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EU nationals represent nearly one in five students at some universities

Swansea takes top honour at annual ÌÇÐÄVlog Leadership and Management Awards while Nottingham Trent scoops two

Analysis shows how students from ethnic minorities and less advantaged backgrounds are less likely to get a university offer

Meanwhile government says fees could be a maximum of nearly £12,000 by 2025-26 under TEF rises with inflation

New research shows the importance of fostering a ‘personal connection’ with students

THE analysis of core metrics suggests small campus universities and post-92s could outperform Russell Group institutions

Data reveal that countries such as China and Saudi Arabia produce only a tiny fraction of the history and political science papers of democracies

President Thomas Rosenbaum also defines his role as maintaining a culture ‘where people dream’

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

Max Lu, the first Chinese academic to lead a UK university, says that increasing the institution's links with major firms from his homeland will be a priority

Shanghai Jiao Tong University a model of how China’s universities can transform and put innovation first, says president

Academics and activists to explore how the History Workshop movement can still inspire new historical research and political thinking

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

UUK warns that EU funding 'goes beyond money' after open letter from pro-Leave ministers

Progressing from junior faculty to tenured professor is extremely difficult, but following ‘action-oriented’ competencies can help, research suggests

But finance committee minutes show concern over pace of expansion and there is disquiet over how a £280 million loan was approved

Jean-Lou Chameau says new institution has established 'remarkable' research record since opening and has not been influenced by Saudi Arabian cultural issues 

It is ‘crystal clear’ that UK higher education is stronger thanks to European Union membership, says a letter signed by 103 university leaders on eve of referendum

CGHE working paper suggests that governments should implement intervention policies on the ‘demand side of the labour market’

National University of Ireland, Galway will introduce a raft of policies to tackle its deficit of women in leadership positions

The 2016 THE Asia Universities Summit took place at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology this week

Steve Kang says he wants to challenge East Asian 'uni-directional' tradition of education where students simply 'prepare for the test'

Vice-chancellor to leave in September 2017 after 15 years at helm

Dutch push to tackle fraud and ‘reproducibility crisis’ follows high-profile misconduct cases in the country

Baroness Blackstone argues that admitting applicants of mixed ability would be a ‘worthy goal’

Singapore leads the way in ÌÇÐÄVlog's 2016 ranking of the premier universities in Asia

Inside Higher Ed's Maxine Joselow looks at the very different public reactions to the presidential hopefuls from their former universities

But transferring to an institution in another country generally has less of a ‘positive impact’, finds paper

HEA survey suggests that institutions are waiting on TEF details before deciding whether to adopt more granular method of degree classification

Danish academic says that building a knowledge economy is no longer a ‘dominant wish’ for country leaders

Prominent intellectual argues against new government proposal, saying many ‘imported experts’ have ‘no adequate understanding of Indonesia’

Revelation follows comments by provost to academics that university is 'barely financially sustainable'

Centre for the GeoHumanities at Royal Holloway will use interdisciplinary tools to explore everything from Elizabethan England to climate change and migration

Australian v-cs attack Go8 over its criticisms of demand-driven system

New fiction explores the parallels between the 14th century and the environmental disaster that may lie ahead

Doctoral supervisors are having to adapt to a new power dynamic with their students, conference will hear

President of George Washington University also questions the benefit of free university tuition

Consultation on ‘smaller’ watchdog comes after Hefce took quality assessment work in-house

THE survey finds 40 per cent of respondents say they are more likely to depart UK if Leave wins

Study suggests mass higher education increases the dominance of the middle class over opportunities

THE survey respondents tend to view EU free movement as good for individuals, universities and society

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

In 2012, the open access biomedical journal eLife was launched to challenge the dominance of titles such as Nature, Science and Cell

Ritual dating back to 1922 seeks to remind graduates of their ethical obligations – while one business school has also adopted the idea

A High Court action will determine whether former students on a much-criticised hypnosis degree course receive compensation

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Instead, researchers should aim for methodological ‘soundness’ rather than ‘flashy claims of superiority’

CentreForum rebadged as Education Policy Institute, angering ÌÇÐÄVlog Policy Institute

LSE professor Alan Sked says the party ‘converted’ Tories to Euroscepticism but ‘turned nasty’

Formulaic distribution set to end, with grants being channelled through new outreach programme instead

But MillionPlus claims government risks ‘dodgy narrative’ on alternative providers

Quality Assurance Agency says university should even out disparity in number of tutorials and essays set by colleges

Paper predicts that the number of funded researchers at small institutions will decline by two-thirds in the next decade if ‘skews are left uncorrected’

Colleges in the area and further afield try to reassure students

Academic freedom is under threat from forthcoming plans for higher education, says ‘alternative white paper’

Figure described as ‘tip of the iceberg’ of new system’s price tag

Birmingham City conference on ‘terrorism and cultural freedom’ explored everything from Macbeth to Islamic State video games

Committee of MPs comes to no firm conclusion on whether common framework for research and commercialisation is good for the UK

Several vice-chancellors and academics have also been recognised

Staff at eight UK universities will walk out on scheduled student open days as part of pay dispute