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Black students’ officer Malia Bouattia among candidates for union presidency

Despite claims that engagement with business is as important as research and teaching, academics find they have no time for work outside the academy

No more than 75 per cent of a discipline’s students should be of the same gender, says funding council

Credit agency says the pace of change will quicken as governments seek cost savings

Classes suspended at Pretoria and Free State following clashes over language and outsourcing

But universities warned to beware the predicted fall in China’s student population

Big remuneration deals for Salford’s Martin Hall and Glyndwr’s Michael Scott revealed in university accounts

As globalisation takes a firm grip on higher education, is the French government’s new strategy working?

Student protesters at the US institution want the name of the gardens at the university changed, reports Ellen Wexler for Inside Higher Ed

Director of Claro Learning has complained his firm was unfairly attacked by Margaret Hodge

A comparison of some of the fees that are charged to international students

Oxford pro vice-chancellor Sally Mapstone to take on role vacated by Louise Richardson

Leaving the EU would damage international partnerships vital to research excellence, v-cs say in letter to national newspaper

Study suggests there may be long-term benefits from publishing, but critics warn of ‘too much, too soon’

But peer review processing firm must deal with author comments like those on ‘consenting mole rats’

Ahead of TEF, funding council says universities must not seek to sway students’ responses

The UK’s first academic conference on hip hop comes straight outta Cambridge

This graphic shows to what extent tertiary education increases people’s sense that they have a say in politics

BMJ editor in chief raises alarm over drug trial research funded and often controlled by manufacturers themselves

Former business secretary urges universities to plug into global networks and emerging markets as he takes up Nottingham professorship

Figures suggest Oxford and Cambridge among seven Russell Group institutions with lower proportion of poorer students compared with 10 years ago

Analysis finds men and ethnic minorities under-represented in international cohort

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

OECD planning to change measures of public spending on HE amid complex picture on student loans

University academics answer an appeal for help from country's inspirational leader

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Extra contributions are likely to cost many university staff more than £1,000 a year, analysis shows

Barry Winn, former University of Bradford deputy v-c, criticises short-term ‘colonial’ approach of UK universities to global partnerships

Survey suggests 3 per cent of higher and further education workers have been physically assaulted because they are homosexual, bisexual or transsexual

Acceptances nearly doubled for some universities, halved for others, since number controls eased in 2012

Law professor at Queen Mary University of London organises open days for refugees and asylum seekers

Civil society groups attack move as ‘gross violation’ of academic autonomy

Chinese Ministry of Education directive wants students abroad to have a ‘positive patriotic energy’

From the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to special needs education in the UK, more mid-career professionals are taking professional doctorates

Researcher recommends reassessing selection criteria for PhD funding as several great scientists did not gain a first or a 2:1

Chris Husbands, former director of the UCL IoE, also says his new institution should ‘not be distracted by league tables’

Former Liberal Democrat deputy leader appointed on one-year maternity cover contract

The House of Representatives approves legislation that dictates NSF grants can be awarded only to projects in the ‘national interest’

University announces major strategic planning initiative to address long-term budgetary concerns. Colleen Flaherty reports for Inside Higher Ed

Cutting academic autonomy contradicts studies on what makes businesses effective, policy expert claims

Techniques used by scientists led by Ruth Gates and backed by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen are coming under the microscope. Jon Marcus reports from Hawaii

Italian ambassador to UK ‘expects truth to be established’ in the ‘heinous killing’ of Cambridge PhD student

Data sharing agreements also due to be signed with EU countries

Admissions service says it is in talks to widen availability of its records

Event with controversial King’s College London researcher Adam Perkins to be held at later date after ‘negative social media activity’

Rector Ralf Hemmingsen warns job losses will see some services ‘cut to the bone’ as 7 per cent of staff exit Denmark’s most highly regarded university

After political scientists pitched to commissioning editors, the TV professionals passed on some advice

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Partnership of five universities has so far helped new businesses raise more than £1bn

High dropout rate among black students also targeted in new guidance to Offa

More universities set to follow Cardiff University into bond market as appetite for construction pairs with ‘unbelievably low’ interest rates

Thailand’s institutions want to develop joint degrees with the UK, but hurdles remain in visa red tape and political instability

Labour leader tells THE he has discussed funding model for abolishing fees with shadow chancellor

Bosses’ pay rose by 3 per cent on average to £272,432, according to a new University and College Union report

Former University of York chancellor says leading universities should lower entry requirements for students from poor backgrounds

Job descriptions demand early career academics be multitalented ‘superheroes’, a study suggests

Interviews with MA students in UK suggest that although few agree with Chinese government line, compulsory courses dull development of independent thought

Damning report condemns government for not reaching recruitment target in past four years

Some universities have already overturned a ban on marriage and children among undergraduates, but it is still upheld in places

Report from careers advice service Prospects points to significant rise in employment rate for those with higher level qualifications