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New education minister Simon Birmingham announces at THE summit in Melbourne that controversial policy will not come in next year

Nobel laureate tells THE World Academic Summit that institutions provide funding and job security too late

����Vlog World University Rankings 2015-2016 will include 800 institutions for the first time

Two cohorts of managers, drawn from universities across the country, will study for doctorates in higher education management

Partnership with Cornwall College Group will see tourist attraction open its doors to undergraduates

Majority of academics publishing in journals with lax peer review are from Asia, study concludes

Hefce research explores proportion of university leavers in professional jobs in years following end of course

British universities are political heavyweights on global stage, says Hepi report

Securing a job after graduation, improving earning potential and enjoying personal interaction with a course leader have been cited as the main perceived benefits of UK higher education by future international students

Increased role for governing bodies also questioned in responses to Hefce’s quality assessment consultation

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Co-founder of investment firm says that more early career academics should be encouraged to think about the entrepreneurial route

Questions have been raised about the source of data used by Downing Street to accuse institutions of hosting hate preachers

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

Government urged to reveal source of claims about universities that allegedly hosted extremist speakers

Funding councils also propose new questions on student engagement

The World University Rankings are a global affair, but as with so many things, some parts of the planet are more equal than others. This image maps the positions of all the institutions in this year’s analysis. Despite globalisation, it shows how North America and Western Europe still dominate international HE

What does Google want from graduates? When it comes to today’s market, a new kind of intelligence is the name of the game, argues Shuvo Saha

The World University Rankings 2015-2016 are bigger, better and more comprehensive than ever, explains Phil Baty

Swiss innovator makes top 10 as Germany’s evolution pays dividends, but Japan struggles as more globalised rivals show strength. Ellie Bothwell reports

No institution ranked among the world’s top 200 can be said to be average, but by looking at this cohort’s average indicators, we can learn much about what it takes to become world class

Wider reach is good news for the BRIC nations and other developing economies. Ellie Bothwell reports

The global higher education landscape is changing. THE is evolving, too, developing a collaborative approach to help universities flourish as they navigate challenging terrain, writes managing director Trevor Barratt

����Vlog’s six-pronged offer provides the global academy with the tools to find the right path – higher education’s ‘strategic sonar’

More data, more institutions and elimination of kilo-author papers: full control has enabled THE to make world rankings even better, writes Duncan Ross

The growth of the kilo-author paper recognises one form of excellence but challenges measurement, writes Duncan Ross

Our universities’ tradition of openness offers a necessary corrective to insularity and irrationality at home and abroad, argues Louise Richardson

When it comes to the leadership required to enable universities to tackle today’s challenges, one rule applies, says Peter Doherty: quality is everything

US continues to lose its grip as institutions in Europe up their game

Students willing to pay at least £1,700 more on average for better employability, suggests survey

Potential leader-in-waiting is fighting for her career after becoming latest German politician to face academic fraud claims

Anna Vignoles argues salary statistics can be used to identify in-demand skills

Theses in open-access repository at Dublin City University have been downloaded almost 1.4 million times

Vote against Johannes Chan appointment follows alleged ‘orchestration’ of campaign against him by Beijing

UK institutions have triumphed in the ����Vlog World University Rankings 2015-2016, but immigration policies and fees may threaten their status, says leading academic

An Italian dean has created an A to Z of interdisciplinarity

Nobel prizewinner makes comments in run-up to November spending review

Ivy League and other prestigious institutions could dump Common Application approach

New shadow minister Gordon Marsden also warns TEF must not be ‘back door’ to removing fee cap

University of Southampton pro vice-chancellor to take helm after a year of turmoil at Plymouth

New shadow higher education minister, Gordon Marsden, also warns of ‘TEF apartheid’

Hefce report also warns that government-backed master’s loans will ‘contradict efforts to widen participation’

Inspired by previous movement in 1960s, PhD students say that ‘science is not neutral’ and urge scientists to confront their assumptions

Not everybody is impressed by a new “model” for conferences addressing controversial themes fashioned after outrage over an event about the Israel-Palestine conflict

Seminar considers the achievements – and even greater potential – of academic partnerships between the countries

Significant variations in higher education participation persist when educational attainment and background taken into account

Multi-partner initiative launched by University Alliance institutions mirrors the doctoral training centre model

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz says a lot of UK research would be reduced to ‘irrelevance’ in the event of Brexit

Ucas says acceptances are up 3 per cent year-on-year, with more applicants holding vocational qualifications

David Barrowclough tricked Heritage Lottery Fund by applying for money for fake projects

London Metropolitan University leads the sector for overall decrease

Reaching out offers many benefits to universities, says dean

Queen’s University Belfast research finds that students use footage to reinforce traditional learning, not replace it

This graphic shows the cost of journal subscriptions to seven of the most popular publishers for 24 UK universities in 2014

Peer review system ‘lacks capacity’ to deal with ‘flood’ of new papers, meaning some could be unjustly dismissed

Former Labour education secretary defends his top-up fees policy and attacks ‘unacceptable’ coalition changes, as he starts King’s College London role

Women and students from poorer backgrounds to be hardest hit, says Sutton Trust analysis

Charities blame widening gap between their grants and full costs of research 

But men continue to earn significantly more on average, Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis reveals

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