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UUK announces new business engagement initiative as data suggests most young people see apprenticeships as viable alternative to higher education

Fresh models of university outposts emerging in regions without access to higher education as financial crisis sees shuttering of traditional campuses

Labour’s push for more research specialisation fits south coast institution’s growing focus on pensioner health, say professors

Scholars hail ‘halcyon period’ of engagement after success of events which help researchers meet the public ‘on their terms’

Former University Alliance head returns to UK to lead research universities group after more than a decade in Australia

Reconceive disagreement as an opportunity to engage rather than a problem to be solved or sidestepped, experts urge, following terrorist tragedy on iconic beach

Reject calls for passive ‘neutrality’ and develop integrated plans to promote student voting, say Jonathan Becker, Erin Cannan and Yael Bromberg

Charles Darwin University facility will train inmates in agricultural skills and environmental maintenance to give them the ‘best chance to avoid reoffending’

New initiative launched to strengthen the role of universities in their towns, cities and regions

As they respond to global challenges including climate change and food security, universities are driving progress across the Arab region, writes Ellie Bothwell

Canberra’s ‘intergenerational community’ will help educate the young, house the elderly and ease loneliness for both, advocates say

Medical training organisations write to health secretary Wes Streeting as call for evidence takes ‘narrow focus’

Government and business should pick up the tab for national priorities, says opposition leader turned university boss

Qantas and McDonald’s move into Australian higher education delivery, offering institutions employer-led pathways and potential new income streams

Universities are ‘defined by who we fight for’ and can win back social licence by focusing on students, Australian vice-chancellor argues

Current site ‘bursting at the seams’, says v-c, as Australian university plans 17-storey new campus in Kuala Lumpur’s financial district

Potential language reforms part of a bigger ‘social licence’ project, assistant minister tells conference

Developers fear ‘glory days’ of non-stop building over as some areas face over-supply problems while city centre overcrowding intensifies

Social licence ‘more fragile than people realise’ in a world where populism rules, science diplomat warns

Institution aims to train doctors equipped to deal with region’s ‘critical health inequalities’

Gloucestershire eyes civic engagement and new revenue streams after saving department store building

Cambridge and Manchester’s blueprint will build on existing assets and address real constraints to deliver results quickly, say Deborah Prentice and Duncan Ivison

Institutions with track record of widening participation to be prioritised for expansion while those not moving fast enough face being struck off

Universities warned against alienating local communities as government emphasises civic mission

Rather than pinning hopes for growth on spin-outs, it is better to invest in upskilling and demand-led commercialisation, says Simon Collinson

Future growth of UK higher education should not just expand graduate numbers but be tied to regional economic strategies, argues new book

Isolated domains of academic excellence must transform into dynamic enterprises integrated with local industry and community, says Aleks Subic

If universities must boost opportunity and growth to unlock financial relief, partnering with strategic authorities makes perfect sense, say Chris Cunningham, Jo Davies, Michael Donnelly and Nadia Siddiqui

Fundamental values that form higher education at stake, warns president of the European University Association

Never much of a vote-winner, higher education now risks the burden of being branded a vote-loser for parties seen as too soft on the sector

Last summer’s Southport riots brought home the importance of fostering mutual understanding in neighbouring communities, says Duncan Ivison

As universities are encouraged to undertake ever more local engagement, my four Bs framework will help them think it through, says Craig Jeffrey

Windows of university building smashed during anti-immigration disorder

Collection of essays honouring Lord Kerslake calls for redrawing of incentives to support universities’ work in their local communities, including possible levy on international students’ fees

Ease of entry encourages access, and most universities have enough places to guarantee entry without requiring personal statements, says Tim Leunig

Report says higher education institutions should do more to foster ‘lifelong active citizens’

Philadelphia city officials probe University of the Arts shutdown, in sign that policymakers might see the need to go beyond their habit of only protecting their publics

New thematic analysis reveals the countries and institutions that are walking the talk on sustainability 

Data reveals the amount of days academics devote to public events, but have scholars become ‘apathetic’ towards civic engagement activities?

Communities are not static and campuses need to be able to roll with them, conference hears

Sudden closure of University of New Hampshire’s Museum of Art shows how future of such facilities is tied to overall health of institution

Land handover entrenches Southern Cross’ sanctuary role

The Technical University of Munich is moving beyond outreach and creating a two-way dialogue with society, says Jeanne Rubner

Civic mission demands close collaboration with combined authorities to ensure graduates, research and relationships are fit for purpose, says Katy Shaw

Wealth inequities ‘a learning tool’ in education geared to ‘whole-person formation’, forum hears

Funding emerges as biggest challenge to helping staff and students set up businesses, as community outreach work ‘nosedives’

Institutional partnerships are on the rise, but the sector must do even more to join forces to tackle global challenges, writes Linda G. Mills

Research heavyweight seeks to tackle the world’s major problems in single biggest expansion in 200 years

Academics say closer links with public services will help to bring scholars closer to their communities

Greater Manchester mayor urges sector to get ready to show next government it can ‘kick-start regional growth’

Action against RMIT service comes as institutions support ‘yes’ vote in forthcoming Australian referendum

Remodelling engineering degrees to include rewilding and ecological restoration would benefit students, society and the planet, says Paul Jepson

Don’t put scientists in a ‘boxing ring’, Australia urged, as bereaved mother walks free from 20-year incarceration

The former vice-chancellor of the University of Johannesburg on the complexities of leading an institution in Africa 

Organisers of pilot study call for nationwide student tutoring effort after working with Exeter school

Key Trump adviser warns party backers about the dangers they now face from easier registration and voting processes on campuses

Protests target wealthy campuses over housing policies and lack of action on crime and community well-being

Brandenburg’s multi-billion euro ‘model for rural medicine’ will not stop doctors wanting to work in big cities, experts caution

Universities need guidance on providing voter registration opportunities and using work-study funds for civic engagement, says Mike Burns

It makes no sense for the country’s new wave of medical schools to be permitted to cater only for overseas students, says Juliet Wright