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The Association of Business Schools has released its latest ranking of periodicals, but not everyone welcomes it

Group will be made up of experts and prominent figures from across higher education

Hakim Adi urges early career researchers at first meeting of Black Doctoral Network UK to be resilient when facing difficulties

Hefce chief to take up post of vice-president (implementation) in the spring tasked with change management

Oxford blogger publishes citation count for autism expert, who ran two Elsevier titles

CEO Maddalaine Ansell proposes asset sharing and collaborating with business on course design at mission group

Postgrad’s study questions reliability of results on staff evaluation website as US students seek ‘easiest A’

Having turned the University of Cumbria around, Upton is now heading to Wrexham

Work experience while at this Scottish institution is positively encouraged

Regulator wants elite universities to set ‘challenging targets’ on admissions as student number controls end in autumn

Lahav Executive Education offers international entrepreneurs insights into Israeli success and tactics for tackling Silicon Valley

Sir Ian Diamond’s efficiencies report endorses the shift from incremental pay rises to service-related rewards

Senior sector figures urge new cohort to engage, draw on large datasets, collaborate with science and tackle the era’s major questions. Plus the latest higher education appointments

Continent must learn to maximise research strengths, says former European Commission president turned ‘accidental academic’

Only two awarding bodies accrediting Secure English Language Tests, used to assess overseas students’ language capability, will be approved by the UK government from April.

Thirty-three journals have been given the coveted “world elite” ranking in an influential and hotly debated league table

Funding for science and innovation should increase by at least 10 per cent in real terms over the next Parliament, according to the Campaign for Social Science

Allowing some universities to charge tuition fees above £9,000 a year would “create further inequity” in higher education funding, a university group has warned

The UK’s slight growth in international student recruitment over the past year overshadows a “global underperformance” when compared with other countries, an analysis has warned

Institutions from 11 countries feature in a top 30 that previews what a new ranking of universities in the Middle East and North Africa could look like

The government must allow overseas students to stay in the UK after graduation to work as current rules are “jeopardising Britain’s position in the global race for talent”, MPs warn

The government encouraged private colleges to grow “without sufficient regulation in place to protect public money” and a senior civil servant should have opposed the policy, according to MPs

What will be driving the use of education technology in universities in the next five years?

Plans for a London branch campus teaching 1,200 students have been announced by Newcastle University.

Leading philosophers took up the challenge of Stephen Hawking’s claim that “philosophy is dead”

Durham students are calling for a freeze on accommodation costs after being hit with a 20 per cent hike over the past three years

England’s funding council has changed the formula for distributing quality-related research funding following the research excellence framework

Becoming an academic is the third most desirable job for Britons and is seen as more attractive than being a Hollywood film star

A cut to tuition fees not coupled with a rise in taxpayer funding would damage universities, Lord Mandelson has said as Labour finalises its policy.

Professors issue warning over obsession with performance management and research excellence

University and Hefce refuse FoI requests over multimillion-pound funding deal

Estimates suggest the government will pay £91 million towards the tuition fees of students taking a degree outside Wales

It’s not just sun and salaries drawing academics to MENA jobs, says Siân Phillips

UWS’ Craig Mahoney says that ‘opposing government policy isn’t always welcomed’

Early career scholars offered hundreds of tips and sage advice tweeted by longer-established peers

Biological sciences and business are among subjects to have experienced a surge in popularity over the past seven years, according to data from the ����Vlog Statistics Agency.

European study sounds the alarm over how mistreatment can harm retention

THE investigation shows spike in spending on fees as UK ‘reliant’ on middlemen

Keele-based title applied for charitable status after audit revealed assets

University faces £17m deficit as enrolments fall while expenditures rise

Future of branch campus in Adelaide under review as funds dry up and London focuses on partnerships

FoI request on agent impropriety reveals that fake papers is top concern

The John Rylands Research Institute pairs collections and curators with scholars and scientists

British academics are second most successful in securing grants from the Qatar National Research Fund’s collaborative programmes

Battle continues between staff and management including senior figures Nigel and Niall Piercy

The Institute of International Education hopes that 1,000 teachers can help it double the number of Americans studying overseas

Demand for MBAs with social impact grows as millennials practise ‘positive business’

Could US moves to measure undergraduates’ improvements in critical thinking, writing and other skills spread to the UK?

Proposals to trim research and innovation programme ‘downgrades importance’ of funding at European level, warns EUA

Steve West says wider cohort needs more support as UUK launches new guidelines for institutions on supporting students

Journal’s decision follows trial that found ‘no effect’ on quality of reviews, writes Holly Else

The number of Chinese students enrolling on full-time taught master’s courses in England has grown to all but match the number of home students.

More than 50 higher education institutions are taking part in University Mental Health Day today.

UK students may soon be able to apply to universities in continental Europe through Ucas after the admissions body changed its rules