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Fellowship programme forges further links across the Atlantic between African and North American academies

Gates foundation director tells Chicago conference that election has highlighted gulf between ‘haves and have-nots’ in terms of US college education

Donald Trump is to become the next US president, but what does his election mean for academia?

Inside Higher Ed's Scott Jaschik looks at how Donald Trump’s victory is likely to be received by universities in the US

Judy Clements warns English and Welsh universities may have to contribute more towards adjudicator to meet demand

Report also cites rise in ‘South-to-North’ ventures

Francis Ricciardone denounced by students as a 'thief' after saying that fee rises were inevitable due to Egypt's currency devaluation 

Majority of US students think the supply of personal information will transform college experience in 10 years

Yeon-Cheon Oh says serving society can be as rewarding as getting rich

Research suggests low self-efficacy among graduate students increases writing anxiety

Case at University of Oregon sparks row over academic who is said to have worn make up to highlight racism faced by students

'Nazi-era methods' targeting academia unacceptable, says Luxembourg's foreign minister

Academic says budgeting measures will hit research hardest

International linguists have decried a Hong Kong professor’s controversial claim that bias against non-native English speakers is ‘myth’ 

ÌÇÐÄVlog Office plans could restrict benefits of overseas students to the wealthiest cities, British Future director warns

German institutions should learn from car firms to better attract top talent, say researchers

Former Shanghai Normal University president advocates classes on extracurricular development

A UK university has been criticised for cancelling a guest lecture after a British academic refused to produce his passport

Government decree on rector appointments comes under state of emergency after coup attempt

Politics scholar angered by what he claims was ‘ruthless’ attempt to discredit him by citing non-inclusion in UK’s research excellence framework

UK Engagement Survey finds undergraduates develop skills better out of – rather than in – the classroom

 A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

The university professor and former political prisoner compares his own iconoclastic impulses to Rhodes Must Fall movement

University leaders from across the Continent explain why collaboration is more important than ever as a new mission group forms in Amsterdam

Assessment, timetables and module weighting could be altered to reduce pressures for students who travel a long way to university each day, says study author

Universities must adopt global, rather than international, outlooks, says scholar

Government in Dublin plans funding to entice academics in light of Brexit, while joint appointments with UK also floated as option

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

Reports of UK-based researchers already thinking of moving overseas after Brexit vote

As meritocratic approach to education finds favour in UK, academic argues its dystopian original meaning has come to pass in China

Anonymous interviews explore how scholars use gossip to warn others of wrongdoers – but it may not always work

Myths about the impact of having a surname starting with a letter late in the alphabet have been debunked by a new analysis

Greater student mobility and research partnerships should emerge from an accord that forms part of presidential visit

Greta Van Susteren says universities should stop ‘billing’ students for ‘hugely expensive’ new buildings

University of Auckland student claims the top prize for Universitas 21 3MT competition 

Jonathan Moyo and deputy deny wrongdoing as fate of $450,000 from skills development fund is investigated

Survey of Chinese employers shows UK graduates required to ‘fit back in’ to home culture

Researchers must have grants to win grants, new study says

Hispanic student accuses professor of cultural insensitivity over allegations she must have plagiarised work by using the word ‘hence’

International network counts 158 assaults and persecutions on higher education communities over 16 months

UK delegation meets up with C9 universities to consider new funding opportunities

Platform to ‘continue developing’ an educational role after pilot broadcast in partnership with UCL

British Council deputy cites activity in Iran and Russia, as well as Israel and Palestine

Battle of Ideas event asks whether ‘core academic values’ are still safe in the academy

Spanish university’s new teaching space mixes videoconferencing and online collaboration with data analysis and emotional recognition technology

European University Association research flags pressure points across continent

Ucas data for early deadline courses are first sign of possible reaction to referendum result

Dean of new French-Chinese institution excited by opportunities in ‘dynamic’ part of the world

Leading scientist savages the widespread hostility to serious scientific evidence

Vice-chancellors warn that leading researchers will flee if unrest over tuition fees is not resolved swiftly

Universal free higher education regarded as unaffordable in country’s current economic crisis

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

Badly rated teachers more likely to distrust data, Israeli study finds

Student artists at Staffordshire University have transformed academic research on graduate debt into a full-length comic

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

America is head and shoulders above other nations in attracting and retaining prizewinning scientists

Country is the latest to wonder whether separate admissions processes for international students are fair

New Aston vice-chancellor Alec Cameron also says that Brexit could lead to ‘aggressive’ recruitment of students in Europe

Leru analysis points to problems with Horizon 2020

New paper finds that effective social media does help to attract and retain students