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New universities must seek innovative ways to improve the student experience rather than simply mimicking older institutions, says Peter Coaldrake

Muhammadu Buhari concedes he overreached his authority when he replaced university boards

Salary thresholds for non-EU nationals may drive students to rival nations, warns immigration expert

The leading geographer talks to Karen Shook about how to learn from your audience and help build a better politics too

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

Setting up new national outreach programme could stall momentum, expert warns

But government project may not capture ‘value added’ by some universities and courses, critic warns

Twenty-five years after it was founded to promote openness in the post-Soviet era, the Central European University is grappling with new threats to democracy

Liberals’ first budget also includes extra support for students

Hermann Hauser, who led efforts to launch Catapult network of commercialisation centres, sees a major cultural difference between UK and Germany

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

Tim Birkhead warns of the ‘end of science’ unless academics push back against threats to creativity and integrity

Judges rule in favour of two students who brought case after ETS fraud claims

Study suggests saturation point of higher education expansion is some way off

Trend that started in US high schools is increasingly being reported on the country's university campuses, reports Josh Logue for Inside Higher Ed

Getting politicians to learn the lessons of history can sometimes require an indirect approach, Queen Mary event hears

Angela Eagle says that EU membership is vital for the future of universities and the economy

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

The outgoing independent adjudicator talks to THE about eight years at the OIA and the future of sector regulation

The University of California System remains a model blueprint despite Berkeley’s travails, and one the UK would do well to copy, says Alan Ryan

George Osborne also pledges review of support for part-time study and data on graduate earnings by course

Commission for Widening Access calls for ‘entrenched patterns of advantage’ to be broken down

Education minister Simon Birmingham signals potential funding cuts to universities but fee rises plan could also be revived

LSE academic finds link between education and extremism is most pronounced in Muslim world, but extends to the West too

Researchers set out how academic insights can build trust between different groups

In a THE interview, the government’s social mobility adviser and Lancaster chancellor also criticises Jeremy Corbyn fees policy

Ellie Bothwell examines strengths and weaknesses in different higher education systems across the Continent

But Owen Paterson’s claims rejected by NUS president Megan Dunn, who warns that leaving the EU would harm students

Education minister pledges to 'ensure there is no exploitation of people'

Ben Goldacre on why a ban on researchers speaking to politicians and policymakers fails the taxpayers who fund them

Organisation says it has helped enrich the educational prospects of more than 50,000 Palestinian students

Legislation will allow overseas students to include time spent studying in Canada in application

Letter from Sajid Javid and Jo Johnson also sets out funding for 2016-17 and issues warning to Hefce on quality assurance

John Holmwood explains why attendees of the Second Convention for Higher Education plan to write their own legislation

The case for international partnership goes beyond the EU debate, says Allan Goodman

Finance minister’s announcement greeted as ‘tall order’ but also as ‘amazing step’

EU commissioner tells THE that excellent science requires European and global collaboration

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

Stephen Mumford is boycotting any university where handguns are allowed in class – and he wants others to join him

UK universities’ research links would be harmed and their ‘philosophy’ lost to Continent, John Morgan is told in Berlin and Munich

France's École Polytechnique among the institutions signing agreements in aftermath of nuclear deal

Like the Scottish independence referendum, the uncertainty of a post-Brexit negotiation makes fact-checking very difficult

Former students of Trump University appear in campaign videos criticising tycoon’s bid for the White House

Following the BIS committee’s report, MP Amanda Milling says that universities must engage with the TEF to make it a success

BIS Committee urges government to implement full TEF only when metrics are right

Researchers hail separatism as a way for region to escape Spanish bureaucracy 

The Green Paper must recognise the diversity of England’s higher education sector, says John Cater

But concerns raised over Hefce move to contract out quality assurance in several tenders

Universities need a new funding model, say Andrei E. Ruckenstein, Mark E. Smith and Nicola C. Owen, who want academics to take the lead in tackling the problem

Free movement of students and scholars would be hindered by UK leaving EU, says University of Glasgow principal

A leading Marxist political theorist has died

Hepi report says teaching assessment should be delayed to allow for lessons from Ofsted and Care Quality Commission to be incorporated

Government considering regulation that would further hamper enrolment of international students, sector leaders fear

Higher education must look beyond financial gain to help solve the Middle East crisis, says Zahir Irani

US PhD applicant Sabine Parrish recalls an unpleasant encounter with UK immigration

Leaving the EU would damage international partnerships vital to research excellence, v-cs say in letter to national newspaper

Former business secretary urges universities to plug into global networks and emerging markets as he takes up Nottingham professorship

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

OECD planning to change measures of public spending on HE amid complex picture on student loans

The country’s ambitious goals for its universities can’t be hit quickly or cheaply, says Philip Altbach, but they can be achieved