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Data analysis by THE suggests some universities would take a hit of more than ?25 million if fees were slashed to ?7,500 for classroom subjects

The Coventry chancellor talks about being inspired by protest, managing a rap artist and being a pioneer as a black woman in law

Cost of compliance with 51³Ô¹Ï Office rules uncovered by Study Group

Police complaint is filed against Delhi University lecturer after he posted comment on Facebook

Move comes after country¡¯s top anti-corruption chief turns attention to Italy¡¯s universities

Staff and students at the National Autonomous University of Mexico return to studies

Move follows government accusation that ideological and political work at some top institutions was weak

Intense polarisation of Turkish diaspora, plus online harassment, means refugee scholars feel they are being watched

Greater democratic development in post-Soviet nations when students head for EU rather than Russia, study finds

Stanford loses lead spot in 2018 Wall Street Journal/51³Ô¹Ï league table 

Peter Agre, Ed Byrne and Nicholas Dirks speak to 51³Ô¹Ï at the 2017 World Academic Summit in London

Scholarship organisation reportedly decides to stop supporting academic exchanges with the University of California, San Diego

Scholars at Risk counts 257 assaults and persecutions on higher education communities over past year

Figures suggest young people choose subjects according to present balance of a country¡¯s economy

Challenge for UK as Asian research diaspora returns home, says China-born member of PM's science council

Multinational research teams can now bid for money in any scientific area, although funders do not expect security-sensitive projects

Simon Birmingham brushes off criticism of 'rivers of gold' comments on university funding

Publishers should consult with journal editors over censorship requests, says China Quarterly committee member

Institutions should ensure global connections and local links support each other, summit hears

Shadow industrial strategy minister says scrapping fees essential for universities' civic mission

Work with communities and industry should be better captured by league tables, summit hears

Critics claim move makes it 'too easy' for new providers to use ¡®university¡¯ in name

Half of Third World Quarterly editorial board resign in protest over ¡®case for colonialism¡¯ essay

No correlation between HEA fellowship numbers and TEF ratings, analysis also finds

Two UK-based researchers also tipped as potential Nobel prizewinners

THE analysis shows which institutions are on the verge of wider recognition for their impressive research performance

Tasmanian researchers find it takes 10 hours to plan an hour¡¯s lecture for online students, compared to eight hours for on-campus delivery

Publishers prepared to add names to journal articles for a price, study finds

Only 6 per cent of displaced university-age Syrians currently in other countries in the Middle East are in higher education, expert warns

Study finds that universities in big urban centres produce less highly cited research than institutions elsewhere

Europe¡¯s funding councils oppose idea of requiring researchers to obtain a licence if they want to quote their colleagues or news articles

Studies from industry and academia show there are significant benefits to incentivising supportive behaviour, says Theo Gilbert

The chief executive-designate of the UK¡¯s new sector agency discusses her West Country roots, the roles of academics and administrators, and escaping to the country 

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

Inaugural UK-US science deal will include investment in two major projects Stateside

Vigilante mob face murder charges over campus killing of student Mashal Khan

Class of ¡¯92 to set up alternative provider teaching business, media and sport

Figures from Education at a Glance show that only in Spain and Estonia can women expect a bigger financial return from university than men 

Firm steps up collaboration with university as world¡¯s biggest tech companies race to harness quantum physics

Jacinda Ardern pledges fee-free study under NZ Labour, part of global pattern on left

Chancellor appears to adopt IFS blueprint, but elements of reported plans bring ¡®real concerns¡¯ for universities

Canada and Finland also score highly in research assessing the effectiveness of education systems in 35 economies

Publisher argues Topics platform will provide ¡®breadth, depth and currency of knowledge¡¯, and remove the need to leave its website

Many researchers also ¡®harbour unrealistic expectations¡¯ about academic careers

Leru says that commission¡¯s focus should be on improving scholars¡¯ employment prospects

Initiative urges government researchers to send findings through encrypted channels to ensure their preservation

Senate adjourns before voting on higher education bill, meaning students have to apply without knowing what fees will be

Higher education institutions in Turkey and Belgium report decline in staff and student exchanges following attacks

Dishonest to claim that internationalisation is for the common good when it reaches so few people, consultant says

Higher education institutions are partly to blame for the hostility they now face, says US vice-provost

Lord Willetts and Lord Adonis go head to head in this video debate, tackling UK political issues from tuition fees to vice-chancellor pay levels

Unions should be seen as investments in teaching and research quality rather than cost-saving exercises, advises EUA governance specialist

Quality assurance professionals call for system to verify refugees¡¯ education credentials before ¡®next crisis¡¯

Study reveals that there are now 2,900 English-medium undergraduate programmes in continental Europe

THE pay data since 2010-11 show pay of UK leaders is going up faster than that of rank-and-file academics, but the reasons are less clear

The Warburg professor discusses folk practice, emptying Milwaukee¡¯s bins, and bargain cinema tickets

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

Berkeley scholar of the Renaissance remembered

Pragya Agarwal explains how lecturers can support first-year students as they make the transition to the self-directed learning required at university