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Teesside’s Leading Roles project uses stage techniques to train university staff in handling ‘challenging conversations’ and conflict, write Sharon Paterson, Paul Hessey and Mike Rogers

Chris Skidmore tells peers he hopes for announcement soon but acknowledges that UK is ‘in a very strange place politically’

Large universities drop down list looking at high quality research once overall natural science output is taken into account

Director of Universities UK International says some institutions have modelled falls in EU student enrolment of up to 80 per cent

Similar to broader scandal, case raises question of sports coach allegedly aiding applicants

Staffordshire and University for the Creative Arts secure gold, but Sheffield stays on silver

Donation from philanthropist Stephen Schwarzman is institution’s ‘largest since the Renaissance’

Based on survey of more than 140,000 people, Wellcome Global Monitor finds affluent respondents are more likely to be positive about science

Experts divided over whether centre-left but anti-immigration Social Democratic Party will continue, scrap or enhance current policy restricting foreign student numbers

Preparations for sale by Apollo Education Group are under way, THE understands, two years after owner changed hands

East Asian giant now challenging more established rivals on Western-style benchmarks

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile now tops the region

Despite the turmoil racking Venezuela and Brazil, there are bright spots in Latin America’s higher education landscape. Rachael Pells reports

Rejected student had found fame advocating guns after his own school shooting

UCL vice-provost warns that universities' ability to cross-subsidise grants is declining

Critics warn against equating a course’s value with its graduate earnings, of threats to universities’ autonomy on funding decisions and damage to research

New research calls for greater support for exiled academics with a view to rebuilding the system

Endorsement of new partnership by Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin may be reaction to US cold shoulder

Uncapped funding best way of dealing with demographic ‘kinks’, Australian forum told

Oberlin ordered to pay $44 million (£35 million) after leading discredited boycott

Arden v-c Carl Lygo says panel judged universities against Oxbridge model and ignored value of widening participation institutions

Lifting cap increased participation but was not accompanied by more support for non-traditional students, says Productivity Commission

Experts propose ‘national widening access cohort’ as alternative to widely criticised POLAR measure

Hundreds of staff set to walk out on 28 June

Misconduct at root of only a fraction of complaints in Australia, study finds

Embedded integrity practices sustained knowledge systems that have evolved for millennia, says RMIT leader

US campuses expand courses to tap into passion for organic, small-scale agriculture

Running a university and composing music both involve ‘strategic planning’, says Roderick Watkins, composer of the ‘very dark, very violent’ Juniper Tree

Preliminary data show 99 out of 100 patents citing hypothetical examples did not make their prophetic nature clear

Government reportedly suspects campuses are not fully transparent about global ties

Former X Factor judge becomes co-owner of Liverpool Media Academy

University launches ‘urgent investigation’ into why it was not represented at tribunal

Liberal arts chief warns academics of cost of failing to serve local communities

Campus win wrongly equated media democratisation with real democracy

Latest hearing due next month in case of Tony Brown, who refused to shut down unmoderated staff email list

University of Derby project will produce guidance on improving curricula, pedagogy and assessments

Treating the sciences and the humanities as separate worlds does employers and students no favours, says award-winning interdisciplinarian

Perceptions of higher education immune to political leanings, study finds

University president accuses US and EU of capitulating to populists

Universities minister addresses Augar panel plans and attacks ‘bums on seats’ terminology used by Tory colleagues

Leniency shown to former Stanford coach not likely for parents and other participants, judge suggests

Tributes paid to a pioneer of applying computer power to university administration

The volcanologist discusses the joys of fieldwork, the fight for equality, and how her son’s battle with leukaemia transformed her outlook on life

‘Reviewer 2’ is blamed by many academics for much of the stress and anxiety of publication – but the fightback is under way

Change in Tory electoral strategy already leads some in party to prioritise FE and oppose university expansion, policy experts suggest

Hepi/Advance HE annual survey finds improvements, but lower perceived learning gain on some courses will be scrutinised in post-Augar era

Narrowing financial buffers raise questions over Australian universities’ goals of being comprehensive

Pretoria’s new vice-chancellor says ‘co-creating’ institutional cultures was critical for a diverse academy

Data from ÌÇÐÄVlog suggest some countries may be falling behind on the number of academics in non-STEM areas

Experts say rules are too unclear in light of rise of online commercial checking services

After fears that government could seek to cut fees without replacement funding, review chair stresses plans are interconnected

Australian report suggests that business economics, not workers’ survival, will drive lifelong learning boom

Adam Ginsburg is fighting conference-induced lethargy by tackling high levels of carbon dioxide at academic gatherings – one window at a time

Federally funded academics would have been required to seek president’s authorisation to go abroad

Academics fear women and ethnic minorities will be particularly exposed to abuse on module discussion boards

Institution surrenders $26.5 million (£20.8 million) after donor urges student boycott over women’s rights

The former universities minister called for fairer access to the UK’s elite institutions and says there is no free speech crisis on campuses 

Umbrella body for research councils accepts MPs’ call for organisation to monitor whether universities carry out misconduct investigations properly

Australian universities kept doing what they were already doing after government froze teaching funds

Jo Johnson’s amendment wins support from 26 Tories, including brother Boris, prompting suggestions it will be accepted by government