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Analysis of research co-authored with city region shows more than half of papers now involve links with mainland

Government pressing ahead with English legislation â€“ despite majority of responses to its own consultation giving thumbs down to planned fee cap

Birzeit University in the West Bank has had to become versatile and agile in the face of adversity, according to its vice-president

Survey of earth scientists suggests exposing scientists to social science earlier might help interdisciplinary working

Since the 1970s, an increasingly competitive job market has come to advantage the already privileged

Data on open access trends since 2000 show some countries embracing model have also boosted collaboration 

How can universities and industry improve the talent pipeline to meet 21st-century economic and social needs? 

Vice-chancellor says collaboration with Trinity College Dublin will give institution ‘options and opportunities’

Chris Skidmore’s remarks may be greeted with scepticism by academics

While students protest hit on affordability, colleges shrug and grow foreign enrolment

Archaeological find means tragic explorer will no longer ‘rest unnoticed’

Tally of administration policy shifts shows insidious and calculated strategy posing long-term academic harm, conference hears

Office for Students expresses concern that offers ‘with strings attached’ may limit students’ opportunities, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds

Vice-chancellors turn on businesses for not doing enough to educate and retrain their workforce

First statistics from Hesa on extent of zero-hours contracts show 3 per cent of ‘typical’ workforce have them, but figure is far higher for ‘atypical’ staff

Diplomatic row echoes Chinese disputes with US and Australia

V-c suggests English regulator, created a year ago, is ‘probably not long for this world’

Seemingly owned by an Oxbridge Essays shareholder, company offers up to 100,000 words of â€˜model writing assistance’

UK universities and research institutes drawing up contingency plans for chaotic departure from European Union

Tributes paid to leading research integrity expert

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

The women’s rights activist on balancing fun and purpose and growing up as the great-granddaughter of the leader of the British suffragette movement

Failure to recruit local PhDs will erode Australia’s skill base, report warns

Restrictions on use of federal money predicted to widen

But the former education secretary’s interview also makes plain that No 10 â€“ with a hostile agenda towards the sector â€“ has brutally overridden DfE, writes John Morgan

Minister hails move as ‘milestone for students’

Australian discussion paper says that rural universities need to help develop their communities in order to guarantee their survival

Scholar claims campaign from academics and students was instrumental in overturning proposal, but fears remain over potential changes in financial autonomy

Disclosure could have ‘adverse effects’ on institutions’ â€˜commercial interests’, university claims

Academics issue warning after news story including critical comments about country’s top universities is removed

Some US colleges find the ability to harness data plays key role in success or failure of international outreach

Falling student enrolments and restructuring costs blamed for operating deficits at many universities in the UK capital

Study’s authors suggest women are better able to communicate the value of science to score public donations

Federal funding has slowed to a trickle over the past two decades

Unhelpful advice often based upon myths, says consultant

Tufts reviewing links to the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma

Ramsay partnership provides ‘a unique opportunity and substantial uplift in funding’, university leadership says

Data for English universities seem to show government metric based on salaries is skewed by location

Researcher finds that impressive enrolment numbers conceal the tiny profit margins earned by UK universities operating abroad

Don’t fixate on funding cuts and market challenges, UK-born star scientist Michelle Simmons tells Australian peers

Increased transparency on provider performance vital as well, representative group tells Australian government

After enduring tumultuous college closures, Massachusetts mulls forcing private institutions to prove their ongoing viability

Scientific advances expected after new US law requires federal statistics and documents to be published in uniform and open formats

Board of Journal of Informetrics plans to launch a rival title

Higher education leaders reflect on the challenges universities face during times of national conflict  

Cutting the UK out of transnational networks will only accelerate post-Brexit isolation, say rectors in Berlin

Duplicate titles are being set up to get around new open-access requirements, European Commission’s envoy warns

Analysis of awards in biology and biomedical sciences between 1968 and 2017 suggests women increasingly likely to win prizes for ‘service’ over research

Tragedies exacerbated by lack of research and information sharing, coroner’s study finds

University spokesman says decision also covers donations but does not affect ongoing partnerships

Country moves away from subscriptions and towards ‘publish and read’ model

Latest Hesa data also reveal that part-time enrolments are now below 500,000

The Central European University’s new director of communications talks radical nuns, leaving Ireland aged 18 and why her role is the most exciting in her profession

Scholar of race and urban history remembered

Survey of more than 5,000 UK researchers finds about half keep working when they are unwell

Institutions seek guidance over links to Chinese company but are told that it is not their role to start a ‘new Cold War’

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

Supervision highlighted as a ‘big challenge’ in wake of study on doctoral education 

PA Consulting survey finds many leaders see outright university closures as ‘politically and socially unconscionable’

Institutions in developing world told to take lead on tackling major global challenges