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Project reported to be linked to suspended dean of School of Management

Study finds that students with ‘controlling’ parents report higher levels of worry when enrolling in higher education

C$100 million donation from entrepreneurs to fund two-tower downtown complex

THE rankings data show institutions are progressing on all areas of their global outlook, but experts say there is still more work to be done

Kyoto University overtakes University of Tokyo in student-focused table

Advocacy groups worried by entry of high-cost private lenders to market

Department advertises for ‘policy expert on HE financial sustainability’ who will shape stance on ‘potential intervention’ if institutions risk closure

Former Brexit secretary calls on Philip Augar’s review panel to lighten the burden of student borrowing

Universities unable to deliver governments’ ‘unrealistic expectations’ of prosperity and social mobility, says English funding review member

Elevated output has not come at cost of excellence, research assessment exercise suggests

Initial federal letter asks eight US universities for details on implicated staff and students

University said to have known of problems with lab technician’s faked data for several years

Oslo-based programmes win accreditation after regulator rules there is a "field of work" astrologers can enter after graduation

Online platform boasting 11,500 academic experts answering public questions seeks backing for global expansion

UK’s first professor of social mobility says institutions must focus on outreach activities that are proven to work

But union says codifying free speech principles would backfire

New partnership with the University of Bremen will involve the cross-affiliation of staff

New association will seek to tackle class-based barriers prevalent in academia, says chair

Stronger attention to student mental health appears to overlook need among teachers

Rapid change in the business school market is ‘almost unmanageable’, according to report from the Chartered Association of Business schools

Experts say university council should intervene in Western civilisation degree row

Lessons from wealthy bribes may help counter legal and political threats to affirmative action

While fundraising is growing, it involves more than ‘building relationships over a cup of coffee’ 

Female PIs awarded lower starting salaries than similarly qualified male research group leaders, survey suggests

Australia’s private colleges are lumbered with loan fee despite doing better than university partners

Edict reveals limited levers available to US president

Latest sector-wide figures likely to increase concerns about financial sustainability

One in six campuses is shrinking as low birth rates bite, says study

Leadership barriers facing graduates suggest need for change, including in university curricula

But funders still need to create standardised data repositories for all fields, says Magdalena Skipper

Editorial in journal special issue says ‘arbitrary’ p-value threshold for analysing results has become ‘meaningless’

Tributes paid to pioneering philosopher who established guidelines on embryo research in the UK

Tributes paid to victim of Ethiopian Airlines crash

The father of the Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on being a student leader with a stammer, returning to Pakistan and his fears for his daughter at Oxford

Average success rate for European Commission programme stands at 12 per cent

Evidence on international students’ tax payments raises ‘serious concerns’ about rejection of post-study work visa return, says report for Hepi

Post-18 education review also said to have looked at proposals to allocate top-up public funding according to subjects’ cost of provision

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

Today’s students are different from the previous generation, and we must understand that when we teach them, writes Simon Beames

Leader takes reformer reputation to Los Angeles shortly after leaving University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill amid Confederate protest

Call for more transparency over disbursement of Australia’s A$20 billion (£10.7 billion) Medical Research Future Fund

Canada and China are among nations that have seen a boost on measures of internationalisation in past year, based on latest THE ranking

Trudeau’s spending splurge seen as an attempt to curry favour with voters ahead of federal election

University insists resolution will not affect plans for ‘Western civilisation’ course

Australian government unveils incentives to lure international students away from big cities

The Open University cancels prison reform conference after pressure from militant feminist groups over organiser’s advice on transgender prisoners

Google and YouTube have removed hundreds of contract cheating advertisements, says Damian Hinds

Tel Aviv University launches investigation into complaints made by African and Asian learners on industry-backed master’s

Some evidence shows international students are more likely to use essay mills, but academics say this reflects wider problems in global higher education

Stephen Toope cites Brexit and Augar review in all-university email explaining the need to reduce spending

Federal immigration agency told it is too trusting of universities

Public mesmerised by arrests for cheating to gain elite enrolment, but major reforms seen unlikely

College of Arts and Law tells scholars to spend more time on grant applications as quality-related funding dwindles

Cross-national study compared final-year undergraduates in US, India, China and Russia

Administration plan focuses on job success measures as Congress eyes rapid work

Teenagers from deprived areas with slow broadband may be less likely to use internet for studies, and hence less likely to see academically orientated promotions

Long-running dispute over industry influence in Canada nears decision point, but no big solution

Cash flows are not moving fast enough to keep pace with technology, malaria expert cautions

New poll contradicts survey suggestion that locals want numbers capped

Universities pledge support and safety for international students