What are the hot research areas that might spark the next big bang?
We examine citation data to get an idea of the most exciting and potentially ground-breaking research topics
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Jo Johnson reappointed as universities and science minister
Johnson survives Theresa May’s reshuffle
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Tory MP backs call for UK migration figures change on students
Conservative event also sees universities minister address Brexit vote
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Call for African universities to focus on science
Technically-trained graduates vital for development, says thinktank chief
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Interview with Jeremy Irons
We talk to the new chancellor of Bath Spa University about censorship, Brideshead Revisited and why campuses should be a place for outrage
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Dons of a different kind: researching the Mafia
An academic researching the Camorra talks to John Elmes about Kalashnikovs and pizza, investigating a closed community, and how she stays safe
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Can universities make the Canadian economy grow?
David Matthews reports from Canada on the Trudeau government’s plans to convert academic research into commercial gains
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Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and its Threat to Democracy, by Cherian George
Book of the week: Political Svengalis, not the public, drive populist pantomimes of democracy, says Angelia Wilson
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Chris Husbands appointed as TEF chair
Sheffield Hallam v-c chosen after government recruitment process
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Strategy under attack
É«ºÐÖ±²¥ government's higher education strategy has been attacked for encouraging undergraduate vocationalism at the expense of the real graduate qualities valued by industry. In this month's edition of...
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Union calls off ballot for industrial action
The University and College Union has called off its ballot for industrial action
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Seymour Roworth-Stokes, 1965-2016
An acclaimed designer who became an academic leader has died
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The great escape: boltholes for academics fleeing Brexit and Trump
From Australia to Singapore, David Matthews and John Elmes weigh the pros and cons of likely destinations