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Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2016 will include 200 universities for the first time

Student safety and funding are key concerns for Vaal and UKZN undergraduates

Week of university visits may lead to a broader framework agreement

Philip Altbach warns that ‘you can’t starve a higher education system’ without grave consequences

Major/minor course designed to improve graduates’ employment prospects

Term in office marred by protests against outsourcing and suspension of the ‘Sussex Five’

Former head of No 10 Policy Unit to be professor of public policy at the university

What policies, if any, should govern romance between colleagues?

Republic of Ireland has highest satisfaction scores among international students, survey finds

European Association for International Education conference hears crisis, coupled with domestic problems, threatens ‘jewel in the crown’ of US sector

Continent’s youthful population will soon require many more university places, with high numbers likely to study outside their home country

Exams could measure 'learning gain' but may also form part of planned teaching excellence framework

Very few US universities have policies to deal with growing number of stateless people seeking a chance to study

Project to measure learning outcomes globally could have got off the ground ‘if UK had signed on’

Maverick economist explains ‘why the modern world happened’

Academics teaching the subject at university say it needs a place on school curricula as well

Jo Johnson and George Osborne among MPs targeted by campaigners

Study concludes that black and ethnic minority applicants are less likely to be offered a place because they choose more competitive courses

Move comes as universities minister criticises National Union of Students for failing to back new rules to curb ‘extremist’ speakers on campus

Hefce study finds independent school students are less likely to get a first or a 2:1

Sir John makes robust defence of current set-up as he warns sector not to be ‘complacent’ about councils’ future

Are you an idealist or a pragmatist? In his latest book, Self and Soul, Edmundson aims to provide fresh insights into how we might choose to live our lives

But individuals are still much more likely to trust NHS sources of information on cancer

Research by University of Oxford academics provides evidence that student satisfaction scores are unconnected to exam performance

Fledgling company reaches out to the US sector to help broker university and industry collaboration

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Post-crisis, UK academics’ pay stays flat

Funding council role could be taken on by other bodies, according to lead civil servant on Browne review

University shows its new ‘fusion’ collection at this year’s Ceramics Biennial

Stance of Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, who calls fee rise linked to TEF ‘contentious’, appears to contrast with that of Oxford counterpart

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

International students accounted for over two-thirds of the growth in enrolments in past decade, says study

US institutions top the inaugural Reuters Top 100 Most Innovative Universities table

University negotiates compromise deal over controversial conference

Study finds proportion of non-aboriginal people in the country graduating from university is improving at a faster rate

Anxieties over overseas posts largely overlooked as academy highlights benefits of global mobility, researchers claim

Physicist warns that the UK’s high scientific output is based on investment made ‘decades’ ago

£18K-a-year college launches its students into the world with artwork to reflect their CVs and ‘brainwaves’

Critics say Kansas State University show resembled a sexual act, William Shatner disagrees

Five hundred staff face a choice of relocating to Manchester, Milton Keynes or Nottingham, or leaving

Overseas applicants also cited the UK’s attitude to international students as a factor dissuading them from choosing a university in the country

Former business secretary’s book says PM cannot move Theresa May ‘an inch’ and reveals Lib Dems had plan to protect higher education and science budgets under new coalition

An openness to other cultures has long characterised a country often considered exotically remote, says Tibetan scholar as Dalai Lama visits UK

Report author says ITT is fundamentally ‘a university matter’

Universities to scale back liberal arts and social science courses

Grant winners failing to comply with policies to end cronyism and other practices face penalties

Just one in 10 researchers has completed an internship away from the academy, a new survey says

Critics question Jeremy Corbyn’s £10bn policy to scrap fees, but student activists applaud him for putting free education on agenda

Firm’s scheme offers degree funding in exchange for students returning home to work in the country

Debate hears differing perspectives on whether students should have warnings or be sheltered from certain points of view

Academics need to become ‘good gatekeepers’ to students from minority backgrounds, a study from New Zealand suggests

Institution says app was designed to make the experience of clearing ‘reassuring and enjoyable’

Report recommends that branch campuses are scrutinised within institutional reviews of UK awarding bodies

Megan Dunn and NUS national executive committee clash as policy to formally oppose the teaching excellence framework is passed

Brazil’s flagship scholarship programme likely to suffer as government looks for savings. Donna Bowater reports from Rio de Janeiro

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

Norwegian study argues ‘walking for thinking’ is exercise that all researchers can benefit from

Research councils thought to be under review as BIS aims to be ‘sharper, smaller, cheaper’

Sir Adrian Smith on what he feels is the institution’s undeserved reputation for fustiness

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash