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Most fervent opponents of dropping requirement for Australian universities to conduct research employ large numbers of teaching-only academics

Reduction in budget to tune of $135 million (?107 million) could lead to 1,300 job losses, officials estimate

OfS investigation followed Dominic Shellard¡¯s departure, with university admitting failure on oversight of leadership, ¡®in particular the v-c¡¯

Proposed legislation could thwart peer support, universities say

Indiana Seresin accuses universities of focusing on gender equality at expense of racial justice

Case hinged on university¡¯s failure to promptly read a form on which the student declared their opposition to immunisations

Scholars say cuts to Higher Education Commission¡¯s budget will drive academic brain drain

President¡¯s appointment of new Islamic university rector raises academic freedom concerns

Gallup-Northeastern University report analyses views on AI revolution from survey of 10,000 members of public across US, UK and Canada

Union sets out timetable for ballots over industrial action in relation to the pay and USS pension disputes

Former universities minister says institutions do not always succeed in maintaining founding diversity as he predicts ¡®growth agenda¡¯ will win in the UK

Physicist and broadcaster says academics must have freedom and support to communicate with society, to ¡®avoid mistakes of past¡¯

UK¡¯s public research funding overseer argues debate over political control of public finances is a ¡®false dichotomy¡¯ and distracts from bigger societal issues

Study backs up earlier findings that women are less likely to ask questions at conferences, even when they are in majority ¨C but that raising awareness of the issue can have a big impact

¡®Irresistible¡¯ network technology raises threat level from crooks and spooks, says Jeff Bleich

But multibillion-dollar cash injection risks further sidelining the humanities

Younger institutions offer greatest potential for dynamic collaborations, says high commissioner

Survey finds that almost a fifth of LGBT+ researchers in the physical sciences have personally experienced harassment or other exclusionary behaviour

Economist Lord Jim O'Neill warns political ¡®nonsense¡¯ a barrier to urgently-needed research

Minister insists English universities remain good value, despite increase in projected student loan write-offs

Head of fledgling college created by alliance of major research universities talks of ambition to diversify subject

Financial services firm bills plan for 3,000 homes and two science parks as model for how UK universities can help modernise cities

UK government's Prevent strategy is ¡®true threat to free speech¡¯ in universities, argues Hepi pamphlet by former US government civil rights official

Tribute paid to internationally renowned South African chemist

The award-winning administrator discusses the transformational power of higher education, pulling pints on Hollyoaks, and the challenges of public speaking

The use of anonymous online student forums alarms many tutors. But Patricia Xavier believes universities can make them work for everyone

Data on more than 19,000 institutions show Europe lags behind leading anglophone sectors on female leadership

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world¡¯s media

Disciplinary-level assessment unlikely to survive in its current form, say sector leaders

Change of guard suggests tough times ahead for leading Australian universities

New centre vows to tackle ¡®loss of trust¡¯ driven by technological change

Analysis of data on international co-authorship suggests being an institution under 50 years old benefits networking

Jessica Wade tells THE summit that younger institutions can create better equality policies from scratch

Three British institutions included in new networks despite country¡¯s vote for Brexit

The country¡¯s increasingly similar universities also need to be forced to specialise, argues government advisory body

Planned securitisation deal aimed at improving student experience and ¡®market share¡¯, says v-c

Editors say episode demonstrates need for humans to review work of software

Government policy and universities¡¯ commitment to working with business cited as key factors for success in THE University Impact Rankings table

New scorecards demonstrate the payoffs from international collaboration

Chair of England¡¯s post-18 review says ?7,500 fee a cap a fair deal after ¡®windfall¡¯ years and that universities in financial trouble are guilty of ¡®bad management¡¯

Jane Hutton says that pension fund is trying to deny her ¡®whistleblower¡¯ status

Leeds accused of attempting to extend control of central management by ending practice of selecting heads of school from within the faculty

Sector leaders question why it has taken so long to address long-running decline in value of quality-related research funding

Trump-dominated panel bolsters campuses that reject postgraduate unions

University leaders more likely to have attended Oxford or Cambridge compared with five years ago, but also to have gone to a comprehensive school

Sir Ian Diamond reportedly did not trigger his 12-month notice period until his departure from the university

MPs¡¯ report on UK-India relations also says ¡®leading universities¡¯ should be allowed to issue visas direct to ¡®the best¡¯ Indian students

Governing body gambit torpedoes court case but further isolates academic senate

Nearly one in five respondents to four-campus study said they feared role change if they underperformed

Calculation by open access campaigners questions supposedly unnecessary spending by publishers on lobbying, marketing and executive pay

Swiss university has signed San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, which says academics should not be judged on the journals they publish in

Do as we say, not as we do, government tells universities after ministers reject another optional recommendation of French review

Tutors struggle to prepare reporters for public less interested in facts

Wen Hai, head of Peking University HSBC Business School¡¯s Oxford outpost, says venture will help foster collaboration between Britain and China

Academics may be asked not to apply for jobs, give lectures or conduct external examining at Trinity

Vast resources channelled into research, analysis of business schools finds

University cuts courses but will become first foreign institution to offer law degree in country

Liverpool pro vice-chancellor says new positions would be step between PhDs and traditional postdoctoral posts

Berlin-based academic network faces court action in US and Germany, and lost more than €12 million (?10.7 million) in 2017, accounts show

Final budget, pending Senate and White House input, may be slightly less generous