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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 De?irmencio?lu

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 ¨C 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

Lord Stern's warning adds to concerns about a brain drain from British universities in the wake of the referendum result

Greater financial uncertainty caused by the EU referendum result should lead to a rethink of proposed reforms, says Labour

Ahead of the HE and Research Bill's second reading, vice-chancellors Steve Smith and Edward Peck explain why they think reform is necessary 

The TEF will divide universities into 'institutional sheep and goats' and then starve the goats, writes Dorothy Bishop on the eve of the HE Bill's second reading

Keith Burnett explains why the University of Sheffield's activities in the Yorkshire town of Rotherham might offer many lessons for the government's new education team

Scrapping of BIS prompts warnings that universities may lose influence in Whitehall

Johnson survives Theresa May¡¯s reshuffle

Concerns raised over splitting research and universities, while Theresa May¡¯s focus on ¡®industrial strategy¡¯ prompts questions

Former higher education minister Bill Rammell, now vice-chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire, on why he is pleased that schools and universities have been united in one department

Sector aims for stronger collaboration with schools in new department

The new education secretary has much to get to grips with as she arrives at the Department for Education

Theresa May¡¯s decision to put schools and higher education together won¡¯t automatically lead to closer collaboration, writes Chris Havergal

Justine Greening is new education secretary, while BIS reshaped

Former UN secretary general insists that scholars have to make politicians listen in order to influence change

Jeremy Corbyn urged to investigate claims of abuse much more actively and openly

Vice-chancellors argue that exercise should not go beyond pilot stage because of ¡®significant instability¡¯

Minister invites researchers to send ¡®concrete¡¯ examples that UK academics are being stopped from bidding for EU grants 

David Feldman describes his experiences of being ¡®misrepresented in the public sphere¡¯

The UCU's Sally Hunt warns that if people from the EU no longer feel welcome in UK universities, the damage to our international academic reputation will be near fatal

Impact of EU withdrawal on UK universities ¡®more nuanced¡¯ than some believe, says Nick Hillman

Her ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Office record and previous views on universities give clues as to what we might expect from Theresa May, writes Emran Mian ¨C and it's not all bad news

In ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Office and shadow education brief, Ms May has long history with higher education