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Potential leader-in-waiting is fighting for her career after becoming latest German politician to face academic fraud claims

Seminar considers the achievements – and even greater potential – of academic partnerships between the countries

Student safety and funding are key concerns for Vaal and UKZN undergraduates

Week of university visits may lead to a broader framework agreement

Republic of Ireland has highest satisfaction scores among international students, survey finds

Report author says ITT is fundamentally ‘a university matter’

An openness to other cultures has long characterised a country often considered exotically remote, says Tibetan scholar as Dalai Lama visits UK

Universities to scale back liberal arts and social science courses

Firm’s scheme offers degree funding in exchange for students returning home to work in the country

Academics need to become ‘good gatekeepers’ to students from minority backgrounds, a study from New Zealand suggests

Brazil’s flagship scholarship programme likely to suffer as government looks for savings. Donna Bowater reports from Rio de Janeiro

Region’s universities must build a type of institution distinctive from those in the West, scholar argues

University of the Witwatersrand vice-chancellor says research excellence can still be pursued while professoriate is reshaped

Luister details alleged discrimination against black students at leading institution

Government seeks to build on increasing numbers coming from abroad to study in the country

Jon Marcus travels to the Big Easy to see the varying fortunes of the city’s universities

Australian delegation that includes former cricketer Adam Gilchrist aims to boost educational links with subcontinent

Alice Dreger resigns her post after institution censored a risqué story in a medical journal

Former presidential candidate says institutions must deliver courses more cheaply and that student loan burden must be eased

How will the complexion of Israel’s coalition government affect its universities?

Islamic State targets octogenarian scholar, according to reports

Ali Bongo Ondimba donates property in Libreville to state, free of charge

Proposed campus is likely to be based on several sites amid concerns over environmental impact on much-loved beauty spot

Sector needs national standards and more industry links to drive and sustain economy, say experts

Twelve universities across the continent are offering course aimed at next generation of development professionals

More than 60 universities in Germany provide help for the country’s growing number of refugees, study says

Pair of employees at the American University in Dubai deny criminal charges

Phyllis Wise says she will step down due to ‘external issues’ affecting the institution

Institute of International Education says there is an increased enthusiasm for academic cooperation between the two countries

The University of the Aegean is seeking permission to admit refugees arriving in their thousands on the shores of Greek islands

New plans focus on putting Hungarian higher education on solid international foundations

Conference hears that bespoke THE measures could help to incentivise improvement and attract public funding

Study finds that students choose to major in subjects that are ‘more challenging’ in bad economic times

Presidential commission recommends new ministry to push technological development

Cuts will “hurt the country’s competitiveness and citizens’ well-being”, says rector

Head of University of Nottingham Malaysia says too much emphasis placed on small number of closures

University of Witwatersrand describes statements as 'abhorrent' but defends freedom of speech

Reducing burden of student debt is top of shopping list as candidates jockey for position

Report attributes decline to UK government trebling tuition fees 

Health leaders express fears for institution’s independence after Erdoğan appoints his physician and party deputy 

Former European Commissioner to lead a national review to address “systemic gender inequality” in higher education

Sir Hilary Beckles tells Ellie Bothwell about his plans for the University of the West Indies’ future

Higher education news from around the globe

Green encyclical ups pressure on Catholic universities to show moral leadership on climate change. Will more make an ethical shift?

Times Higher Education creates a top 15 table for Africa’s academies ahead of the inaugural THE Africa Universities Summit on 30-31 July

Report suggests that male social groups are ‘less fluid’ than women’s, who made up 63.5 per cent of American students overseas

Teaching Shakespeare in Palestine was intense, disturbing and unforgettable, a University of Bristol lecturer says

Post-2007 conditions are worse, workloads are higher and it’s ‘all about the money’ for management, report three-quarters of survey respondents

US and Canada ranked below four other regions for communicating effectively with prospective international students

The University of Hong Kong’s Peter Mathieson tells John Morgan about the Occupy protests, political pressure and being an outsider

A team at the Uppsala University Library is working to crack the code for digitising handwritten text

Sub-Saharan universities must adapt to the shifting career aims of their future graduates, study suggests

Chancellor Nicholas Dirks explains the university’s branch campus strategy

Sector fine-tunes policies aimed at addressing under-representation of female academics. Jon Marcus reports from Copenhagen

By Elizabeth Redden and Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Bumps are expected in decade-long shift away from market-based system

Institutions seek new ways to halt exodus of country’s scholars

Move by Gregory Fenves reflects worries about ever increasing salary hikes for US university heads

Continental system is critical to stop drain to US, Patrick Aebischer argues

François Hollande gives jobseekers premium access to courses on OpenClassrooms platform