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Two-day event to focus on how UK universities can ‘change the story’

University says scheme will give junior academics ‘opportunity to experience life as a full-time lecturer’, but critics suspect REF link

But academics question the logic of consolidating three institutions in different locations

Newcastle’s Jane Robinson wants to work strategically with local partners to help address north east’s post-industrial challenges

Gender determines whether university study is in directionless students’ interests

Resignations follow loss of access to company’s titles

Deloitte report suggests teaching costs have accelerated as funding stalls

Consultation options look to reduce administrative burden of flagship scheme

Inadequate funding and lack of interregional collaboration hindering much-needed scholarship, report says

Vocational training funding freefall to continue as governments bicker

Research leaders welcome announcements but warn of impact of no-deal departure

Universities, already facing upheaval on several other fronts, fear imminent plans could make it far harder to recruit students

Office for Students’ judgement that for-profit college was ‘not financially viable’ raises questions of why Department for Education extended funding access last year

The new president of Boise State University discusses what the Victorians can teach us and how her dream of ‘staying in college for ever’ has come true

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

Tributes paid to long-serving political science professor

Fees are seen by some as a proxy for quality, so an increase might not be all that bad, says Hepi report

Lords committee says Augar panel ‘missed mark’ in not considering how reducing tuition fees could force universities to divert research income to teaching

Agreement with controversial Ramsay Centre follows divisive internal debate

Three professors accused by nine women of using academic powers to press for sex

Robert MacIntosh offers some tips on dealing with the deluge of student reference requests – and on how to get a decent one yourself

‘Distinctive Australian’ scheme will ‘buffer out unintended consequences’, architect says

Early career academics dismayed to see 20 per cent threshold for independent projects and personal development dropped from UK guidelines

Universities urged to reconsider use of large introductory lectures

Stuttering reforms and party control of academics hinder country’s extraordinary scientific rise

As in the UK and the US, universities face questions about whether their curricula feature enough non-white voices

Retention, graduate employment, student feedback and widening participation to guide distribution

Martin Keck, who led the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry’s hospital, is being investigated by Munich’s public prosecutor

New Zealand university swaps former prime minister for Sir Anand Satyanand

eLife editor says radical shift would help readers judge the real value of research, not just where it is published

States have rolled back funding as Washington has stepped in â€“ and this must stop, says Louisiana State president

Overstating the value of an intervention could put patients at risk, say researchers

PhD leavers from overseas seek new companies, but can’t accept visa risks

All chiefs and no workers in Australia’s over-credentialled labour force, says new thinktank

Baroness Amos leaves London institution after issuing warning about its finances

Overseas scholars feel that their presence is ‘tokenistic’, says study, despite state-sponsored drive for internationalisation

Decades of racial division hindering academia’s ability to alleviate poverty

Call for other sector agencies to take on research from regulator

Rapidly growing country could be springboard to wider Asean engagement, say experts

LUISS Guido Carli University uses alumni ties to influence political debate

Rise in Continental recruitment offsets overall flattening in transnational education numbers

Manoeuvre seen as ethically flawed but also as a sign of the country’s growing student debt crisis

Jo Johnson is back in his old brief as England’s universities and science minister, reappointed by the prime minister, his brother Boris. John Morgan looks at his most pressing challenges – some his own creation – and his likely goals

New twist in case which triggered departure of vice-chancellor and management dean

Former deputy Liberal leader to assume the reins from Gareth Evans

‘Hong Kong Principles’ aim to tackle ‘perverse incentives’ in metrics-based policies and university promotion criteria

Countries can boost each other’s prospects with a united appeal to colossal research funding scheme, say sector leaders

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

Move fast and be patient, antipodean institutions told, as doors open in Indonesia

GSM London will end teaching at the end of September, meaning current students must find alternative institutions

Institution hit by 41 per cent budget reduction pins hopes on reducing administrative and academic duplication

Tropical breakthrough represents the latest research application for the tiny aircraft

After the pensions strike, employees’ sense of ‘helplessness’ has ‘evaporated’, says incoming UCU leader

US president’s agitations seen as having political rather than practical goals

The live unveiling of Germany’s Excellence Strategy institutions is greeted by champagne, confetti and a changing of attitudes

Biggest bequest ever to bankroll university’s fight against autoimmune disease

Battling to protect online institutions, Trump administration raises risk to student dollars

Relinquishing guardianship to boost aid eligibility puts spotlight on ethics and debts

Ex-European Commission official predicts ‘zero chance’ of UK joining Brussels research programmes after no-deal, with ‘going global’ and looser rules the likely alternatives

Women who out-earn male partners need to have significantly higher qualifications, Australian survey suggests