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Countries with the most open immigration policies for scholars have stronger scientific impact, reports suggest

Proposals ‘reverse the trend’ of falling spending, says research minister

Institutions in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and the Netherlands feature in top 20 of new listings by discipline

Conference speech raises questions about future of £9,250 fees system and shows impact of Labour policy

Text from the prime minister's 2018 party conference address

Three scientists, based in UK, US and Switzerland, share prize for making it possible to see biological material at atomic level

Political climate and anti-immigration policies in US are blamed as UK and Canada report increase in applications

Investigation launched after police attending mass student protest in Varanasi seen to be beating women with sticks

New facility should provide crucial information for detecting crimes

National demonstration planned over income contingent repayment 'propaganda'

Ten people, including four coaches, face charges in federal investigation

Figures from Elsevier's Scopus database suggest study into topic has unusually low rate of collaboration

Budapest-based institution says negotiations between Hungary and New York State have created ‘basis for an agreement’

Finance expert Martin Lewis likens government to 'illegal loan shark' on 'disastrous' threshold freeze

Raising graduate repayments bar to £25k hikes level of public subsidy for system to 45 per cent, says respected research institute 

Researchers Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne recognised for their work on the international Ligo project 

Long-awaited list of institutions eligible for excellence initiative funding in China is published

US researchers Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young take prize for studies on circadian rhythm

Theresa May’s goal of achieving fee differentiation steps into ‘minefield’, sector figures warn

Stephen Toope says universities must continue to work across borders even as societies become more inward looking

Breaking free from Madrid may reduce bureaucracy for universities, but could endanger funding

US survey finds development of curiosity, leadership and work ethic unaffected by length of international experience

Commission wants more comparable data on the jobs students go into, and how well their degrees prepared them

Nick Hillman makes call in book that aims to influence Conservative policy

Andrew Hamilton says NYU’s internationalist aims challenge the nativist visions of Theresa May and Donald Trump

Leeds, Southampton and Manchester among institutions downgraded by Moody's, but Cambridge keeps triple-A rating

Publisher argues European countries could move to subscription-free approach without international consensus

Sir Peter Gluckman, who advises New Zealand’s prime minister, cautions scientists against overreach

UMBC president calls for shift in institutional culture at 51³Ô¹Ï forum

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

Some researchers worry that lack of female laureates devalues prestigious awards

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