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What does Google want from graduates? When it comes to today¡¯s market, a new kind of intelligence is the name of the game, argues Shuvo Saha

Anna Vignoles argues salary statistics can be used to identify in-demand skills

Theses in open-access repository at Dublin City University have been downloaded almost 1.4 million times

Vote against Johannes Chan appointment follows alleged ¡®orchestration¡¯ of campaign against him by Beijing

UK institutions have triumphed in the 51³Ô¹Ï World University Rankings 2015-2016, but immigration policies and fees may threaten their status, says leading academic

An Italian dean has created an A to Z of interdisciplinarity

Students willing to pay at least ?1,700 more on average for better employability, suggests survey

Potential leader-in-waiting is fighting for her career after becoming latest German politician to face academic fraud claims

Nobel prizewinner makes comments in run-up to November spending review

Ivy League and other prestigious institutions could dump Common Application approach

New shadow minister Gordon Marsden also warns TEF must not be ¡®back door¡¯ to removing fee cap

University of Southampton pro vice-chancellor to take helm after a year of turmoil at Plymouth

New shadow higher education minister, Gordon Marsden, also warns of ¡®TEF apartheid¡¯

Hefce report also warns that government-backed master¡¯s loans will ¡®contradict efforts to widen participation¡¯

Inspired by previous movement in 1960s, PhD students say that ¡®science is not neutral¡¯ and urge scientists to confront their assumptions

Not everybody is impressed by a new ¡°model¡± for conferences addressing controversial themes fashioned after outrage over an event about the Israel-Palestine conflict

Seminar considers the achievements ¨C and even greater potential ¨C of academic partnerships between the countries

Significant variations in higher education participation persist when educational attainment and background taken into account

Multi-partner initiative launched by University Alliance institutions mirrors the doctoral training centre model

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz says a lot of UK research would be reduced to ¡®irrelevance¡¯ in the event of Brexit

Ucas says acceptances are up 3 per cent year-on-year, with more applicants holding vocational qualifications

David Barrowclough tricked Heritage Lottery Fund by applying for money for fake projects

London Metropolitan University leads the sector for overall decrease

Women and students from poorer backgrounds to be hardest hit, says Sutton Trust analysis

Charities blame widening gap between their grants and full costs of research 

But men continue to earn significantly more on average, Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis reveals

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

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

University¡¯s v-c and deputy also raise concerns about teaching excellence framework¡¯s timescale, choice of metrics and impact overseas

Reaching out offers many benefits to universities, says dean

Queen¡¯s University Belfast research finds that students use footage to reinforce traditional learning, not replace it

This graphic shows the cost of journal subscriptions to seven of the most popular publishers for 24 UK universities in 2014

Peer review system ¡®lacks capacity¡¯ to deal with ¡®flood¡¯ of new papers, meaning some could be unjustly dismissed

Former Labour education secretary defends his top-up fees policy and attacks ¡®unacceptable¡¯ coalition changes, as he starts King¡¯s College London role

51³Ô¹Ï rankings editor Phil Baty unveils the results live from the World Academic Summit in Melbourne

51³Ô¹Ï BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2016 will include 200 universities for the first time

Student safety and funding are key concerns for Vaal and UKZN undergraduates

Philip Altbach warns that ¡®you can¡¯t starve a higher education system¡¯ without grave consequences

Major/minor course designed to improve graduates¡¯ employment prospects

Week of university visits may lead to a broader framework agreement

Term in office marred by protests against outsourcing and suspension of the ¡®Sussex Five¡¯

Former head of No 10 Policy Unit to be professor of public policy at the university

What policies, if any, should govern romance between colleagues?

Republic of Ireland has highest satisfaction scores among international students, survey finds

European Association for International Education conference hears crisis, coupled with domestic problems, threatens ¡®jewel in the crown¡¯ of US sector

Continent¡¯s youthful population will soon require many more university places, with high numbers likely to study outside their home country

Exams could measure 'learning gain' but may also form part of planned teaching excellence framework

Project to measure learning outcomes globally could have got off the ground ¡®if UK had signed on¡¯

Very few US universities have policies to deal with growing number of stateless people seeking a chance to study

Maverick economist explains ¡®why the modern world happened¡¯

Academics teaching the subject at university say it needs a place on school curricula as well

Jo Johnson and George Osborne among MPs targeted by campaigners

Study concludes that black and ethnic minority applicants are less likely to be offered a place because they choose more competitive courses

Move comes as universities minister criticises National Union of Students for failing to back new rules to curb ¡®extremist¡¯ speakers on campus

Hefce study finds independent school students are less likely to get a first or a 2:1

Funding council role could be taken on by other bodies, according to lead civil servant on Browne review

University shows its new ¡®fusion¡¯ collection at this year¡¯s Ceramics Biennial

Stance of Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, who calls fee rise linked to TEF ¡®contentious¡¯, appears to contrast with that of Oxford counterpart

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

Sir John makes robust defence of current set-up as he warns sector not to be ¡®complacent¡¯ about councils¡¯ future