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Following previous trips to the country, physicist receives huge welcome after joining Chinese social network

Increased funding is now available applying and commercialising research

Number of women in high performance computing and science in general is worryingly low, says scholar who leads group for female academics in her field

Director of the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education says 'the tide is against' these specialist institutions

Democratic presidential candidates have rival ideas to ease the costs of HE on students, but who has the more realistic policy?

Number of signatories will trigger a mandatory government response

New chair of AUDE, Trevor Humphreys, says increased competition within the sector could create ‘perfect storm’ for estates investment in coming years

Paper finds that universities are more likely to interact with institutions that are geographically closer to them

Largest business school accreditation organisation releases report on future of business education

Lack of independent working blamed for difficulties making the leap from undergraduate to doctoral work

Graduate start-ups also show employment and turnover growth, although fewer are being founded

Philanthropic donations to universities seen in the US can be replicated in Europe and the Middle East, argues former University of Chicago president Hugo Sonnenschein

Universities UK analysis claims that students from the rest of the European Union ‘spend money and create jobs in all corners of the UK’

New head of Staffordshire University says sector must think harder about whether classrooms and lecture halls on campus are suited to modern teaching methods

How should universities handle breakdowns in PhD student-supervisor relationships?

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Academic casts doubt on universities’ spin-off success and impact on SMEs

Offspring of lone parents are an overlooked group in widening participation, study suggests

Russell Group and University Alliance at loggerheads over whether next research excellence framework should assess more at university level

Battersea campus will tackle global challenges via linkage of science, technology, design and creative arts

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

The UK has the most institutions in the 51³Ô¹Ï 150 Under 50 Rankings 2016

Outdated view that modern universities exert only local influence should be challenged, Hefce’s David Sweeney tells Barcelona event

Scholar explores clothing brand’s role in student life

Involving companies in quality assurance described as ‘logical next step’

New universities must seek innovative ways to improve the student experience rather than simply mimicking older institutions, says Peter Coaldrake

Muhammadu Buhari concedes he overreached his authority when he replaced university boards

Qualifications for women leap forward, although salaries have yet to catch up

Region’s economy draws students back from foreign universities, says National University of Singapore deputy dean

Study also warns that business schools could be producing ever more narcissistic graduates, leading to economic problems in future

But study finds while grade point averages are increasing at four-year institutions, that's not the case at community colleges, reports Inside Higher Ed's Scott Jaschik

Legal obligations continue to apply in transnational setting, say Lancaster scholars

Tensions between ‘tribes’ of differing prestige harms sector, says Leadership Foundation report

Work on University of Chester archive earns researchers rebuke for laughing in library

Fictional depictions of professoriate reinforce negative public perceptions, US study concludes

Salary thresholds for non-EU nationals may drive students to rival nations, warns immigration expert

Scientific misconduct increasingly studied as example of ‘occupational crime’, researcher says

Co-editor of advice book for adjunct faculty talks about how to overcome feelings of being ‘untethered’ in the workplace

A UK university is leading a team to promote academic links with industry in Colombia, Panama and beyond

Groundbreaking study of how target-driven strategies affect staff has attracted international support

Budding scientists get a chance to enjoy ‘thrill of discovery’ in research in schools project led by schoolteacher academic

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

University of Sydney assessments ask students to edit and write online encyclopedia entries

Setting up new national outreach programme could stall momentum, expert warns

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Do changes to degree courses reflect a more pluralistic society or are they driven by a desire for more radical approaches?

Author of new research on dealing with stress in universities says focus should shift to how to cope better with the problem

Interviewees on dating app who wanted to be ‘used for academic purposes’ highlight the difficulties of using new technology for research

Twenty-five years after it was founded to promote openness in the post-Soviet era, the Central European University is grappling with new threats to democracy

But government project may not capture ‘value added’ by some universities and courses, critic warns

Education minister says senior managers at Kenya National Examinations Council implicated in ‘unprecedented cheating’

Football team being doused in ‘milky fermented alcohol’ shines light on practice more commonly associated with the US

Liberals’ first budget also includes extra support for students

Staff in the UK ‘desperate’ to work with Chinese partners but say they do not understand the legislation

New statutory duties designed to stop the rise of extremism on campus are making students and staff apprehensive, AUA conference hears

Hermann Hauser, who led efforts to launch Catapult network of commercialisation centres, sees a major cultural difference between UK and Germany

Research shows continuing lack of historical and critical perspective in most bachelor's degrees

Replacements sought for departing Craig Calhoun and Sir Leszek Borysiewicz

Elite universities are unhappy that new rules targeting charities and big business will hit institutions hard, says Wendy Piatt