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Philip Hammond statement aims to tackle post-referendum uncertainty

‘Learning gain’ test could be used in TEF if pilot a success

But more than three-quarters still expect to enrol, Sutton Trust finds

Study identifies institutions that have an opportunity to become globally renowned within the next decade

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Some see changes as making it more attractive to hire younger researchers – but there could be new opportunities to game the system

A new condensed master’s will be offered by NMITE among other curriculum innovations

A lawyer and a clinical psychologist in the US explain how America’s universities are becoming more ‘trauma-informed’

Ana Mari Cauce, who is Cuban-American and gay, aims to improve race and identity relations on campus

Call for access agreements to draw on more sophisticated evaluation and analysis

Analysis of THE World University Rankings data shows gender gap at top is gradually narrowing

Pilot easing rules for four universities ‘dismissive’ of others’ contribution

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

Author of research into e-learning suggests faculty are eager to adapt their teaching to meet new demands

American University of Afghanistan ‘devastated’ by abductions

Sector bodies and institutions respond to latest NSS results

Scores that will inform teaching excellence framework may herald rise of ‘new elite’

Government plans rise in research spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP, far above UK

LinkedIn co-founder, a Nobel laureate and more than 10 university presidents among high-profile speakers at 51³Ô¹Ï’s flagship event 

Older applicants drive growth as exam pass rate falls

US ranking will focus on student experience and outcomes

Academics tell Heriot-Watt University researcher they felt they ‘couldn’t be feminist and black’

European researchers call for a ‘radical reorganisation’ to help undergraduates and PhD students access grants

Senior figure sees ‘strong signals’ that Turkey’s academy has been infiltrated, despite international criticism

Centre for Macroeconomics survey finds support for ‘institutional change’ in profession

Despite a long history of trailblazing female academics, Europe's academy is making slow progress in promoting more women to senior roles, says lobby group

Calie Pistorius, who has led the institution for just under a decade, is looking forward to his ‘next opportunity and role’

A new book by Bruno Lemaitre considers whether science is suffering from being led by the self-obsessed

Vice-chancellor predicts that sector’s ‘slightly snobbish’ attitude will be swiftly eroded

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

Tuition rises have left middle classes ‘slammed’, and low African American enrolments can cause tensions, warns Gene Block

Academics and administrators can learn to cooperate better if they are willing to acknowledge their stereotypes about each other

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Most selective universities under fire for ‘glacial’ progress on widening access

Sub-Saharan Africa’s first online university will help other institutions in the region to embrace technology, says co-founder

Study finds evidence supporting fears over a pre-REF ’transfer market’ for star academics

Sheffield Hallam v-c chosen after government recruitment process

Further 50 per cent of EU-backed schemes result in ‘major scientific advance’

If art has become more academic, might it also be able to refresh other disciplines?

Greek researchers from US institutions hit out at controversial plan drawn up by University of Texas economist

Move by Hamilton College in New York sparks discussion about prescriptive attempts to change curricula

Bath, Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford chosen for two-year master's student pilot

Scholar argues that discussion could benefit from more light and less heat

Institutions need to adapt their courses to account for how climate change is altering business, argues former MBA director

Benefits of proposals for reducing the tax costs of sharing university equipment outweighed by legal and financial hurdles, according to N8 research group

However, dean at Asian University for Women in Bangladesh says the number of female leaders on the continent is rising

New College forced to clarify that event for ‘old members’ at London gentlemen’s club is open to both sexes after dress code was described as ‘collared shirt and jacket’

41 per cent of prospective students less likely to come here post-referendum, survey suggests

New report indicates that more doesn’t always mean more equal

Sophie Cohen reports on a groundbreaking cross-border science project that aims to emulate Cern in bringing nations together despite their history 

Chair of independent review of research excellence framework also hopes to tackle 'game-playing'

New concordat should help researchers ‘deliver significant benefits for society’

Landmark review of the research excellence framework also recommends that university where research is done should be able to reap rewards

‘Too early’ to say if employer and employee contributions will have to be increased again, says chief executive

The grouping of subjects such as neuroscience and psychiatry with cheaper disciplines will lead to what critics say is a failure to fairly fund mental health research

De Montfort University is asking staff to record their lectures to help students with disabilities

Hepi report looks at New Zealand’s lessons for UK on overseas loan defaults and private expansion problems

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

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

The D-PLACE tool means anthropologists and historians can finally statistically test theories about what shapes human culture and society