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A round-up of academics awarded research council funding

Experienced sector figure to leave UUK post in September for powerful new regulator

Call for rankings to give more weight to societal impact

A look at the split metrics suggests that some universities may have benefited from having a more advantaged student cohort

Threshold freeze bites while poorest graduate ‘with largest debts’ of £57,000 on average, researchers warn

Academics who take regular breaks from assessment will get more done than those who toil away for 10 hours straight, study says

Sydney’s deputy v-c says government must put its money where its mouth is

Building ties with academics and students across Asia, and China in particular, is paying off for Australia’s universities. Jack Grove reports

Jo Johnson outlines UK ambition to be ‘go-to country’ for innovation and discovery, even after Brexit

University reform urgently needed to capitalise on fourth industrial revolution, says KAIST head

Unrealistic expectations of would-be students revealed by major survey

Anthropologist spent more than a year among lecturers to understand why they don’t adopt innovative methods

Academics standing for election aim to stand up for evidence-based policymaking

Major study on successor to Horizon 2020 also suggests including Canada and Australia in European programmes

Senior minister said that there may need to be a ‘national debate’ about student debt

German analysis finds that undergraduates with the highest ability put in the fewest hours

Foreign nationals who fear being barred from re-entering country if they go home for break are being supported with accommodation and funding

Simone Buitendijk says exercise forced leaders of research-intensive institutions to focus on education ‘for the first time’

Jo Johnson takes aim at Southampton’s leader in outspoken attack on ‘sharp increase’ in salaries

Lecturers and vice-chancellors will now be eligible for four-year visas and permanent residency

‘Shocking’ shift away from fundamental projects harms country's scientific reputation, says author of report

Title described as ‘standout winner’ at Professional Publishers Association Awards

51�Թ� data from Hesa's DLHE survey shows highest proportion going on to other courses since at least 2011-12

Universities could lose out as emphasis switches to supporting innovation

Higher education regulator's new rules aim to drive up standards within sector

Mexico and Canada share their experiences of supporting indigenous learners

Hakan Şükür has honorary doctorate removed over his alleged support for a banned political movement

Universities UK and the French University Presidents’ Conference aim to increase mobility and develop more joint degrees

President offers disaffected climate scientists a ‘second homeland’ to conduct their work

Several student accommodation blocks have been discovered with flammable cladding

We talk about academia as a refuge for artists, curtailed basketball careers, and escaping Michigan’s “shire” with the multifaceted music composer

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

University will establish 50 degrees over the next five years

Bibliometric data suggest link to performance of nations' education systems, although academic warns against drawing simple conclusions

University access watchdog also flags falling numbers of mature and part-time students as ‘grave concern’

The inventor of the concept of emotional intelligence explains how the idea can be built into the culture of universities

Low salaries, excessive bureaucracy and poorly defined research policies add to region’s woes

A round-up of academics awarded research council funding

Generic courses may not be equipping students with much-needed skills, says British Film Institute

Stanford professor says $15 million lawsuit victory will not engender sympathy for publishing giant

UK universities now have until 2 July to submit their entries

Sector figures say government proposals fail to guarantee future for academics based in the UK

Treatment of engineering scholars seen as sign of hostile ‘prove it again’ attitude

Academics investigating militarism and war must explore their own assumptions as well as those of their societies, event hears

Director-general of research and innovation at the European Commission says university research funding would not be affected

Former Heriot-Watt principal Steve Chapman says he will have to leave Edith Cowan University in 2020

Over-expansion of higher education, ‘useless’ compulsory modules and wider culture of graft blamed

US proposals spark worry for researchers reading Arabic or foreign language texts, or works critical of the Trump administration

Liverpool, Durham and York join Southampton in bidding to overturn ratings

President of proposed new engineering institution wants to use egalitarian management ethos of King Arthur ahead of its launch in 2020

Universities are developing imaginative ways of addressing the educational needs and ambitions of Syrians

Overseas students in UK are more likely to recommend studying in the country than those in other nations

Shinzo Abe may face questions over claims that he pushed education department to approve new veterinary school

Study finds dropout rate has remained static over course of decade

Research policy expert says there is ‘no need’ for higher education to make ‘special case’ for universities during negotiations

After incidents on US campuses where students have called for scholars’ dismissal, professor sees need to update concept of academic freedom

University of West London wins top honour as Strathclyde and Gloucestershire take home two prizes each

Tens of thousands of students forced to find new places to study, reports say

The results of the 2017 teaching excellence framework in full. Find out which universities were awarded gold, silver or bronze

Full TEF results for all the universities in the TEF ranked by main award and core metrics