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Strikes planned, welcomes canned, visits discouraged and events cancelled as campuses brace for strife

More than 2,000 students affected by Liverpool¡¯s ¡®academic sanctions¡¯ in two years

New figures suggest steep rises in university participation rate in several Middle-Eastern countries, say Justin D. Martin and Fouad Hassan

Poland¡¯s underperforming university system raises hard questions for those who advocate academic self-government over ¡®managerialism¡¯ 

Travel time negatively affected progression at three of six London universities studies

Unite Students¡¯ executive pay deals prompt union criticism of ¡®massive rises funded by public money and student debt¡¯

Four out of five presidents in survey describe escalation in recent years

Cultivating open-mindedness and intellectual humility is the best way to combat arrogance and insouciance, says Bethan Willis

Continuous retraining is widely seen as the answer to the coming job losses caused by automation and artificial intelligence. But are universities the best places to provide it? And are their courses, structures and funding systems optimised to do so? Anna McKie reports

Tuition comprises less than half the cost of attending US universities, but taxpayers may be unwilling to cover it, says Anthony P. Carnevale

Students want above all to develop ties with the people and places they interact with, say Liam Keenan and Maddy Thompson

Students¡¯ talents wear many guises, depending on the person, the field and the judge. But instilling ethics is also crucial, says Howard Gardner

Relinquishing guardianship to boost aid eligibility puts spotlight on ethics and debts

German universities need to collect better data and rethink selection system to improve integration, analysis finds

Students from poorer regions who enter their local workforce after graduation should also be celebrated, says Sir David Bell

Survey affirms need for boosting human-based concerns in admissions and curricula

But overall students are split on the policy of making lower grade offers to applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds

Scholars question whether move against autonomous private schools will go far enough in equalising university admissions

Law dean calls Amy Wax¡¯s views ¡®repugnant¡¯ but does not answer demands for her removal

Student and applicant data have been stolen in a ¡®malicious and sophisticated¡¯ phishing attack on Lancaster University

Minority institutions wary of big candidate promises to lavish them with support

The banning of certain academic books by prisons in Northern Ireland is deeply counterproductive, says Dieter Reinisch

Provision of teacher residencies and mentoring by universities seen as key to long-term science improvement

Efforts to make college cheaper should not detract from attempts to improve the other side of the value-for-money equation, says Kevin Vanzant

Conference hears about the challenges of coexistence between proselytising religious students and their secular peers

Universities need flexibility to admit more students and it is wrong to call full-fee places ¡®elitist¡¯, deputy v-c argues

Widespread talk of free college may give way to tougher institutional measures, conference hears

Review says university¡¯s handling of case created ¡®profoundly unsatisfactory outcome for almost every single person involved¡¯

The coach, Peter Brand, had accepted high home purchase price from applicant¡¯s father

Housing and food costs interfering with study, Melbourne study finds

Only a quarter of biology conferences set rules on attendee behaviour and penalties for misconduct are even rarer, study finds

Daughter of academic immigrants has plenty of history on higher education policies

Digging in will solve nothing, university presidents say, as protests continue

Report finds groups such as Christian Union can play an important role

Supplementing SAT scores with an ¡®environmental context dashboard¡¯ will not overcome the influence of non-academic factors, says Jessica Welburn Paige

Some churn in standings sees a number of institutions drop dozens of places

Newly arrived undergraduates are typically too immature to be trusted with the conduct of their own lives, says Felipe Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto 

Case hinged on university¡¯s failure to promptly read a form on which the student declared their opposition to immunisations

England¡¯s new Disabled Students Commission will help eliminate the institutional missteps that can still blight disabled students¡¯ experiences, says Chris Skidmore

UK government's Prevent strategy is ¡®true threat to free speech¡¯ in universities, argues Hepi pamphlet by former US government civil rights official

Oberlin ordered to pay $44 million (?35 million) after leading discredited boycott

University of Derby project will produce guidance on improving curricula, pedagogy and assessments

Hepi/Advance HE annual survey finds improvements, but lower perceived learning gain on some courses will be scrutinised in post-Augar era

Improving links between students, landlords and institutions can avoid the pitfalls of the private rental market, says Ahmed Mussa

The controversy over a Harvard dean¡¯s defence of Harvey Weinstein is no reason to disregard the core academic mission, says Sandro Galea 

Schemes awarded funding include early intervention scheme developed with support of father of student who took his own life

The unaffordability of two rents severely restricts the study options of care leavers and estranged students, says Roy Celaire 

Reviving maintenance grants will redirect taxpayers¡¯ money to those who don¡¯t need it. Better to spend it on lifelong learning, says Ryan Shorthouse

Universities need to give staff more support about how to deal with negative comments, say researchers

Event will include launch of THE Europe Teaching Rankings 2019

The panel have skilfully avoided some potential elephant traps and have come up with a sensible and wide-ranging view that deserves political attention ¨C even if it doesn¡¯t get it, says Nick Hillman

Consumerism, technology and the culture wars threaten to render critical thinking an unwanted skill, worries Victor Ferrall

Australian university agrees to ¡®further change¡¯ at residential colleges

European Union students enrolling in 2020-21 will pay same fees as UK students

Student organisation considers taking action over interest change on basis of treaty stating higher education must be ¡®gradually made free of charge¡¯

Impact of massive gifts may be limited if high dropout rates among disadvantaged students cannot be reined in

Most universities still rely on exams and assessed essays to grade their students. But as the fourth industrial revolution, employability and student satisfaction all rise up the agenda, many experts are suggesting that assessment needs to much more closely resemble real-world tasks. Anna McKie marks the arguments   

Ohio State tallies 177 male victims of Richard Strauss amid ignored complaints

More needs to be done to encourage women into technology and engineering at school, say observers

English minister calls on campus leaders to do more to stamp out antisemitism