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High costs, long commutes and insecure jobs may explain figures from Best University Workplace Survey 2015

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Move away from command and control model to increase staff engagement, advises Leadership Foundation paper

Tell us what you love (or loathe) about your institution

Hefce study finds large differences in submission rates by ethnicity and gender

Paul Feldman joins sector technology body as it shifts to new funding model

Islamic State targets octogenarian scholar, according to reports

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development says many school-leavers may be better off enrolling on apprenticeships

Warwick study highlights high dropout rate and queries social mobility benefits

Redundancy process will begin this autumn to achieve new operational model recommended by PwC

Paper argues that mobile game’s addictive appeal could be harnessed to improve course retention

Fears over quality decline, but many academics still unclear over open access requirements

Ali Bongo Ondimba donates property in Libreville to state, free of charge

European Parliament study highlights pursuit of profit and ‘elite’ monopoly on mobility

Older papers with unattributed material had higher similarity index than more recent ones

Signs at Henderson State University said such attire would ‘not be tolerated’

Kingston academic Will Brooker pioneers a new kind of immersive research

Proposed campus is likely to be based on several sites amid concerns over environmental impact on much-loved beauty spot

Happy Stripper scholar challenges view that all female objectification is necessarily negative

Strategic plan ushers in £3 million bursary programme, plus ‘pathways out of the university’ for staff who fail to align with mission

China continues to advance, but Japan dips in Shanghai Jiao Tong ranking based on research strength

More than 420,000 students placed at UK universities by end of 13 August

However, others warn that all will lose if colleges and universities are forced to “go to war”, writes Stephen Exley

Proposal announced by Ministry of Education as the number of international students in the country continues to decline

French research finds that undergraduates give higher scores to male teachers

Body behind the Athena SWAN gender equality initiative names first institutions to receive award to promote racial diversity

All the latest breaking news as students receive their A level results

More than 409,000 accepted on to courses as clearing gets under way, up 3 per cent on last year

One in 20 respondents to NUS survey say they would have been better off not going to university 

Sector needs national standards and more industry links to drive and sustain economy, say experts

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Lecturer who masterminded student-run commercial operation Re:So shortlisted for enterprise education award

UK’s quality body rejects funding council proposals to scrap institutional reviews

Students ‘in strong position’ as number controls lifted, say sector observers

England urged to learn from country where attrition rates rose after student numbers cap was lifted

Incoming vice-president of international operations at Case says that UK fundraisers are ‘wildly talented’ but that the talent pool is ‘still very small’

More than 44,500 people registered on an access to higher education diploma course in England and Wales in 2013-14, new data show

Government loans may not reverse decline of UK postgraduate numbers, study suggests

Conference paper challenges argument that gender-balanced committees boost female candidates

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

BIS confirms it is looking at how to cut costs, after news emerges of ‘quick and dirty’ McKinsey review

Twelve universities across the continent are offering course aimed at next generation of development professionals

More than 60 universities in Germany provide help for the country’s growing number of refugees, study says

Results could be used as part of teaching excellence framework to determine which universities can charge higher fees

Study praised founder of now defunct charity, Camila Batmanghelidjh, for ‘beauty and profound truth’ of her message

Ravi Shankar currently on unpaid leave

Relocation of call centre creates savings that are reinvested to improve provision, says IT head 

Study warns universities not to ‘police’ students’ lives and criticises absence of policies on sex work

Pair of employees at the American University in Dubai deny criminal charges

Phyllis Wise says she will step down due to ‘external issues’ affecting the institution

University refutes accusation by Max Watson, management critic who was target of ‘plague’ comments

High level of ‘not knowns’ again prevents publication of institution-level information 

Sorana Vieru says exams and essays 'privilege' more advantaged students, calls for changes to 'Middle Ages' format

Poet and Russia scholar has died at the age of 98

Labour leadership hopeful would also extend student finance to apprentices

PhD student’s Anglo-Iranian composition to be performed at London opera festival

UK is second to US for nationality of Nobel prizewinners in the 21st century

Study finds that pay gap between graduates from independent and state schools grows by 11 percentage points in the first three years of employment

UCU members vote two to one against terms that they fear may leave them liable to summary dismissal