Politics

A divided public and constitutional concerns make it impossible for Britain to pull out of the EU, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Can a research powerhouse retain access to EU funds after a referendum backing restrictions on free movement? John Morgan reports

New University Alliance chair John Latham ‘wouldn’t want to be unaligned’ as an institution

New College of the Humanities seeks £8.5 million while BPP University could be set for new ownership

In a THE survey, only three group members confirm they will participate in exercise amid suggestions that others are considering not taking part

It is unclear what Theresa May’s policy will mean in practice, but it could draw universities into the heart of economic planning

Sixteen of country’s 26 institutions face ‘financial distress’ next year

Big questions about teaching excellence framework ‘brushed aside’ in favour of fee rises, HMC senior figure claims

For the second time in a month the American University of Afghanistan has been targeted

ONS figures will raise fears of further drop in non-EU student enrolment

Democratic nominee's policy leaves 'broken' system intact, experts fear

UUK in search for ‘politically achievable’ solution given that end to free movement is ‘likely’

It is imperative that the UK commits to participating in the student exchange programme post-Brexit, says Tim Farron

Group of Eight also warns of ‘policy drift’ and ‘risk to a major export industry’

Sir Steve Smith says it would be ‘odd’ to charge some Exeter cohorts less than others

Shadow minister Angela Rayner says Labour government would also restore EMA

As institutions battle crippling deficits, there are hard and volatile times ahead, writes Martin Hall 

Outgoing British Council director in Iraq sees reasons for optimism, despite rise of Islamic State

Philip Hammond statement aims to tackle post-referendum uncertainty

A leading physicist, activist and author has died

A new condensed master’s will be offered by NMITE among other curriculum innovations

Pilot easing rules for four universities ‘dismissive’ of others’ contribution

Government plans rise in research spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP, far above UK

It is heartbreaking to see idealistic youth attach itself to clueless old sectarians, writes Martin McQuillan

Senior figure sees ‘strong signals’ that Turkey’s academy has been infiltrated, despite international criticism

Centre for Macroeconomics survey finds support for ‘institutional change’ in profession

Tuition rises have left middle classes ‘slammed’, and low African American enrolments can cause tensions, warns Gene Block

The ‘university-educated expert’ v ‘common man’ conflict cements the notion that higher study is not for the poor, says Ryan Coogan

John Denham, former secretary of state for universities, innovation and skills, on the case for rethinking the supply-side strategy

Most selective universities under fire for ‘glacial’ progress on widening access

Sheffield Hallam v-c chosen after government recruitment process

Greek researchers from US institutions hit out at controversial plan drawn up by University of Texas economist

Bath, Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford chosen for two-year master's student pilot

Scholar argues that discussion could benefit from more light and less heat

Investing more in research ‘must be central to our nation’s strategy’, writes Lord Stern on the day his review of the REF is published

Lord Stern's review of the research excellence framework was published today. This is how UK higher education is responding...

Academics in Turkey are scared, and they have every reason to be, says Serdar Değirmencioğlu

Westminster looks to new ways for students from 150 countries to explore their differences

Hepi report looks at New Zealand’s lessons for UK on overseas loan defaults and private expansion problems

The grouping of subjects such as neuroscience and psychiatry with cheaper disciplines will lead to what critics say is a failure to fairly fund mental health research

Six months after the PhD student’s murder in Egypt, John Elmes looks at the case and talks to those who were close to the promising young scholar

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

All scholars have to stand up for academic freedom as the Turkish AKP government works to silence critical voices, Mehmet Ugur writes

Jo Beall assesses how recent changes to higher education and research compare with countries the UK could see as key trading partners post-Brexit

Former education secretary under Thatcher considers how his new work on book burning relates to current debate on censorship

The Turkish government's actions in relation to higher education are understandable, argue Sedat Gumus and Bekir Gur

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

Presidents' associations issue statement in wake of Brexit vote

Fee rises confirmed today will have a negative effect on social mobility, writes Gordon Marsden

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

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

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

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

The report’s deep meditation on foreign policy makes it more than an inquest into the failings of individuals and institutions in the conduct of the Iraq War, argues Glen Rangwala

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

The sector must exploit machinery of government changes to boost science, social mobility and teacher education, argues Sir David Bell

Academia is no stranger to plagiarism controversies – but US politics is. Mark Ridolfo assesses the case of Melania Trump and Michelle Obama 

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

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