Buehler faces sustained attacks after raising questions about covert lobbying ahead of US visit by country’s president

Allowing private sector to flourish is best route to vastly increase access to ‘good, not great’ higher education, BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit hears

Donna Bowater looks at the single entry exam that governs access to university in South American powerhouse

New rules enabling higher education board to shut down private universities seen as a threat to the government amount to ‘banditry’

The increasing involvement of university forces in deadly incidents is raising scrutiny

Stanford University to assist in development of programmes to be introduced in January

Institution’s student federation concerned about the ‘cultural issues of implication involved in the practice’

The latest detention of Miguel Ángel Beltrán is viewed by many scholars as an attack on academic freedom

Landmark gift from foundation started by Irish-American billionaire will fund work in US and Ireland

President of US campus also seeks to aid the local economy and forge global partnerships

Universities UK meeting hopes to build further on existing initiatives

Rector Wim de Villiers faces potential opposition from South African university’s council, despite student campaign

US economists talk about attempts to liven up teaching of their subject with lyrics from popular music

Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed looks at why race protests that started at the University of Missouri are moving to other campuses

Assistant registrar of the University of Zimbabwe claims that president’s mortarboard ‘fitted perfectly well’

BJP's Ram Naik calls on institutions to 'inculcate folk culture' in ceremonies amid concerns over rising Hindu nationalism

Efforts to reform universities in the face of shrinking student numbers may jeopardise departments with the best overseas links, says Japan-based UK professor

Robert Putnam says bursaries are only part of the solution to widening participation in the US

Deeper academic collaboration between Cuba and the United States has now been put on the agenda

Scientists from Japan, China and Ireland awarded for their work tackling parasitic diseases

Fears that 40 per cent levy could leave academics and students unable to access new research

Habesha Project aims to ‘send a message of solidarity to the Syrian nation’

New education minister Simon Birmingham announces at THE summit in Melbourne that controversial policy will not come in next year

Two cohorts of managers, drawn from universities across the country, will study for doctorates in higher education management

Theses in open-access repository at Dublin City University have been downloaded almost 1.4 million times