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Asian academics lend their own languages and experiences to the budding field of queer studies, says ¡®godmother¡¯ of the Taiwan LGBT movement

English regulator¡¯s chief executive sets out priorities for year ahead, including admissions and recruitment review

Tributes paid to a ¡®visionary¡¯ and ¡®far-sighted¡¯ computer scientist

The winner of this year¡¯s Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize discusses why we need to rethink our understanding of Africa, decolonising the curriculum, and the need to tackle big egos

Experts fear approach could give government an incentive to cut aid and could lock graduates in to big repayments

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

Tim Blackman also sees green shoots for part-time higher education in Wales that could nourish revival in England

Balancing Dominic Cummings¡¯ agenda with industrial strategy approach, and deciding on geographical focus for increased investment, seen as key challenges

Craig Poku was the only black PhD student in his department. He reflects on how black British doctoral students can navigate the challenges they face

Strikes threaten to spill into the new year, as little progress made in dispute

Campus demonstrations oppose controversial new citizenship legislation

2020 federal spending plan boosts student aid and research spending

Average remuneration across mission group stands at ?348,090, or ?356,450 including pension contributions

Some traditional marketing-focused courses replaced by programmes emphasising environmental studies and social responsibility

Civil service hostility, legislative complexity and political naivety keep restructure in the slow lane

New rules at Murdoch limit staff members who senators can speak to and remove obligation to report corruption to external watchdog

Altmetric list of scholarship getting the most online attention shows that authenticity in science, and society more generally, is major theme of the year

World¡¯s second-biggest publisher says proposals to accelerate switch to open access would not be sustainable for many titles

Times Higher Education journalists name the academics and administrators who have shaped the debate in the past 12 months

Ex-Tory adviser pushes plan to legislate to create ¡®national academic freedom champion¡¯ to ¡®lead on sanctions where appropriate¡¯

Universities Superannuation Scheme cautions that making governance changes swiftly could be challenging

Latest Ucas data suggest university applicants are now only slightly more likely to use them to obtain a place than any other offer

A$100m agreement ¡®first cab off the rank¡¯ for new foreign interference guidelines

Representative body presses case for education and research spending, as Canberra slashes budget projections

Told by judge to spare defrauded students, secretary toughens loan policy

Germany¡¯s research ministry wants academia to provide the public with ¡®answers¡¯, but scholars say it¡¯s not that simple

Oxford, Cambridge and UCL have been the big winners from changes to formula used to allocate quality-related research funding, analysis shows

Skilful management has delivered growth most industries ¡®would die for¡¯, but new analysis asks whether this can last

Universities concede societal push to handle delicate matters in more legalistic ways

Report calls on Hong Kong to speed up funding system and increase number of junior researchers

While parents are jailed for faking sports credentials, legal avenues still persist, says Ana Mari Cauce

Current approach is ¡®overly restrictive¡¯ and does ¡®not appear appropriate for an open, strong scheme¡¯

Science spending increase, research funding system revamp, targeting of ¡®low-quality courses¡¯ among other potential implications from result

Initiative to tackle issues around openness and poor incentive culture in science gains vital ¡®middle¡¯ layer in fight to boost research quality

Technicians and teachers will also receive more awards under learned society¡¯s plan to ¡®reflect how science is carried out today¡¯

Pro-Palestine group brands order a ¡®dangerous, authoritarian attempt to silence student activism¡¯

Australian authority the latest to review planned merger of Cengage and McGraw-Hill

Expansion of places and radical changes to admissions required or England¡¯s most selective universities may face regulator¡¯s penalties, analysis suggests

Initiative aims to expand the debate about endowments beyond divestment to wider social responsibilities

Some academics feel incentives do not reflect that motivation for research comes from ¡®the pursuit of knowledge¡¯, says researcher

Economic and Social Research Council may provide four years of PhD funding amid concerns over stress caused by three-year model

Lisa Roberts to succeed Sir Steve Smith next September

Despite system promising action soon, student advocates demand end to exams

Web of Science study says articles with more than 100 authors or involving dozens of countries can artificially boost citation impact

Maps ruled invalid by a court in The Hague have appeared in scientific publishing

Email also says staff should not work from home for general reasons for more than one or two days per semester

Australia's top-ranked university joins growing list of institutions trading off the innate commercial value of their land

Government retains title for top independent colleges, while accepting all other recommendations of provider category review

Universities UK poll shows Britons value skills rather than income level when it comes to immigration

Independent process ¡®found several areas in which we will need to improve our board of governors¡¯ processes¡¯, says UEL

University of Texas at Austin scholar argues that the poor state of quantitative psychology makes replication impossible

Drip feed of funds from the supposed fix to voluntary student unionism leaves guilds in perilous state, warn union leaders 

Campuses are being physically repaired but questions remain over whether trust can be restored among staff and students 

Research partnerships with the Asian giant keep homegrown AI innovation afloat, new report argues

From tactical voting to farmyard animals ¨C what do students think about the 12 December General Election?

Sleepless summer beckons for policy wonks, as Canberra endorses another major review

Universities offer insights on engaging with industry, excelling at research support and tackling the student mental health crisis

Guardian editor-at-large turned Manchester sociology professor discusses how UK universities are in an ¡®analogous crisis¡¯ to journalism on race

Professor warns over possible fallout from Japan¡¯s education ministry polling 400,000 third-year students at 500 universities 

Study finds that overseas scholars in former communist countries work there not out of deliberate choice but often due to ¡®happenstance¡¯, love or to escape poor job prospects at home