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The futurist on her gutsy mum, why technology should liberate not control, and how graduates are turning their backs on Silicon Valley

Tributes paid to founder of world-system analysis

Australian report warns against fetish for interdisciplinarity, citing increasing specialisation of subfields

Ministers considering report outlining possibility of setting up domestic alternative post-Brexit

Commons Science and Technology Committee also calls for rebalancing of funding between disciplines and greater support for small, specialist institutions

Shift in alignment towards US sparks doubts over Horizon Europe association

University of Canberra, QUT and UNSW Sydney the standout performers in a rising field

Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski tells young scholars to focus on research and ignore ‘shitty job market’

Harvard professor says universities must take on responsibility for morality in a post-institutional and post-religious world

UK universities struggle in latest league table, as institutions in Germany, China and Australia make progress

This autumn Chestnut Hill College will host one of the world’s most unusual annual academic conferences

‘This is a regime that believes you should govern by clubbing people,’ says Frank Dikötter

Laser expert challenges university over alleged age discrimination and unfair dismissal

Brian Schmidt says academia is losing brightest researchers because they cannot endure ‘intolerable’ precarity throughout their thirties

Boris Johnson government announces reversal of Theresa May’s abolition of the visas, seven years on

MP moved back to old brief after less than seven weeks away, replacing Jo Johnson

With US-style personal contributions and Scandinavian-style payoffs, Australians have the worst of both worlds, suggests Education at a Glance

Higher education institutions urged to change tactics when lobbying for extra funding

Mariya Gabriel to take on role with increased ‘weight and visibility’

French-born scientist’s discoveries explained the organising principle of the adaptive immune system

Consultation raised concerns that proposal was too prescriptive and bureaucratic

Education at a Glance finds graduate earnings still buoyant despite expansion, but education director warns on variations across subjects

China’s rise has led to a surge in engineering research – although the discipline is growing in importance in other countries too

Oxford professor’s response to male scholar’s guide to publication considers gendered nature of research career advice

Göttingen loses president-elect and chair of search committee after legal challenge 

Thirty universities subject to ‘enhanced monitoring’ on admissions by English regulator

Joi Ito alleged to have made extensive efforts to hide millions of dollars donated by sexual abuser

Domestic students benefit for now as foreign classmates cancel out provincial budget cuts

Case president says vice-chancellors must provide strong support for philanthropy

Average remuneration hits A$982,900 (£543,800), ����Vlog analysis shows

Other universities could face protests if they do not address racial disparities, says campaigner

Widening chasm between sciences and humanities scholarship not found in other countries

Kevin O’Gorman due to be sentenced on 18 September

University to pay $4.5 million (£3.7 million) and pursue further actions against culpable officials

Wealthier institutions urged to take lead on improving minority representation

Science’s decision sparks debate about how journals should respond to concerns about reproducibility

Chinese students’ misunderstanding of their host society thwarts their efforts to integrate in Australia, says academic

Decline in female representation reported at four in 10 institutions covered by study

Former PM’s institute and Nobel laureate’s university team up to explore gender bias in leadership

Prime minister’s brother cites ‘unresolvable tension’ between ‘family loyalty and the national interest’

European Union nationals to be limited to three years in UK if country crashes out of bloc

Analysis of the backgrounds of leaders in the world top 400 reveals turnover is high but diversity low among presidents and vice-chancellors

Tributes paid to a ‘philosopher’s philosopher’ 

The historian on what we can learn from the study of the past, how different nations view their heritage, and whether capitalism is here to stay

Teachers can use the reading list to help students understand the process of learning, writes Richard Steadman-Jones

Harvard tops student-focused ranking for fourth consecutive year

Analysis suggests as many as half of the main influencers of depression and anxiety have their roots in the student-supervisor dynamic

Nearly 80 institutions nominated across 23 categories in bigger-than-ever sector celebration

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

Chancellor’s omission of any mention of post-18 review cements impression that plans for fee cut are dead

Average members set to get £18,200 a year in retirement under latest changes, compared with £23,800 under pre-2011 scheme

Financially troubled institution suggests senior faculty vulnerable

UK’s exit removes a ‘powerful brake’ against extreme ideas at a time of increased lobbying, say experts 

Committee hears claim that director of research centre lost job in row over funding from foreign state

Students schedule their own classes in protest theory, political history and martial arts

Universities minister ‘needs to come out and say what he thinks’, says one vice-chancellor

Institutions without place on Office for Students’ list unable to confirm loan eligibility for new recruits

Victoria University will also implement model for vocational qualifications, after success at undergraduate level

Institutions largely silent over how they allowed their researchers to take financier's funding, despite his interest in eugenics and 2008 sex conviction