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Outgoing Pretoria leader Cheryl de la Rey will take experience of adversity and diversity to new role at Canterbury

Ministers reassure after funding agencies’ warnings of ‘serious impact’ for Brazilian research from cuts, but others see false promises ahead of election

Analysis concludes universities are ‘moving towards a nearly exclusive monopoly’ over research articles

Impeached former president Dilma Rousseff gives inaugural lecture at Brazil’s Federal University of Minas Gerais, where new course will open from the coming academic year

‘Dominant discourse of the censor’ must not trump free expression on campus, UWA head says

Drastic cuts necessary if funding situation not resolved, government agency warns

New centre could have £200 million price tag and be funded by wealthy benefactor

Billed as a remedy for career uncertainty, micro-credentials may play into bosses’ hands, critics warn

Government steps in after scams undermine consumer protection arrangements

Lower-tariff institutions continue to lose out as 18-year-old population declines

Latest figures from annual Complete University Guide survey reveal another big uplift in master’s fees for UK and European Union students

Survey of English and Welsh students shows that prospect of increased earnings does not make up for student ‘resentment’ over fees

Extra pressure created by the need to take on part-time jobs after study grants were axed, medics warn

African Development Bank head says continent’s universities must focus on areas such as drones and AI to boost agriculture

Portland State University opens door for Saudi students caught in political dispute to transfer

German students â€“ and academics – still go along with controversial mainstream theories in order to get ahead, researcher argues

Study offers further insight into the persistent trend for women to be cited less frequently than men

China now has three institutions in top 100 of research-focused ranking 

Prime minister’s charm offensive proves timely, as Chinese student visa applications stall

Adelaide neighbours progress merger plan with new discussion paper on pros and cons

University leaders were given less than 18 hours to respond to state plans to scrap the subject

While students protest, repayment arrangements will still be kinder than elsewhere

Staff say they are having to put in extra hours to bring master’s students’ skills up to scratch

Australia’s top universities deliver greater economic benefits than their UK equivalents, study finds

New president of German Rectors’ Conference thinks it is crucial that all students know the European canon

Survey unearths secret to student survival: don’t spend

Perspectives of historians, funders and fundraisers address ‘Maoist moralizing’ and shaking up ‘complacent’ institutions

Experts warn that row shows how globally mobile students can be used as pawns in era of ‘political overreaction’

Magdalena Skipper lists dedication to high-quality, reproducible science and greater transparency in decision-making as priorities

Universities South Africa to investigate why there are so few women in the top roles in higher education

European Research Council says move is to support open access and get round often lengthy publishing process

Irish bill criminalising the provision and advertising of cheating services could hit Google and Facebook, experts predict

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

The computer scientist on the future of online education, seeing early demonstrations of Google, and why he wished he had cloned himself

Tributes paid to former Institute of Education director

‘People who have been around at a university for a while assume they know everything…but actually they need to be educated themselves,’ says project leader

Scholars broadly welcome new government’s pledges but say sector reform will be challenging

City of Sails sidelined, as government boosts job entitlements

Experts express concern that call for five-year access agreements is a ‘distraction technique’

No sign of breakthrough as boycott yet to have significant impact on publisher

Females out, bureaucrat’s son in as Tokyo Medical University rigs entrance scores

Younger applicants drive growth, despite fall in overall 18-year-old population

Religious freedom advocacy groups increasingly turning to legal action against public university anti-discrimination policies

Educators relax as Australian PM offers olive branch

University’s refusal to extend support for international employees criticised

Academics argue new president should direct funding to recruiting and retaining more lecturers

Office for Students expects to take on responsibility for supporting wider range of providers from next August

Experts say institutions must improve global experience in classroom as figures show domestic students are concerned about impact of overseas peers

New tool will learn how academics grade papers and replicate their approach

Analysis of movements between World University Ranking groupings shows strategies that are paying off and where others may be losing ground

Australia India Institute head advocates ‘multidimensional approach’

Researchers jointly employed by commercial organisations less likely to partner outside academia

Advent of Trump era lends urgency to debate about social justice and democratic values

Ad hoc approaches inadequate to deal with a widespread issue, campaigners say

Some countries have introduced gender quotas, while many have reduced state control, report finds

Record earnings underline importance of international students to universities’ bottom lines

Vice-chancellor says university is committed to improving staff well-being

Tributes paid to tuberculosis expert who worked on the first randomised controlled clinical trial

Scotland’s first black professor talks about life as an immigrant, his experiences of racism and why ‘better science makes better’

Experts say long-running joint ventures should be seen as a ‘litmus test’