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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Private funders and charitable foundations urged to support vital studies

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

Increasing lead over US and Europe may raise questions over who controls future of green technology

Identical CVs with different names on them sent to 250 academics in experiment

Three vice-chancellors get CBEs, as Anna Vignoles, Lee Elliot Major and Kevin Fong also among those honoured

Former universities minister renews attack on Oxford’s and Cambridge’s records on access

England’s universities minister says arts and humanities must not be marginalised in wake of Augar review

University chooses ‘private sector partner’ to deliver project

Study of grant funding in Australia suggests that collaboration across STEM and non-STEM divide is not the norm

Researcher hopes showing at United Nations will spur further action to help the most disadvantaged artisans

Shigeru Miyagawa describes how artificial intelligence could transform teaching and assessment

David McKay hopes AI might help universities select students with vital ‘soft skills’

V-c who chairs financial sustainability group warns that deficit on doctoral training raises major questions

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

The conservator of threatened language explains why two people are as important as 2 billion, from a linguistics point of view

Former president who won an ‘Emmy’ for his work to open US courtrooms to television cameras remembered

Administrations ease back on foreign fee splurge to avoid financial overexposure and to protect student experience

Augar review’s call to replace lost income ‘not credible’, says Lord Willetts, while Jo Johnson warns that any such funding stream could be ‘slush fund’ for ministerial projects

A new approach focused on prevention is needed to arrest rise in number of students facing charges of academic misconduct, writes Rachel Maxwell

Schedule reform refusal points to deeper problem, pioneer tells conference

More than 30 universities from G7 countries have launched a ‘U7 Alliance’, which will hold its first summit next month

Schemes awarded funding include early intervention scheme developed with support of father of student who took his own life

Shifting towards open access journals will only achieve so much when review and editing processes take so long, scientists say

‘Science diplomacy’ is seen as a crucial way to build international trust, but the idea is undergoing a radical rethink

University acknowledges that drop in student recruitment has brought ‘financial challenges’

New drive for philanthropic largesse amid faltering public funding and nerves about foreign fees

Peers hear debate about whether English universities might become more reliant on international students if fee cut recommended by Augar review is implemented without replacement funding

Revive your interest in universities, businesses told, as interest rate hits historic low

Almost two decades of records accessed in latest attack

Next step of Plan S will require publishers to release acceptance rates and review times

Political survival chances slim for report’s HE funding plans, but some issues won’t go away, senior sector figures suggest

Plans to build a multi-university campus in the Channel Islands are taking shape

Institutions Down Under do not have the resources to lead the world across the board, says former vice-chancellor

Anna McKie explores what the recommendations mean for universities, students, graduates and taxpayers

The Surrey professor and broadcaster explains how science communication can entertain and enlighten

Reflecting concern about validity of student evaluations, Australian institutions following North American and European move towards greater use of observations

US university’s move means that its graduates are entitled to three years of post-study work, not one