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Africa¡¯s newest country is fertile territory for post-conflict research and more, but they need Western help, says Kuyok Abol Kuyok

Angus Horner believes that investment in the Golden Triangle will give the UK a competitive edge

Welsh education secretary Kirsty Williams sees major benefits in following Diamond review plan

King¡¯s College London professor and member of House of Lords says England 'extraordinary' in world terms for 'one-size-fits-all' emphasis on universities

PA Consulting survey finds vice-chancellors worrying over ¡®barrage¡¯ of policy changes that will lead to ¡®golden age¡¯ of stability being lost

Directly linking non-EU recruitment to award levels in teaching assessment has also been under consideration, sources suggest

BRICS and MINTs, move over for the TACTICS ¨C Thailand, Argentina, Chile, Turkey, Iran, Colombia and Serbia. Ellie Bothwell on a group that could grow into star players in global higher education

Other nations¡¯ approaches to universities on visas may help to guide UK

John Morgan looks at signals of 51³Ô¹Ï Office backtracking

Pam Tatlow on the recent parliamentary debate of the Higher Education Bill

Chancellor's Autumn Statement confirms extra ?2 billion a year for R&D will be distributed by research funding agencies

¡®Irreversible¡¯ damage to UK science from a hard Brexit will eclipse any harm caused in the US by a Trump presidency, says new Nobel laureate

Maddalaine Ansell, chief executive of the University Alliance, has hopes and fears ahead of Philip Hammond's speech

Fictional professors from film, TV and literature have been reported to new watchlist of 'anti-American' academics

Data from 51³Ô¹Ï reveal sharp spike in number of US prospective students and academics interested in moving north of the border

A major political scandal in South Korea has extended to one of the world¡¯s largest women-only universities

The public is still willing to listen to nuanced information, argues Cambridge professor, provided it is presented in the right way

Students and lecturers join forces for a national demonstration over cuts, fee rises and the plight of EU staff and students post-Brexit

Lecturers have long been accused of indoctrinating students with their liberal views, and the grade-obsessed students of today feel the same way, say Will Grant and Darren Linvill

Authors suggest something has gone badly wrong with economics as an academic discipline

Book of the week: Political Svengalis, not the public, drive populist pantomimes of democracy, says Angelia Wilson

Political impact of deindustrialisation and free trade seen by experts as key to Trump victory

Jonathan Mirsky on a bleak but believable view of rampant corruption taking a country to the dogs

The government¡¯s partnership with universities has been good for all; Anthony Monaco hopes the new administration will strengthen it

Philip G. Altbach and Hans de Wit foresee a bleak future for America¡¯s global excellence and competitiveness

Who can enter whose washrooms in US public universities should be a matter for kindness and common sense, not ideology, says Felipe Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto

Nick Hillman welcomes the government¡¯s concessions but says there is a long way to go before this bill becomes law

Plans for powerful new regulator still face 'difficult time' in the House of Lords

Despite having some questions about how the bill will be implemented, Douglas Blackstock believes it is a force for good

It would be 'arrant snobbery' to dismiss Trump supporters as bumpkins, writes Duncan Wu, who predicted the Republican's election win

We need to make America think again, say Simona Aimar and David Egan

Republican platform offers clues to potential higher education policies, say experts

Sir Keith Burnett reflects on what he learned about international students while in India with the UK prime minister

John Morgan looks at what Trump U fraud claims could mean for US president-elect Donald Trump

The amount of learning that goes on outside the classroom makes quantifying what students have learned very difficult, says Jon Scott 

It¡¯s not just EU nationals that universities should worry about losing, says Timothy Devinney, and a shrinking pound won¡¯t help

Paul Ashwin takes aim at ¡®common sense¡¯ arguments about the link between contact hours and pedagogic excellence

Gates foundation director tells Chicago conference that election has highlighted gulf between ¡®haves and have-nots¡¯ in terms of US college education

What is the point of generating knowledge if universities cannot articulate it? asks Janice Kay

Donald Trump is to become the next US president, but what does his election mean for academia?

Chris Parr explains why he also wrote an article about Hillary Clinton which will never see the light of day

Inside Higher Ed's Scott Jaschik looks at how Donald Trump¡¯s victory is likely to be received by universities in the US

The election of Donald Trump in the US and the Brexit vote in the UK could shake up the international student market, writes Rahul Choudaha

Renee Ann Cramer explains how classroom role-play helped her students to humanise voters with whom they disagree

US scholars reveal how they will spend the night as arguably the most divisive election battle in recent history nears its conclusion

51³Ô¹Ï Office plans could restrict benefits of overseas students to the wealthiest cities, British Future director warns

Government decree on rector appointments comes under state of emergency after coup attempt

Reports of UK-based researchers already thinking of moving overseas after Brexit vote

From Donald Trump to Brexit, John Morgan considers the challenges of a new international political climate 

Higher education institutions, anchors of their communities, are embracing new civic leadership models, says Robin Hambleton

The word can mean many things ¨C most of which apply to The Donald. Shahidha Bari muses on how the terms of discourse reflect our age

Government in Dublin plans funding to entice academics in light of Brexit, while joint appointments with UK also floated as option

As meritocratic approach to education finds favour in UK, academic argues its dystopian original meaning has come to pass in China

Arrest comes as government targets up to 10,000 borrowers living in Australia

Jonathan Moyo and deputy deny wrongdoing as fate of $450,000 from skills development fund is investigated

Battle of Ideas event asks whether ¡®core academic values¡¯ are still safe in the academy

European University Association research flags pressure points across continent

Universal free higher education regarded as unaffordable in country¡¯s current economic crisis

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world¡¯s media

With the right strategies, becoming the leading country for scholarship and science is within the UK¡¯s grasp, says Jamie Martin