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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

Kathryn Mitchell is to succeed John Coyne as vice-chancellor of the University of Derby

Members of the University and College Union at the University of Aberdeen are being balloted on potential strike action over the loss of 150 jobs

Michael Stewart uses inaugural lecture to criticise social sciences and arts in particular for being too insular

Around 40 jobs could be at risk at the University of Manchester after it announced plans to drop longstanding opposition to compulsory redundancies

Despite students reporting increasing levels of satisfaction with UK higher education, one area is bucking the trend: university accommodation.

A student occupation at the London School of Economics has come to an “amicable end”, according to the institution – although protesters said there were “legal threats”.

Amity chancellor claims traditional institutions are lagging behind on research investment

Change follows ‘comprehensive risk assessment’ by Queen’s Belfast

Admissions procedures and student retention at St Patrick’s flagged, as well as ‘fighting in the classroom’, although other areas pass scrutiny

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A new network of young research institutions in Europe has been launched with the aim of increasing influence in education policy

Sussex researcher speaks of ‘disbelief’ at comments over paper on gender bias

Ranking of universities under 50 years old shows a dip in UK’s strength in depth and Swiss on a roll

But ����Vlog Office revokes private college’s licence to sponsor overseas students

Rolf Tarrach, incoming head of the 850-strong EUA, is also keen to maintain and expand its UK membership

Less than a quarter of people in the North East of England agree that it is essential to have a degree in the current job market

Our survey of university employees reveals the electoral intentions of a campus cohort with real impact

Study suggests that students do not want to add more debt to personal finances

Megan Dunn sets out priorities as she defends the right to occupy

Academics at a British Academy event discuss the purpose of the history of political thought

The marks of private provider’s first cohort of graduates make Anthony Grayling feel more vindicated than ever

Young academics cite bullying, pressure to publish and casualisation as downsides of assessment exercise

Study finds inconsistencies in grading for borderline 2:1 and 2:2 essays

Journalists who set the news agenda have short attention spans. By helping them, researchers can help to get coverage for their work

The value of donations peaks at £807m, annual Ross/CASE survey finds, but challenges of limited outreach and elite domination persist

Commercial links are transparent, says sector body. Donna Bowater in Rio de Janeiro writes

Historians await legal judgment over heirs’ demands for payments from academics citing Joseph Goebbels’ diaries

Whoever wins or holds the balance of power, senior sector figures see risks ahead for higher education funding, fees and policy

Two trade unions are urging the University of Bolton to overturn its decision to dismiss two employees for allegedly leaking information to the press

A Scottish university broke the law when it let staff on fixed-term contracts go without consulting unions, the Supreme Court has ruled

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

One of the UK’s oldest higher education institutions has moved a step closer to a potential merger with a Catholic university

The two main parties’ manifestos have a mismatch between rhetoric and commitment to investment in science and engineering, an analysis has suggested.

Employers have called on unions to “consider carefully the real value” of a 0.9 per cent pay offer for university employees.

Data also show improvement in staff to student ratio

The University of Salford has confirmed that Helen Marshall will remain as its vice-chancellor on a permanent basis.

The quality of school-led geography teacher training in England has been called into question by a new report.

About 40 per cent of university applicants might choose a different course if tuition fees were reduced to £6,000 a year, a new study suggests

A petition to “halt the rebranding of the University of Warwick” has attracted over 4,000 supporters.