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Academics issue warning after news story including critical comments about country’s top universities is removed

Some US colleges find the ability to harness data plays key role in success or failure of international outreach

Falling student enrolments and restructuring costs blamed for operating deficits at many universities in the UK capital

Study’s authors suggest women are better able to communicate the value of science to score public donations

Federal funding has slowed to a trickle over the past two decades

Unhelpful advice often based upon myths, says consultant

Tufts reviewing links to the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma

Ramsay partnership provides ‘a unique opportunity and substantial uplift in funding’, university leadership says

Data for English universities seem to show government metric based on salaries is skewed by location

Researcher finds that impressive enrolment numbers conceal the tiny profit margins earned by UK universities operating abroad

Don’t fixate on funding cuts and market challenges, UK-born star scientist Michelle Simmons tells Australian peers

Increased transparency on provider performance vital as well, representative group tells Australian government

After enduring tumultuous college closures, Massachusetts mulls forcing private institutions to prove their ongoing viability

Scientific advances expected after new US law requires federal statistics and documents to be published in uniform and open formats

Board of Journal of Informetrics plans to launch a rival title

Higher education leaders reflect on the challenges universities face during times of national conflict  

Cutting the UK out of transnational networks will only accelerate post-Brexit isolation, say rectors in Berlin

Duplicate titles are being set up to get around new open-access requirements, European Commission’s envoy warns

Analysis of awards in biology and biomedical sciences between 1968 and 2017 suggests women increasingly likely to win prizes for ‘service’ over research

Tragedies exacerbated by lack of research and information sharing, coroner’s study finds

University spokesman says decision also covers donations but does not affect ongoing partnerships

Country moves away from subscriptions and towards ‘publish and read’ model

51³Ô¹Ï Hesa data also reveal that part-time enrolments are now below 500,000

The Central European University’s new director of communications talks radical nuns, leaving Ireland aged 18 and why her role is the most exciting in her profession

Scholar of race and urban history remembered

Survey of more than 5,000 UK researchers finds about half keep working when they are unwell

Institutions seek guidance over links to Chinese company but are told that it is not their role to start a ‘new Cold War’

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

Supervision highlighted as a ‘big challenge’ in wake of study on doctoral education 

PA Consulting survey finds many leaders see outright university closures as ‘politically and socially unconscionable’

Institutions in developing world told to take lead on tackling major global challenges

Some in sector believe Tories could adopt only fee cut plans as longer-term commitment, given Commons and Brexit obstacles

German-born Lars Chittka says he may now leave the country

Scientists and medics have the best chance of reaching the top job in the UK, leaving other disciplines looking for answers

Scholars cite concerns over academic autonomy in Taiwan after election of National Taiwan University president is finally approved

Higher education institutions who are developing AI have a responsibility to ensure that it is not biased against developing nations, conference hears

Malaysia and Egypt are making rapid higher education progress, largely because of improvements in citation impact

Paper shortages and printer closures blamed for backlog

Head of flagship institution acts against divisive Civil War display without notifying state education leaders

US chemical engineer claims she has been a victim of ‘academic mobbing’, including someone defecating in her bin

It’s damned if you do and damned if you don’t, as minister seeks course for freedom

Funding agency forced to deny scholarship candidates will be required to take an ideology test

Universities and their international connections are integral to national resilience, conference hears

University and College Union revives call for admissions shake-up in hope of making unconditional offers ‘defunct’

Questions around quality assurance, regulation and where certificates from courses such as Moocs belong on the qualifications ladder

Campaigners for change say universities need to be more proactive and systematic in investigating their benefactors’ pasts

Bennett College seen as exemplifying challenges faced by small, private, minority-serving and women-only institutions

New book explores proliferation of ‘starchitect’-designed facilities 

In five years, Moocs go from dream of universal education to limited service for higher-end customers

Lowering of student loan repayment threshold to recoup an extra A$20 million (£11.3 million) but cost A$19 million

Essex institution becomes second institution to be hit by Office for Students access penalty

But graduates from more affluent backgrounds fare better, survey finds

Petition opposing Charles Sturt University’s plan attracts more than 5,000 signatures

Universities may feel held to unachievable standards, but removing barriers for all manner of talented people will make institutions better and stronger

Portland State University says Peter Boghossian’s attack on academic explorations of race and gender failed to get ethics approval

Oxford academic says increasing work pressures and time constraints mean practice’s future is at risk

Tributes paid to expert on Romanticism who was also a powerful poet in his own right

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

Academics call on employers to provide clarity over support provided amid huge variance in policies within sector, but sky-high costs could deter institutions extending their generosity

Having more women on appointment committees has dramatically cut the number of female academics getting hired, according to analysis