Cabinet reshuffle: Damian Hinds appointed UK education secretary Former work and pensions minister replaces Justine Greening, who leaves the government By Chris Havergal 8 January
Keith Burnett to retire as Sheffield v-c Physicist will step down 'in coming months', once successor is appointed By Sophie Inge 8 January
London campus income advantages ¡®outweigh increased costs¡¯ Analysis by Deloitte raises questions about current weightings for teaching and research funding By Simon Baker 8 January
Graduate magnets told to stop ¡®free-riding¡¯ on foreign education Governments could ¡®abandon¡¯ support for sector unless countries that attract graduates recompense those that taught them, academic warns By David Matthews 7 January
Global university collaboration is key to fighting nationalism Universities have a big role to play in counteracting the nationalist sentiment emerging around the world, Amit Chakma says ahead of 2018 Asia Universities Summit By Amit Chakma 6 January
National demands ¡®force universities away from local communities¡¯ Scholars argue swelling targets for teaching and research are making it harder for universities to have a regional impact By David Matthews 6 January
Expertise of OfS board questioned in wake of Toby Young row Appointing right-wing journalist to Office for Students¡¯ board over scientists is ¡®surprising¡¯ and ¡®bizarre¡¯, say senior academics By Jack Grove 5 January
Elsevier maintains German access despite failure to strike deal Some of the biggest universities in Germany are now without contracts with the publisher By David Matthews 4 January
Huge demand for refugee courses at Germany universities Most finished integration courses, but few ended up with advanced German skills ¨C and the vast majority were male By David Matthews 4 January
Former Turkish university rector jailed over 'terrorist ties' Head of private university that closed in July 2016 is latest academic targeted in post-coup crackdown By Jack Grove 4 January
The 2018 global Academic Reputation Survey: why you should take part Phil Baty on how THE's annual reputation survey informs its World University Rankings By Phil Baty 4 January
REF cycles ¡®force academics to rush out poorer quality research¡¯ Study finds 35 per cent increase in publications ahead of submission deadline, but 12 per cent decline in citations By Rachael Pells 4 January
