UK ministers: legislation against essay mills &not off the table* Forty-six sector heads sign letter calling on government to act against contract cheating By Chris Havergal 27 September
World Academic Summit: &forget about science* in politics Top Israeli scholar says he was told to leave behind his scientific qualities when he became a member of parliament By Ellie Bothwell 27 September
Scottish university staff get sexual violence reporting cards Cards including details of support services have been designed to fit in wallets and purses By Ellie Bothwell 27 September
Make Oxbridge admissions a lottery, Sutton Trust head says New book says random allocation of places is &only way of levelling the education playing field* By Anna McKie 27 September
Half of European students &not experiencing internationalisation* Study finds that a quarter of students at European universities think internationalisation is of little importance By Ellie Bothwell 27 September
World Academic Summit: German university plans museum to showcase research impact President of Humboldt University of Berlin says new public laboratory will help drive the &production, preservation and communication of knowledge* By Ellie Bothwell 26 September
Labour conference: MPs question party*s pledge to abolish fees Rosie Duffield says Labour should &keep that conversation open*, while Wes Streeting criticises &middle-class subsidy* By John Morgan 26 September
World Academic Summit: lecturers &must create culture of constructive failure* Leaders of top universities say students must be pushed to &breaking point* and allowed to fail By Ellie Bothwell 26 September
First-generation students less likely to pick arts and humanities Data from the Office for Students appear to show vocational courses have bigger shares of such students By Simon Baker 26 September
University complaints process &failing sexual harassment victims* Complaints process can drag on for several years and is nearly impossible to challenge, says 1752 Group report By Chris Havergal 26 September
It*s time to debunk the &nonsense* about Prevent Claims that the UK*s counterterrorism strategy targets Muslims and harms free speech are &nonsense*, says Prevent coordinator Chris Sybenga By Chris Sybenga 26 September
EU commissioner calls for gender quotas in university management Carlos Moedas tells MEPs institutions should introduce allocations for female academics &at some point* By David Matthews 25 September