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The political scientist with the closest election prediction says the night was an intellectually challenging ‘white-knuckle ride’

V-cs likely to welcome well-connected Jo Johnson as counter to home secretary and Sajid Javid as one with the ear of the Treasury

Sixteen institutions have refused all or part of the allocations to bridge gap before loan scheme kicks in

Chief scientific adviser Sir Mark Walport posits a future in which papers are revised as research matures, supplanting ‘outmoded’ publishing practices

François Hollande gives jobseekers premium access to courses on OpenClassrooms platform

Rethinking relationships with international recruiters could help universities to assuage academics’ fears, researchers suggest

Prosecutors rely on techniques developed by team at the University of Warwick to secure conviction in ‘body in suitcase’ killing

Details of another appeal kept secret despite chief executive’s promise to reveal information

A new report highlights the downsides of life for the travelling lecturer

Many university employees say their institution has no policy on how to tackle online abuse

Chilling testimonies collected by the Council for At-Risk Academics reveal the devastating impact of the arrival of Islamic State

NCUB report finds engagement with small firms has grown over the past decade but the size of each tie-up has been shrinking

Universities’ lobbying of the new Conservative government will focus on funding and continuing EU membership

‘Domino theory’ points to UK academy’s future financial environment

Queen’s University Belfast and US counterpart compare and contrast domestic civil rights struggles

The cost of academic staff in medicine, dentistry and health departments is more than double that of some other disciplines

Continental system is critical to stop drain to US, Patrick Aebischer argues

Students angry at institution’s failure to move to full divestment

But those on low pay to be offered up to 2.65 per cent, says Ucea

The University of Oxford is on track to meet an ambitious fundraising target after hitting the £2 billion milestone

But university does not opt for full divestment from industry

The pro-European could be a key appointment in lead up to EU referendum

By Michael Stratford, for Inside Higher Ed

Concerns investigation reveals problems with course launched in conjunction with private company

MP for Bromsgrove joined the Conservatives while at University of Exeter

Nine out of ten new MPs in the House of Commons are graduates and 26 per cent hold an Oxbridge degree

The UK massive open online course platform FutureLearn has signed an agreement with the proctored examination provider Pearson VUE

The University of Oxford alumna hoping to sue the institution over its sexual assault investigation policy has had her case thrown out

Defining moments for universities on the night that the UK went to the polls

Blog post follows election result and confirmation of referendum on membership

Liberal Democrats Vince Cable and Julian Huppert were among the higher education figures to lose their seats last night, while former National Union of Students president Wes Streeting is now a Labour MP.

A shortage of students taking languages at A level means that some have a 50 per cent chance of getting a place to study at Oxbridge, it has emerged

The Conservatives have secured a majority after standing on a platform to seek an EU referendum and further tighten immigration rules, which could impact on universities.

UCU reacts by pledging to instruct lawyers to fight decision

A former student of the University of Oxford has launched a legal challenge against her alma mater over its policy on investigating rape allegations

Just 15 per cent of UK universities are led by women

Ten research-intensive universities in the South of England will get more than £2,000 each year in quality-related research funding for every student at the institution, an analysis has shown

Critics cry ‘cop-out’ over decision on publishing report

Scholars have asked university communications departments to publicise their birthdays and businesses as well as academic conferences

Rector at Maastricht University fears that curbs on using English are preventing some institutions from innovating and internationalising

Watchdog finds reports of fighting in classroom at private provider and sets six-week deadline for action plan

Provost says university’s size will help it hit a ‘moral’ target of 50 per cent women across its professoriate and board

The UK must decide by 31 May whether to take the next step in a project aiming to measure learning outcomes at a global level

Scholar Will Brooker says comic-book giant’s new-look superheroine seems to share traits with his own series

Academics working with the media and government discuss current misconceptions

Sector figures say postgraduate funding plan for England could fuel inflation in tuition fees as well as credentials

Forum probes lack of UK students of African and Caribbean heritage taking history degrees, and its echoes in schoolteacher and lecturer cohorts

Universities, and especially the research elite, faced a choice between aiming for highest quality scores and the greatest number of staff submitted

The number of university consolidations has shot up in recent years, EUA report finds

The ebbing of violence and the city’s transformation allow Antioquia to expand its horizons, writes Donna Bowater in Colombia

University staff urged to help visiting scholars adjust to life in the UK

UCL’s Michael Arthur discusses fears for lack of long-term financial support and of a British exit from the EU

A scholar’s project on Lewis Carroll’s heroine helps an institution boost its links with the capital’s museums

The next vice-chancellor of Leeds Beckett University will be Peter Slee

We drill down into our election survey of the higher education sector for a clue