John Holland, 1929-2015
A pioneering computer scientist who offered many powerful insights into the nature of complex adaptive systems has died
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US postgraduate enrolment sees biggest rise since 2009
International students accounted for over two-thirds of the growth in enrolments in past decade, says study
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Quality assessment must be more than a tick-box process
Hefce chief Madeleine Atkins on what a simpler, less burdensome QA system might look like
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The world’s most innovative universities
US institutions top the inaugural Reuters Top 100 Most Innovative Universities table
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Exeter ‘Settler Colonialism in Palestine’ event to go ahead
University negotiates compromise deal over controversial conference
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The pleasures (and surprises) of interviewing academics
Matthew Reisz celebrates the joys of profiling scholars
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News blog: Sajid Javid and Jo Johnson take higher education to market
BIS aims to step up competition for universities from new providers – but questions remain about impact on UK higher education
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Gap between education of aboriginal and non-aboriginal people in Canada widening
Study finds proportion of non-aboriginal people in the country graduating from university is improving at a faster rate
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Brian Cox: new freeze in research funding would be ‘dire’ for UK science
Physicist warns that the UK’s high scientific output is based on investment made ‘decades’ ago
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Do international research posts improve your academic job prospects?
Anxieties over overseas posts largely overlooked as academy highlights benefits of global mobility, researchers claim
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New College of Humanities graduates put in the frame
£18K-a-year college launches its students into the world with artwork to reflect their CVs and ‘brainwaves’
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Kansas band director suspended after half-time Starship Enterprise show
Critics say Kansas State University show resembled a sexual act, William Shatner disagrees
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THE World University Rankings consulted by one in three international students
ÌÇÐÄVlog rankings almost the most used league table in India
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Is economics a sexist science?
Victoria Bateman looks at the gender mix within economics and details her own attempts to encourage more women into the discipline
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Open University set to shut seven regional centres
Five hundred staff face a choice of relocating to Manchester, Milton Keynes or Nottingham, or leaving