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First global health research ranking suggests only five UK institutions make major investment   

Academics in Saudi Arabia have been urged in an open letter signed by 18 Nobel Prize winners to condemn the public flogging of blogger Raif Badawi

Medical students must learn to think critically, an academic physician who became the first professor of complementary medicine has warned.

A student at the University of Kent has been named as the Green Party’s spokesman for higher and further education

The University of Bedfordshire has become the second higher education institution in the UK to commit to not investing in the fossil fuel industry

Plans to rebrand itself as ‘King’s London’ have been dropped, principal has confirmed

But report also angers some in HE over PGCE comments

The performance of the whole European research system could be harmed if changes to EU budgets go ahead, it has been warned.

The UK is ranked fifth among the world’s most developed nations for the number of young people with higher education, after rapid progress since 2000

Britain’s research libraries can do far more to help their “unique” collections serve the needs of scholars, their universities and communities

Employers should have more of a say in the design and delivery of the curriculum at universities in order to produce “work-ready” graduates

The head of Ucas has urged universities to “move quickly” and make clear how they intend to ensure fair admissions in the light of A-level reforms

Labour leader also pledges to say more on HE policy ‘by time of manifesto’

U-turn follows Hefce pledge to underwrite inclusion

Science and universities minister says more must be done on issue

University staff will not resume a marking boycott this week after employers put forward amended plans to reform the sector’s biggest pension scheme

Three of the UK’s funding bodies want to “re-test assumptions” about the importance of comparability of standards across the sector’s institutions

Find out which institution’s graduates are earning the most money

The publisher of Nature is to merge with the world’s second largest science publisher, Springer

The number of students awarded a first-class degree soared by 14 per cent last year.

Part-time student numbers have continued a dramatic decline after falling by 8 per cent last year, new figures show

Most admissions staff believe achievements outside the classroom are more important to gaining a university place than 10 years ago, a new study says

The vice-chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, Philip Jones, has announced that he is to retire next spring

FoI request reveals former vice-chancellor returned after suspension on full pay despite diminished powers

Lawyer says government condemns terror attack on Charlie Hebdo but legislation could have a ‘chilling effect’ on campus debate

Skills of business students on internships in low-income nations do not develop as much as those in other regions

University settles Adrian Graves’ employment tribunal claim after vice-chancellor leaves

Researchers argue that nature of teaching in subjects means that they cannot score highly in survey

People of working age with a master’s or PhD earn on average £9,000 a year more than those with only a bachelor’s degree, according to data from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Incoming Case president Sue Cunningham says that move would herald ‘real engagement’ and help to drive success

The UK synchrotron seeks more university groups to set up second homes at the site to create a genuine research campus

Theresa May criticised after Home Office proposes new rules for overseas cohort

American universities review exchange programmes as 50-year embargo ends

Nanyang Technological University president’s claim that tenure dispute was ‘not political’ contested by ex-faculty member Cherian George

Scrutiny of Swansea dean’s communications follows latest email furore

UK universities claim 10 spots in annual survey of gay-friendly workplaces

Majority of workplace slights informed by your place in the academic pecking order, study finds

Three-year programmes challenge the supremacy of Scotland’s ‘gold standard’

Women on academic contracts earn £8,400 less than men, according to Equal Pay Review 2014, but the gap has closed by £110 since 2012

Report advises young academics to foster personal and research independence to advance their careers. Plus the latest higher education appointments

The National Union of Students has accused universities of being ‘prepared to ignore’ incidents of sexual assault and harassment on campus

Freedom of speech has become a “sexual fetish” in the West in light of the Charlie Hebdo terror atrocity, according to academic and writer Will Self

Student groups are holding a series of protests this month against pay inequality in universities

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The British Library has announced an ambitious “vision for its future development” over the next eight years

Government plans to tackle “extremism” will have a “seriously inhibiting effect on bona fide academic debate in universities”, MPs and peers warn

Graduate recruitment is set to reach its highest level in more than a decade, according to new research

Sutton Trust scheme sends UK applicants to Harvard, Yale and others

A petition has been set up calling for Nigel Thrift, the University of Warwick vice-chancellor, to be stripped of his knighthood.

The University of Huddersfield vice-chancellor Bob Cryan has defended the Duke of York, its patron, in the face of “ridiculous” sex allegations

Government fixated with education departments being ‘Marxist hotbeds’, says Reading v-c

David Cameron and George Osborne have trumpeted universities’ involvement in plans to boost the economy of the North West

Hefce to fund participation after DfE agency pulled plug on money

The University of Ulster has appointed Paddy Nixon as its new vice-chancellor

A national group of collaborative outreach networks working with schools and colleges has launched, four years after a similar project was scrapped