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Unprecedented ’cleansing’ of academia may force many leading minds to leave the country, scholar warns

Presidents' associations issue statement in wake of Brexit vote

Three institutions agree to changes over fees, course costs and progression

University College will also offer 'bridging programme' to help undergraduates develop academic skills

Widening participation by the group ‘hugely held back’ by lack of agreed statistical category, conference hears

Academics explore how the seemingly sedate game of housey-housey has attracted many different kinds of government intervention

Maximum fees raised in line with inflation for year one of teaching excellence framework

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

Scholars take an audience back to the movie nights of 50 years ago

Social science scholars are attempting to produce ‘impossible results’ due to demands from journal editors, finds study

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Recent attempts to get round US gun lobby’s blocking of federal funds for gun violence research could be making an impact. Jon Marcus reports

Thinktank proposes to fund Corbyn goal of scrapping fees by National Insurance education accounts

Liverpool’s Michael Dougan on ‘poisonous’ anti-expert rhetoric and the UK’s EEA deal chances

The É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Office has also released data showing experiments on animals across the country have broadly flatlined since 2013

Hundreds of deans have been ordered to resign while academics have been told not to travel abroad for work in the wake of the failed coup

The ‘relatively modest’ research reputations of some senior US university leaders make their pay ‘grotesquely unmerited’, claims author of report

Unlike the rest of the EU budget, research funding disproportionately flows to rich members. But there are pressures for this to change

New education secretary praises moves to open up sector to new providers, but majority allowing bill to next stage is only 36

Lord Stern's warning adds to concerns about a brain drain from British universities in the wake of the referendum result

Greater financial uncertainty caused by the EU referendum result should lead to a rethink of proposed reforms, says Labour

Former universities minister calls for creation of academic council to advise ministers on decision making

Sector experts debate whether continental outposts would help to mitigate any decline in student recruitment

'Arguments premised on consumerism are not likely to influence me' insists academic after students suggest staff should not express personal opinions

Scrapping of BIS prompts warnings that universities may lose influence in Whitehall

Effectiveness and impact of one-day strikes targeted at university graduation and open days also questioned by expert and employers

Some believe the momentous referendum result may harm the UK’s ability to compete for the world’s best PhD students

Johnson survives Theresa May’s reshuffle

Shift may be evidence that researchers feel they are increasingly judged on citations and journal impact factors

Concerns raised over splitting research and universities, while Theresa May’s focus on ‘industrial strategy’ prompts questions

Sector aims for stronger collaboration with schools in new department

Thinktank advises universities to take advantage of UK’s ‘instability’ after EU referendum

Research league calls for funding decision makers to see UK partners as desirable

Former UN secretary general insists that scholars have to make politicians listen in order to influence change

Lack of progression may help to explain BME under-representation in academic workforce

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

Some scholars claim plans are more about improving staff visibility to students than brightening corridors

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

No staff will be lost, says Durham vice-chancellor

New exhibition celebrates the achievements of 12 female academics at the University of Sussex through photographic portraits inspired by Rembrandt

Academics gave ghostwritten papers good marks in Australian study

Two recipients of a new initiative at Portsmouth Business School describe their experience of joining a UK university

Offa concerned that institutions lack evidence for effectiveness of outlay on bursaries and fee waivers

Jeremy Corbyn urged to investigate claims of abuse much more actively and openly

David Feldman describes his experiences of being ‘misrepresented in the public sphere’

Plans to allow graduates of France’s most elite higher education institutions to claim the title of PhD without taking a viva have enraged some Gallic scholars

University of Hertfordshire modules are marking how well classmates encourage each other to participate

Vice-chancellors argue that exercise should not go beyond pilot stage because of ‘significant instability’

Minister invites researchers to send ‘concrete’ examples that UK academics are being stopped from bidding for EU grants 

Government and universities must find ways to remove obstacles to cross-cutting research, says report

Lawsuit against University of Cincinnati claims decision went against US gender discrimination laws. Maxine Joselow reports for Inside Higher Ed.

Iranian-Canadian Homa Hoodfar, who has conducted research on Islamic family law and Muslim dress codes, was imprisoned last month

Impact of EU withdrawal on UK universities ‘more nuanced’ than some believe, says Nick Hillman

Focus on teaching in proposed framework ignores its primary role as extra quality assurance tool, claims researcher

Tyneside-educated scientist to lead institution from next year

In É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Office and shadow education brief, Ms May has long history with higher education

For-profit college stripped of right to receive public funds

Senior academic from the university embroiled in the ‘Climategate’ scandal warns how open data can be used irresponsibly to damage science

Secretary general of the Guild of European Research Intensive Universities says shortfalls of Horizon 2020 must be addressed

Daphne Koller says online platform reached millions of learners largely because of the publicity, both good and bad, about Moocs