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Expert stresses that many universities are managing to diversify their income away from full-time undergraduate fees

New Capes president promoted teaching of ‘intelligent design’ as head of private religious university

Dutch virologist says partnerships are vital in race to develop vaccines

Huge rewards could ensue if governments bankroll the systematic sharing of research data, but experts warn of unintended consequences

Vice-chancellor discusses UAE’s economic gains from campus, plus academic freedom ‘understanding’

Australian survey finds ‘strong relationship’ between graduates’ attributes and demands of their jobs

Chief executive of Group of Eight says universities have ‘positive dialogue with security agencies’ after contributing to task force

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Tributes paid to Irish expert on French literature who ‘recognised languages as a key to future opportunities in Europe’

Announcements on visas, funding and bureaucracy seen as sign of growing influence of Dominic Cummings

‘Commercial entanglements’ a deadweight on prosperity, Australian university insists

The artist and King’s College London fellow discusses the relationship between research and art, and how climate change is reshaping her work

Researchers say that conservative Christian beliefs do not necessarily conflict with belief in concepts such as evolution

But data for 2019 show use of ‘conditional unconditional’ offers still high at some universities

Total number of union branches eligible to strike this year reaches 74

Employers’ body says it has ‘gone further than ever before’ with latest offer, but union says it is ‘some distance’ from fulfilling staff demands

Nanotechnology innovator charged over alleged links to Chinese state-run academic talent programme, in expanding federal crackdown

Joybrato Mukherjee says Chinese researchers ‘not always on the same page’ over IP – and looks forward to a VR-enabled ‘entirely virtual semester abroad’

English regulator says universities will struggle to reach goals if they focus on “narrow funnel of 18- or 19-year-olds”

Academics call for restored government to give long-overdue attention to the sector, and to widen debate beyond tuition costs

Center for Open Science project will pass judgment on journals’ commitment to research transparency

Chris Skidmore says UK must increase diversity of its international intake

EU and UK should negotiate ‘standalone’ research deal outside wider talks to avoid damaging science with break, Wellcome Trust recommends

Research-intensive university groups ask funders to provide additional support for data management

Analysis of THE rankings data shows that more leading academics place universities in Asia among world’s best

Companies retreat for now, but see the technology’s spread as inevitable

The Buckingham education professor’s musings on educational decline are a mainstay of the British press. But is academia right to be dismissive of his views and unusual modus operandi?

Hundreds of complaints are passed to regulator, including claims that punishing hours and pressure have contributed to divorces and estrangement from children

Institutions remain open while isolating and testing possible cases

Partnership with local institution set to be the first UK campus in the African country

Sharing of information improves after Chinese president Xi Jinping warns officials against withholding data

UK Research and Innovation to manage uncapped visa programme

Tory manifesto pledge brings questions over Office for Students’ future approach on quality - and whether it is right organisation to judge

Bid to help lower-income students study poverty bypasses normal admissions processes but still sports a hefty price tag

But paper from League of European Research Universities says that anonymous reports of research misconduct should be avoided

Texas A&M University System chancellor’s public letter to Harvard president is latest incident in ongoing “food fight” between the two institutions over debated healthiness of eating red meat

Debate continues over the withdrawal of a “dissent” course last year at Yale-NUS 

Analysis highlights Australians’ dwindling share of enrolments in their own universities

Return to table reflects ongoing string of advances for open science movement

Universities will come together to offer joint degree programmes and research projects

Universities minister says north-south divide cannot be solved ‘in a top-down way, driven by central government diktat’

About 180 students affected by turmoil at Richmond, the American University of London, with some having travelled to the UK before learning of problems

Research grants that have languished in Australian politicians’ to-do trays are ‘spun’ as rapid government action

Almost a third of staff in UK higher education are now classed as teaching-only

Academics claim that, as well as impoverishing some institutions, removal of number controls has led to overcrowding at other institutions

Research England throws weight behind new innovation project that promises to raise nearly £1 billion in private capital

Australian university joins race to control virus

Big increase would represent less than three-quarters of eligible headcount suggested by official data

Inability to begin reruns of experiments highlights the problem of weak methodologies of journal papers, say Center for Open Science director

Open University head says that students should be randomly allocated if a university is oversubscribed

The president and dean of the Asian Institute of Management tells Joyce Lau that being an introverted leader and a minority has taught her empathy

Chinese students worth at least £1.7 billion to sector, representing more than 10 per cent of revenue at several institutions 

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Tributes paid to ‘insightful’ agricultural ecologist who applied his theoretical understanding to food production around the world

A growing number of data detectives are on the hunt for sloppy science and dodgy statistics. Jack Grove examines the methods they use

Michael Spence tells THE/Toronto event that maintaining conversations at staff and student level is ‘incredibly important’ in face of rising tensions

New Zealand analysis of ‘globally unique’ dataset repudiates common justifications for earnings disparities

Academics cheer for end of ‘exploited’ system but urge institutions to learn from experience

Institutions launch courses focused on top brands and spirits to boost international recruitment

Complaint to Charity Commission alleges that funding to university was suspended, but foundation chair rejects claims as ‘without merit’