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Researchers hail separatism as a way for region to escape Spanish bureaucracy 

Future research excellence framework could incorporate information on the ‘future plans of institutions’

Students tend to nominate entertaining or ‘sexy’ academics, says paper

Consultant downplays fears that leaving the EU could see overseas sources of funding dry up

The school was launched by four students who met on an online course at McGill University

Hopes that coordination across universities and better career paths can renew technician workforce

Scientists are increasingly working in collaboration with overseas academics, according to OECD figures

Survey finds support for tools that could improve grades and reduce risk of dropping out

Government considering regulation that would further hamper enrolment of international students, sector leaders fear

Free movement of students and scholars would be hindered by UK leaving EU, says University of Glasgow principal

51³Ô¹Ï hears how Wu's career encompassed filming Tiananmen protests and sending China’s first email

Black students’ officer Malia Bouattia among candidates for union presidency

Despite claims that engagement with business is as important as research and teaching, academics find they have no time for work outside the academy

But concerns raised over Hefce move to contract out quality assurance in several tenders

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

No more than 75 per cent of a discipline’s students should be of the same gender, says funding council

Credit agency says the pace of change will quicken as governments seek cost savings

Classes suspended at Pretoria and Free State following clashes over language and outsourcing

But universities warned to beware the predicted fall in China’s student population

Big remuneration deals for Salford’s Martin Hall and Glyndwr’s Michael Scott revealed in university accounts

As globalisation takes a firm grip on higher education, is the French government’s new strategy working?

Student protesters at the US institution want the name of the gardens at the university changed, reports Ellen Wexler for Inside Higher Ed

Director of Claro Learning has complained his firm was unfairly attacked by Margaret Hodge

A comparison of some of the fees that are charged to international students

Oxford pro vice-chancellor Sally Mapstone to take on role vacated by Louise Richardson

Leaving the EU would damage international partnerships vital to research excellence, v-cs say in letter to national newspaper

Study suggests there may be long-term benefits from publishing, but critics warn of ‘too much, too soon’

But peer review processing firm must deal with author comments like those on ‘consenting mole rats’

Ahead of TEF, funding council says universities must not seek to sway students’ responses

The UK’s first academic conference on hip hop comes straight outta Cambridge

Analysis finds men and ethnic minorities under-represented in international cohort

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

OECD planning to change measures of public spending on HE amid complex picture on student loans

University academics answer an appeal for help from country's inspirational leader

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Extra contributions are likely to cost many university staff more than £1,000 a year, analysis shows

Barry Winn, former University of Bradford deputy v-c, criticises short-term ‘colonial’ approach of UK universities to global partnerships

This graphic shows to what extent tertiary education increases people’s sense that they have a say in politics

BMJ editor in chief raises alarm over drug trial research funded and often controlled by manufacturers themselves

Former business secretary urges universities to plug into global networks and emerging markets as he takes up Nottingham professorship

Figures suggest Oxford and Cambridge among seven Russell Group institutions with lower proportion of poorer students compared with 10 years ago

Survey suggests 3 per cent of higher and further education workers have been physically assaulted because they are homosexual, bisexual or transsexual

Acceptances nearly doubled for some universities, halved for others, since number controls eased in 2012

Law professor at Queen Mary University of London organises open days for refugees and asylum seekers

Civil society groups attack move as ‘gross violation’ of academic autonomy

Chinese Ministry of Education directive wants students abroad to have a ‘positive patriotic energy’

From the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to special needs education in the UK, more mid-career professionals are taking professional doctorates

Researcher recommends reassessing selection criteria for PhD funding as several great scientists did not gain a first or a 2:1

Chris Husbands, former director of the UCL IoE, also says his new institution should ‘not be distracted by league tables’

Former Liberal Democrat deputy leader appointed on one-year maternity cover contract

The House of Representatives approves legislation that dictates NSF grants can be awarded only to projects in the ‘national interest’

University announces major strategic planning initiative to address long-term budgetary concerns. Colleen Flaherty reports for Inside Higher Ed

Cutting academic autonomy contradicts studies on what makes businesses effective, policy expert claims

Techniques used by scientists led by Ruth Gates and backed by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen are coming under the microscope. Jon Marcus reports from Hawaii

Italian ambassador to UK ‘expects truth to be established’ in the ‘heinous killing’ of Cambridge PhD student

Data sharing agreements also due to be signed with EU countries

Event with controversial King’s College London researcher Adam Perkins to be held at later date after ‘negative social media activity’

Admissions service says it is in talks to widen availability of its records

Rector Ralf Hemmingsen warns job losses will see some services ‘cut to the bone’ as 7 per cent of staff exit Denmark’s most highly regarded university

Partnership of five universities has so far helped new businesses raise more than £1bn