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ETH rector says academia should focus on ‘excellent performances’, not quantity of research

Gemma Hersh acknowledges that publishing giant could do more to demonstrate its value

Universities also warned that lack of diversity in AI is leading to missed opportunities to solve important problems

OECD education adviser Dirk van Damme highlights disappointing maths and literacy scores of university leavers

Rheumatologist previously served as government chief scientific adviser and director of Wellcome Trust

Gavin Williamson also calls for restrictions on unconditional offers more widely, potentially via grade threshold or numbers cap

World Economic Forum economist Saadia Zahidi says campuses must prevent ‘hollowing-out of the middle class’ for sake of social stability

Italian mathematician Alessio Figalli says falling short demonstrates the testing and unknowable nature of research

Australian report warns against fetish for interdisciplinarity, citing increasing specialisation of subfields

Ministers considering report outlining possibility of setting up domestic alternative post-Brexit

Commons Science and Technology Committee also calls for rebalancing of funding between disciplines and greater support for small, specialist institutions

Shift in alignment towards US sparks doubts over Horizon Europe association

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

The futurist on her gutsy mum, why technology should liberate not control, and how graduates are turning their backs on Silicon Valley

Tributes paid to founder of world-system analysis

University of Canberra, QUT and UNSW Sydney the standout performers in a rising field

Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski tells young scholars to focus on research and ignore ‘shitty job market’

Harvard professor says universities must take on responsibility for morality in a post-institutional and post-religious world

UK universities struggle in latest league table, as institutions in Germany, China and Australia make progress

‘This is a regime that believes you should govern by clubbing people,’ says Frank Dikötter

Laser expert challenges university over alleged age discrimination and unfair dismissal

This autumn Chestnut Hill College will host one of the world’s most unusual annual academic conferences

Brian Schmidt says academia is losing brightest researchers because they cannot endure ‘intolerable’ precarity throughout their thirties

Boris Johnson government announces reversal of Theresa May’s abolition of the visas, seven years on

MP moved back to old brief after less than seven weeks away, replacing Jo Johnson

With US-style personal contributions and Scandinavian-style payoffs, Australians have the worst of both worlds, suggests Education at a Glance

Higher education institutions urged to change tactics when lobbying for extra funding

Mariya Gabriel to take on role with increased ‘weight and visibility’

French-born scientist’s discoveries explained the organising principle of the adaptive immune system

Consultation raised concerns that proposal was too prescriptive and bureaucratic

Education at a Glance finds graduate earnings still buoyant despite expansion, but education director warns on variations across subjects

China’s rise has led to a surge in engineering research – although the discipline is growing in importance in other countries too

Oxford professor’s response to male scholar’s guide to publication considers gendered nature of research career advice

Göttingen loses president-elect and chair of search committee after legal challenge 

Thirty universities subject to ‘enhanced monitoring’ on admissions by English regulator

Joi Ito alleged to have made extensive efforts to hide millions of dollars donated by sexual abuser

Case president says vice-chancellors must provide strong support for philanthropy

Average remuneration hits A$982,900 (£543,800), ̽����Ƶ analysis shows

Domestic students benefit for now as foreign classmates cancel out provincial budget cuts

Other universities could face protests if they do not address racial disparities, says campaigner

Widening chasm between sciences and humanities scholarship not found in other countries

Kevin O’Gorman due to be sentenced on 18 September

University to pay $4.5 million (£3.7 million) and pursue further actions against culpable officials

Wealthier institutions urged to take lead on improving minority representation

Science’s decision sparks debate about how journals should respond to concerns about reproducibility

Chinese students’ misunderstanding of their host society thwarts their efforts to integrate in Australia, says academic

Decline in female representation reported at four in 10 institutions covered by study

Former PM’s institute and Nobel laureate’s university team up to explore gender bias in leadership

Prime minister’s brother cites ‘unresolvable tension’ between ‘family loyalty and the national interest’

European Union nationals to be limited to three years in UK if country crashes out of bloc

Teachers can use the reading list to help students understand the process of learning, writes Richard Steadman-Jones

Harvard tops student-focused ranking for fourth consecutive year

Analysis suggests as many as half of the main influencers of depression and anxiety have their roots in the student-supervisor dynamic

Nearly 80 institutions nominated across 23 categories in bigger-than-ever sector celebration

̽����Ƶ analysis shows heads of institutions last longer in US than in UK or Australia

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

Analysis of the backgrounds of leaders in the world top 400 reveals turnover is high but diversity low among presidents and vice-chancellors

Tributes paid to a ‘philosopher’s philosopher’ 

The historian on what we can learn from the study of the past, how different nations view their heritage, and whether capitalism is here to stay

Chancellor’s omission of any mention of post-18 review cements impression that plans for fee cut are dead