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Western Australian capital seeks regional redefinition in hope of benefiting from new incentive schemes

Analysis of highly prolific Plos One editors finds evidence for ‘editor-author backscratching’

Hundred-year loans offer US universities big benefits, some risk, and queasiness

Institutions across the region have soared up a ÌÇÐÄVlog ranking focused on the discipline

Ucea report suggests more direct methods of reining in staff spending are being used amid financial pressure

Boris Johnson’s most senior adviser appears to have big plans for the research community, but his ‘scientist-as-hero’ vision may misunderstand the nature of modern scholarship

Rate four times higher among women than men, and rising overall since initial 2015 survey

Writer inspired by her childhood experiences of ‘belonging and not belonging’ is honoured alongside Margaret Atwood

New category would give top colleges bragging rights and a platform to upgrade to university status

Warwick statistician Jane Hutton attacks lack of transparency over her dismissal from board of Universities Superannuation Scheme

Hesa data analysed by UCU also show how few black and other ethnic minority scholars are in senior positions

Imperial College London reports positive results from experiments in lectures and academic seminars

Juergen Maier calls on UK government to associate to Horizon Europe post-Brexit, but also to create British innovation fund

Report warns that country’s reputation as an international education destination could be at risk

Queen’s Speech raises question of whether Dominic Cummings would seek to reshape entire research funding system

Esther Duflo – the youngest ever economics Nobelist â€“ shares 2019 prize with Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer

Despite administrator concern, law enacted as matter of gender and financial fairness

‘Overblown’ media reports focus on state control over students and perils of joint research

Move to hamper ties with Chinese institutions came right before a major summit, highlighting the chasm between the two Asian giants

Scholars say group awards would place focus on discovery itself and help to mitigate bias

Paula Sussex prioritises improving communication and technology

Several European countries are set to educate more graduates than the job market will need, EU report warns

Ivy League university suspected of engaging in self-censorship in Singapore

Pension fund chair says Warwick statistician had ‘breached a number of her director’s duties’, but insists probe was ‘completely separate’ to investigation of her claims

Barking and Dagenham College loses injunction bid on publication but has also filed judicial review over refusal

Researchers call for end to ‘pervasive illusion that scientists must be dispassionate observers’, and better emotional support

New research finds students paying low prices to cheat on introductory courses

US NIH finding raises hopes of focused funding, but concerns of bandwagon outlook

Report confirms continuing decline in popularity of traditional MBA

The Bad Religion frontman and Cornell University lecturer on combining songwriting and academic research and how universities should respond to far-right extremism

Tributes paid to ‘brilliant and gracious’ scholar who broke new ground in study of literature and ecofeminism

President says Ivy League institution is reaping reward of looking past academic silos and selecting staff on ability to tackle external challenge

Hepi poll finds students show little preference for £7,500 fee above £9,250 status quo, casting doubt on electoral benefit of plan

Green Paper under consideration to explore nature and scope of ‘mission’ approach, while funding increases under discussion could range to the ‘eye-popping’

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

Staff must address power differential and ensure feedback is a two-way dialogue, or risk alienating students, writes Anne Wilson 

Finding illuminates US health agency’s overall avoidance of human-centred research

Awarded trio includes John Goodenough, the oldest ever laureate at 97

First analysis of economic cost of manuscript formatting highlights need for more flexibility from publishers, say authors

UUK report says progress in implementing new guidance on handling complaints has been more mixed

‘Under these circumstances, high world rankings are just not going to happen,’ professor warns

Number of undergraduates disclosing mental health condition has more than doubled in four years, Advance HE data show

A recent study suggested the approach had no impact on student achievement, but many academics believe the move away from lectures can improve learning – if it is done well

Head of the embattled MTR subway system steps down from Lingnan

Trump administration defied court order to protect former for-profit students

New report also calls for policy to consider embargo periods

Researchers examined a sample of CVs and found that scholarly dishonesty extends to job applications

James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz share the 2019 award

Many scientists believe publicly debating the Alternative for Germany is pointless, but one new study suggests rebutting deniers can be useful

Almost half of international academics in country believe they are wanted on campus only to ‘increase quantitative indicators of internationalisation’

Senior co-author says he ‘forgot’ to add reference to overlapping paper

Munira Mirza claimed some academics wished to suppress intellectual freedom, in article written while working for King’s College London

Sir Peter Ratcliffe, William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza awarded 2019 prize

Flagship campus to be led by educator who advised on hiring and previously worked in schools with segregationist past

Main political parties take different approaches to improving affordability of higher education

Institutions’ status hinges on city’s high level of academic freedom and position as global travel hub

Focus on graduate employment means universities will be judged on an issue over which they have limited control

New Social Democrat administration drops annual 2 per cent saving target, but could end teaching subsidy for humanities and social sciences

Piggybacking on free trade negotiations could remove administrative hurdles and discourage ‘lone wolf’ researchers

Tan Eng Chye reflects on how pioneering lifelong learning programme has fared in its first year