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Campus Antifascist Network plans self-defence training for scholars who may be challenged by white supremacists

Lack of job security, limited support from management and weight of work-related demands on time among risk factors

Ruth Simmons, interim leader of Prairie View A&M University, says universities are ‘failing’ at creating ‘fit leaders’

Branch outpost heads confident for long-term future of institutions despite blockade

'Intense' reaction from scholars worldwide drives publisher to back down on article block

Hundreds sign petition to boycott journals published by Cambridge University Press amid censorship row

Politics has become overly dominated by graduates, who increasingly only mingle with each other, says author

Association of Commonwealth Universities can play a central role in making the case for higher education, secretary general says

‘Portfolio’ academics undertaking teaching for a range of platforms are playing an increasingly important role

Carol Christ, new leader of the Californian university, also plans ‘free speech year’ for students and staff to engage with topic

Publisher pulls articles from academic website in China at request of communist government agency

Disgust at far-right violence at University of Virginia prompts stronger stance

The number of students without a place as A-level results announced down by 13 per cent

Pioneering neuroscientist who analysed the brain of Albert Einstein remembered

51�Թ�’s latest financial health update pinpoints how some UK institutions could be at particular risk from the TEF and Brexit

The academic psychologist talks testosterone, gender and the joy of being paid to read and write

UK emerges as campaign’s world leader as nine new institutions announce commitments

Omissions make it harder to find data, report says

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

Pop songs tend to depict higher education as exclusive and oppressive, finds study

Complete University Guide’s international and postgraduate fees survey for 2017 also suggests Brexit caution on rises in some areas

Higher education news from around the globe

Changes to associate membership criteria could open up European research funding worldwide

Analysis of THE World University Rankings data shows gender gap for top jobs has narrowed further

UK academic based in Pyongyang says US travel ban may be fatal for North Korea’s only private higher education institution

Team sent to investigate rule changes that could close Budapest’s Central European University finds that they were made ‘without very strong reasons’

Australian capital emerging as branch campus hub for country’s universities

Expensive initiative criticised as 'defying logic' in cash-strapped country

'Saudisation' drive sees public institutions urged to hire local staff

Extent of freely accessible literature could ‘tip scales’ for libraries to cancel subscription packages, says study

Evidence from Denmark indicates drunken induction weeks make it difficult for reluctant drinkers to feel at home

But Hefce rejects all other appeals, including from Durham, Liverpool, Southampton

Mass rallies held across the south-east Asian country as legislation to remove tuition fees is passed

University of Malta could offer financial incentive for students who apply with a Maltese qualification

Law lecturer warns that UK-EU student deal could be seen as benefit for ‘elite and middle class’

Racist protests have been growing in visibility on campuses over the past year

Durham education experts call for more ‘radical’ approach to contextualised admissions

UK universities can bring much-needed help in rebuilding the country, provided they avoid a ‘colonialist’ approach

New data show how universities took up the slack when businesses cut back on R&D. But the crisis also led to greater demands on universities to boost growth

Senate report confirms package including funding cuts, fee rises will need crossbench support to pass

Elite universities top newly-released tables for graduate employment rates, official data shows

Paper highlights possible negative impact of performance-related funding and for-profit universities on widening participation  

Nature Index examines how research articles are cited in third-party patents  

Andrew Southgate and Rob Turner offer some tips on organising a study-abroad trip following a visit to a Japanese university

The Italian scholar discusses how Machiavelli might have appraised current politics, the benefits of birdwatching and discovering Stevie Wonder

Creator of controversial predatory journals blacklist says some peers are failing to warn of dangers of disreputable publishers

Dip in number of applications puts students in the driving seat, say sector experts

Aarhus University has signed up companies to fund fundamental research in what it calls a ‘patent-free playground’

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

The Humboldt University of Berlin, the historical home of interdisciplinarity, is experimenting with new ways to encourage a broader perspective 

Students’ unions achieve goal in teaching excellence framework protest at Cambridge, Manchester, Oxford, Sheffield, and eight other institutions

Study finds that students who witness lecturers misbehaving are more likely to display incivility in lectures or seminars

Professor cites Soviet achievements as evidence of how detachment from mainstream scholarship can foster innovation

Staff covering for academics on leave are often given no time to conduct research themselves

Analysis shows that UK’s income from higher education taught overseas is a small part of £13 billion export industry

Indu Shahani speaks to 51�Թ� at the 2017 THE Innovation & Impact Summit

Many UK doctoral students view professional development as a ‘distraction’ or a ‘waste of time’, says study

Data on the entry qualifications of students at UK universities suggest that there must be more to the growth in top degrees

Neurobiologist questions whether academia has reached ‘peak sting’ in its battle with predatory journals

More than half of doctoral candidates surveyed at one university reported “abnormal” levels of stress and depression