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More needs to be done to encourage women into technology and engineering at school, say observers

Employees and students have organised a protest, with some calling for academic to be dismissed 

Despite attempts to renegotiate contracts, European institutions face an annual price hike of 3.6 per cent

¡®Real-time¡¯ data from recruiter¡¯s website shows ¡®travel ban¡¯ tweets immediately put off Indian students, conference told

Kirkuk hosted students from seven closed universities in captured territory, providing refuge from horror of executions and alternative to fighting for jihadists

English minister calls on campus leaders to do more to stamp out antisemitism

Former chief defence scientist of Australia says universities may be forced to bar Chinese nationals from conducting research in sensitive areas

Study finds university staff who do up to 10 additional hours each week are more satisfied with their job, but doing more than this has a significant adverse effect

Chancellor opposes extra spending on universities, sources suggest, as universities minister dodges questions on report publication

The literature expert on what Spain makes of the Gothic, what we can learn from ¡®mad scientists¡¯ and struggles with his surname

Tributes paid to ¡®gentlemanly¡¯ scholar of folklore, fairy tales and fantasy fiction

Shift in council membership may be factor in escalating vice-chancellor pay

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

Be kind, be constructive and go easy on the free booze, conference veterans advise new and returning attendees

Chris Skidmore tells MPs he is yet to see a copy of the Augar review¡¯s report

V-c who left school at 16 before entering university without A levels says university¡¯s social mission is irreplaceable

Office for Students has sent ¡®minded to refuse¡¯ letters to 20 providers

Senator suggests that universities might want to keep more of their findings to themselves

Nepotism and the isolation of war have left Kosovo¡¯s oldest university battling poor research standards, but transparency campaigners hope this is changing

Nanomedicine pioneer will replace Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

Advocacy groups demand action from next government

British Council research warns that Brexit ¡®may affect future international engagement¡¯ of the UK

Office of the Independent Adjudicator says some English and Welsh providers did not do enough for students when lecturers walked out over pensions

Call follows revelations about Coca-Cola¡¯s influence over some sponsored research

University lowers entry requirements by four A-level grades in ?10 million widening access drive

Data on the growth of scholarly collaboration across Asia, the Middle East and eastern Europe suggest Beijing¡¯s grand strategy could be having an impact

System president says new academic hiring programme and innovation network will boost university following financial issues

CBI warns country will not spend 2.4 per cent of gross domestic product on research and development until 2053

Practice seen as officially accepted counterpart to bribes currently under investigation

University says it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies

General secretary hopefuls want further concessions from pension scheme

New reports uncover widespread gossip, harassment, verbal abuse and ¡®scientific sabotage¡¯ in Dutch universities ¨C with women particularly affected

Experts question government decision to continue reserving 90 per cent of pre-university programme places to Malay majority

Peter Ridd¡¯s victory in unfair dismissal case raises questions about limits of scientific consensus

US experience suggests budget shift has little impact on colleges¡¯ results

Fragmentary, first-person accounts are challenging the staid traditions of the monograph, event hears

Calls made for campuses to do more to help tackle climate change

Istanbul scholar F¨¹sun ?stel becomes first academic to go to jail for signing 2016 peace declaration

Money pledged for universities carved up and back-ended, opposition document suggests

Suggested approach could see content from Nature made freely available

Gravy train being shunted into siding as interest from Chinese mainland wanes

University promises study of how former vice-provost¡¯s behaviour persisted for so long

Initial moves on 2020 budget suggest another reversal of Trump priorities

Proposals reduce anticipated future contributions, but fall short of union members¡¯ ¡®no detriment¡¯ demand

Private equity-owned BIMM to receive ?2.4m in teaching grant as OfS funds new providers for first time

Leading professor who backs creation of ¡®Cern for AI¡¯ calls lack of decisive government action ¡®disturbing¡¯

But THE analysis also suggests windfall for institutions if fall in student recruitment is modest 

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

Facilitating flexible working hours and showing gratitude towards team members are among the musts for all labs, according to Fernando Maestre

The University of Arizona ecologist on Colombia¡¯s natural diversity, her lucky break, and the challenges facing other aspiring scientists

Higher Education Policy Institute says it is ¡®shocking¡¯ that no such dataset exists

Tributes paid to internationally renowned figure in technology education

Former OU pro vice-chancellor returns to take top job at troubled institution

Software could be adopted across the sector as early warning system for standards issues

Academics are watching to see how the University of Hong Kong will respond after one of its scholars was jailed for his role in 2014 protests

Harvard experiment finds nearly half of academics amended their assessment of a research application after seeing randomly generated ¡®expert scores¡¯

Monash wish list includes new agency, universal learning entitlement and ¡®coherent¡¯ funding model

Coalition, Labour and Greens respond to sector survey

Improving the culture surrounding mental health for postgraduates and PhD students also crucial to maintaining a healthy research system, Chris Skidmore tells leaders

Doane University librarian suspended in row over display