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Currency devaluation and economic slowdown could stymie lucrative market

Australian delegation that includes former cricketer Adam Gilchrist aims to boost educational links with subcontinent

Performance-related pay causes the best academics to cluster together, evidence from Germany suggests

But longitudinal survey also finds more university leavers are now working part-time or engaged in further study

Postponement of responsive mode grants partly aimed at preserving success rates while research council makes ‘additional large investments’

Initiative to replicate findings of 100 prominent studies raises further questions about health of discipline

Rising liabilities may again focus attention on whether Universities Superannuation Scheme assumptions are ‘unreasonably pessimistic’

Rama Thirunamachandran says role and financing of sector’s teaching champion must be rethought

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

University of Hull demonstrates pedagogical potential of world-building game

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

The University of Lincoln rejects criticism for listing hourly paid staff on its website, saying they are ‘not second-class members of faculty’

Minority scholars less likely to be submitted to research excellence framework

University of South Wales offers academic credit for skills and experience gained in the military

Alternative treatments in healthcare plan is latest in a series of homeopathy-related controversies

Alice Dreger resigns her post after institution censored a °ù¾±²õ±ç³Üé story in a medical journal

But master of Birkbeck has accepted that there were ‘procedural matters’ in his lab that ‘required attention’

Researchers find an unexpected link between brevity and popularity

Agency to design and conduct nationwide inspection regime

The merger of seven subpanels into a single one for modern languages and linguistics has skewed results, claim scholars

Prospective students more likely to base decision on prospectuses, institutions’ websites and campus visits, survey suggests

Universities fear new higher education bill will force reclassification

Former presidential candidate says institutions must deliver courses more cheaply and that student loan burden must be eased

As new funding model looms, technology body’s incoming chief executive acknowledges some services may need cutting but highlights organisation’s value to higher education sector

Names, addresses and sensitive information discovered in unlocked filing cabinet at University of Bedfordshire

C’est chic: British fashion schools triumph in inaugural Business of Fashion global ranking

Georgia Institute of Technology research reveals extent of ‘ghost’ and ‘guest’ authoring

Alun Evans highlights need to ‘be careful not to discriminate against the young’ in facing up to the challenges of diversity 

The rise in ‘kilo-authors’ and ‘gift authorship’ is causing the academy to rethink how it assesses the worth of academic publications

Training needs to recognise US and overseas students’ different approaches to decision-making, study concludes

Technology could be used to encourage undergraduates at risk of spreading virus to stay at home

How will the complexion of Israel’s coalition government affect its universities?

Choice between overarching managers and collegiality in universities a false choice, study suggests

Rama Thirunamachandran to lead sector body while teaching excellence tops the political agenda

The ineffectiveness of the Mogadishu government is not stopping university leaders from trying to drive up standards

Eminent sociologist has recycled 90,000 words of material across a dozen books, claims paper

Industry-focused offshoot with Jaguar Land Rover link offers teaching from school to manager level

Study suggests BME students could be missing out on places because institutions are trying to shape ethnic mix

Proposed Twitter-based altmetric would treat retweets like citations

Cultural differences can complicate relationships between international doctoral students and supervisors, Jack Grove hears

Universities believed to be looking to Continent to make up shortfalls in domestic enrolment

High costs, long commutes and insecure jobs may explain figures from Best University Workplace Survey 2015

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

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

Move away from command and control model to increase staff engagement, advises Leadership Foundation paper

Tell us what you love (or loathe) about your institution

Hefce study finds large differences in submission rates by ethnicity and gender

Paul Feldman joins sector technology body as it shifts to new funding model

Islamic State targets octogenarian scholar, according to reports

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development says many school-leavers may be better off enrolling on apprenticeships

Warwick study highlights high dropout rate and queries social mobility benefits

Redundancy process will begin this autumn to achieve new operational model recommended by PwC

Paper argues that mobile game’s addictive appeal could be harnessed to improve course retention

Fears over quality decline, but many academics still unclear over open access requirements

Ali Bongo Ondimba donates property in Libreville to state, free of charge

European Parliament study highlights pursuit of profit and ‘elite’ monopoly on mobility

Older papers with unattributed material had higher similarity index than more recent ones

Signs at Henderson State University said such attire would ‘not be tolerated’

Kingston academic Will Brooker pioneers a new kind of immersive research

Proposed campus is likely to be based on several sites amid concerns over environmental impact on much-loved beauty spot