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Your university’s new learning analytics service has flagged that a student is disengaging – what now?

Pensions dispute moves closer to resolution after vice-chancellors support proposals to increase employer contributions to Universities Superannuation Scheme

Public institutions vow to tackle inequality at conference

Data company beats rival Elsevier, which provided indicators for 2014 assessment

Academic at Thompson Rivers University was banned from campus after revealing his colleagues’ wide use of predatory journals

Association of Colleges head says new route should be coupled with ‘limit’ on number of students taking bachelor’s degrees

Academics staging events on everything from ‘pseudo-death’ to convict ballads claim that public events can often drive future scholarship

Analysis of ranking since 2011 suggests China is not making same ground as in research-based rankings, while Germany and South Korea have leapt forward

Academics claim Chinese government ‘has taken significantly more control’ over universities

While universities warn of ‘heavy-handed external regulation’, choice of reviewer is unlikely to raise objections

Rate of decline has slowed, but more universities are reporting problems with visa delays and denials

Opposition urges jilted researchers to try again

Counter-intelligence agent’s warning raises fears for universities that students will feel increasingly isolated

London institution will take ‘formal name’ of ‘New College of the Humanities at Northeastern’

Drafting of learning expectations clears way for Calohee project to set student tests, but it may face resistance from prestigious universities

In what could become a model for the rest of the country, Corvinus University of Budapest will have to rely on tuition fees and endowment interest

Government attempts to protect regional institutions by restricting growth in capital

Researchers face a lean Christmas as veto fiasco triggers more delays

Australian universities may have to wait months to find out how much funding they will forfeit

New centre could supply the ingredients to bring home-grown Fields medallists back, says director

Democrat gains may not convert into legislative wins for higher education, lobbyist warns

Stuart Croft warns that loss of access to international research networks could exclude UK from ‘scientific forefront’ for up to 50 years

‘Seriously negligent’ university overcharged students on franchised course ‘persistently’

Universities criticise source of new cash splash

European governments urged to consider banning certain nationals from working on sensitive technology on national security grounds

Research reportedly picking up the tab for Australian government’s regional cash splash

Higher education delivering solid returns, but vocational education could leave women worse off

Figures have ‘alarming’ implications for equality in US academia, says researcher who analysed professoriate’s background

Ardent pro-European calls for government to ‘go back to the people’

Andrei Volkov says rankings are only part of the initiative, alongside improved culture and diversity

Emergence of lingua franca in science should not lead to other languages being neglected in teaching, conference hears

Rapid expansion of Southern New Hampshire University sparks interest but also concern

Academic says unpredictable visa refusals ‘damage’ students and the country’s higher education reputation

Deputy chair of Russia’s academic excellence programme encourages institutions to adopt innovative approaches to learning

Education reforms designed to improve uptake of science subjects may harm them if creativity is not taught, claims V&A director

FutureLearn course will offer certificates from both Deakin and Coventry

Country is on the verge of achieving its now scrapped enrolment target, years before the deadline

UCL announces drive for academic-led collaboration with major global cities and their universities

Russell Group university’s return to the local highlights higher education’s role in the wake of the Brexit vote in addressing post-industrial decline, and supporting austerity-hit councils

Universities told to upgrade student welfare support in wake of alarming figures

Academics debate how to respond to increasing influence of People’s Liberation Army

Pioneer of the genetics of hearing talks about how her research interests have been shaped by wine and music – and how she would cope with deafness

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

Tributes paid to Cambridge literary critic

Hearing that an editor does not want to publish your work can be crushing, but learning from the experience can make you stronger

Conference hears scholars should focus on challenges like climate change and global sustainability, not the corporate world

Voters back increases in university spending in series of local ballots

Case may show that Canada needs a broader strategy to become an innovation powerhouse

Chief executive Anant Agarwal explains how the Harvard-MIT platform has defied sceptics and financial pressures to stay true to its mission

Leaks suggesting plans to lower fees could chime with government agenda on tackling cross-subsidy

Nuanced signals suggest a long-haul future for world’s biggest market

A downturn last decade offers a textbook example of the risk universities face, say Melbourne researchers

Increased stresses and decreased stigma leading to surge in rates of students under treatment

Office for Students chair says institutions must be ‘better at managing their affairs’ after reports that some are in financial trouble

Representative organisation criticises vice-chancellors’ aversion to sharing funding with vocational education

Sir John Kingman hints that research councils could withhold funding in cases where universities do not address unfair treatment of staff

Royal Historical Society survey also exposes crisis of overwork in discipline

Toronto historian warns academics against shying away from the complexities of the past

Response to row over vetoing of humanities grants could result in curiosity-driven scholarship being pushed out

Leader to move on after ‘the most challenging tenure’ leading the fire-hit institution