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The Republic of Ireland’s resident Eurovision expert discloses the secrets to winning Europe’s infamous song contest and why it is not just about political alliances

Share of students going abroad has remained stable for last two years of data

China’s ‘educational inequality’ revealed as country’s lower-ranked universities fall further behind

Humanities subjects set to be hardest hit by restructure

Investigation discovers that three-quarters of advertised posts are filled by an internal candidate

World Bank consultant says India’s decision to relax state control over curricula at some universities is model

American students are increasingly using their graduation headgear to make political statements

Boycott comes as Springer Nature reveals to investors how it uses brand and impact factor to charge academics ‘premium’ prices

Regional students and research facilities claim the spoils in a benign budget for universities

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens will become the first state institution in Greece to teach undergraduates entirely in English

International Studies Association calls for King’s College London professor to apologise over ‘ladies’ lingerie’ remark

Former president of the Czech Academy of Sciences warns of online dirty tricks that may have cost him country’s presidency

Vice-chancellor explains why new degree courses will be vital for the agricultural industry after the UK leaves the EU

Women are less likely to become principal investigators than equally qualified male scientists, Yale University researchers claim

Average pay packages in Victoria push towards the A$1 million mark amid questions over whether spending more gets you better leadership

Reduction in graduate numbers to hit economic growth and tax revenues, says pre-budget modelling

National Universities Commission considering applications from 292 potential private institutions

Government says new student debt figures strengthen the case for change

Title named Digital Publication of the Year at the UK’s Newspaper & Magazine Awards

Theresa May’s call for price competition rejected by sector across the board

Ivy League university wins praise for formally recognising trade union created by graduate students who teach

MPs on Science and Technology Committee not satisfied with government response to Brexit report

É«ºÐÖ±²¥ editorial staff and sector experts discuss the gender pay gap, female leaders and the first women allowed to sit university entrance exams in the UK

Lynn Gladden, Shell professor of chemical engineering at Cambridge, to lead research council

Thailand’s education minister tells conference that a consensus is better for ensuring universities help local communities

Session on how best to support refugees from Syria and elsewhere hears evidence that more vocational options are needed

Tributes paid to a university leader who ‘always believed firmly in what women could do’

Minister plans to simplify ‘dizzying variety’ of rules on freedom of expression

MAC report on impact of international students will be ‘hard to ignore’ for new home secretary

Funding for organisation expected to be confirmed in federal budget

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

UK expertise pulls far ahead of Europe in terms of output, but collaboration will be vital if sectors are to remain competitive with US and Asia, experts say

Those who castigate lecturers in anonymous feedback forms should realise their identity is fairly easy to discern, according to academic

The Booker prizewinning author talks about novelists and academic historians’ ‘complementary trades’, ‘less subtle’ scholars and studying for a lifetime

Submissions invited across 18 categories

Although research has done relatively well in Brussels’ plans for 2021-27, university organisations say extra money is not enough to stop grant application dysfunction

Tech entrepreneur says there is a fear of AI and automation in Europe and North America while students in Asia see it as an opportunity

Study suggests doctorates are now seen as a test of character rather than intellect

British Council conference to hear of downsides to focus on elite higher education institutions

Canadian institution comes under fire over decision to hand award to David Suzuki, a critic of province’s energy industry

Plans to dismantle institutions including Istanbul University are part of efforts to exert more political control over academia, critics say

Brexit could be driving shift in rankings, Reuters suggests

Literary studies offer us vital tools for understanding the roots of Brexit and forging new styles of community, argues new book

HKUST head to lead Saudi Arabian university from September

Maastricht study finds less hard-working students benefit when taught with more persistent peers

Indian lecturer joins with British colleagues to promote literature of those formerly called ‘untouchables’

Imperial College London academic Abbas Edalat has been detained on security charges since mid-April 

Fears over international impact of UT Tyler’s decision, with Nepalese applicants hardest hit

Sarah Churchwell hopes her research can help people rethink the ‘American dream’

But Grattan Institute report urges government, institutions to steer those unlikely to finish towards cost-saving early exit

Regional institutions, facing uncertain funding future, build case for more federal support ahead of budget

Staff strike prompts decision to award ESRC studentships to Cardiff University candidates based on paper applications only

Historian says Trump could attract educated young people if he promised to tackle their debts, while rector tells summit Czech universities remain ‘strongholds of critical discourse’

Provost of Hungary’s Central European University tells conference that autonomy is in jeopardy across continent

Incorporation of AMR in Global Burden of Disease study could be game changer in securing more government funding

OIA report reveals payout of almost £50k to an international PhD student kicked off their course

Worsening political ties have led a Russian government agency to urge students abroad to return home

Big hikes in visa, right to remain fees bring ‘under the radar’ issue to fore and prompt post-Brexit worries for EU staff

Hollywood legend’s backfiring legal action offers lessons for universities on essay mills, says researcher

Australian schools to run short of teachers as funding cuts and ‘bad media’ bite into education enrolments