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But there are fears that universities¡¯ reliance on external funding will prevent blue-skies research

New analysis suggests university offers should take greater account of where students went to school

Martha J. Kanter on making equality of opportunity a reality for ¡®the top 100 per cent¡¯ of students

EUA highlights British lion's share of EU research projects and student mobility

Conservative, Labour and crossbench peers all join criticism in House of Lords

The US election result shows the shortcomings of higher education, says Dan Sarofian-Butin

New report sets out the core principles for reducing assaults on higher education

Academic puts forward 'code of conduct' for dealing with Trump era

Researcher reflects on how tweets formed ¡®mini press releases¡¯ for media to spread president-elect¡¯s message

President-elect sees deregulation as route to cutting tuition, but critics warn students will suffer. John Morgan reports from the US

Exploitative employment model is UK higher education¡¯s ¡®dirty little secret¡¯, says Sally Hunt

The former Australian prime minister on making the internet safe for women and helping universities prepare for change

Sandy Grant urges educators to support students¡¯ rejection of prejudice ¨C and call out language that defends the indefensible

For British science to thrive rather than just survive, EU partnerships and global recruitment remain key to fruitful collisions of concepts, says Ian Walmsley

Sir Keith Burnett asks if criticising your country means academics are unpatriotic

Curt Rice's election night party turned sour, but the morning after provided much-needed reassurance

Growth in 2014-15 follows government initiative to nearly double number of overseas students by 2022

Richard B. Spencer, who was filmed shouting ¡®Hail Trump¡¯ at Washington meeting, due to speak at Texas A&M University 

Students at the Chinese University of Hong Kong criticised their v-c for making a speech in Mandarin first, rather than Cantonese

Stephen Hunt explores what The Donald means for for-profit universities 

University of Liverpool vice-chancellor to take role from August 2017

If the government won¡¯t demonstrate the value and importance of university, then vice-chancellors need to step up and do it, say Paul Woodgates and Mike Boxall

Other nations¡¯ approaches to universities on visas may help to guide UK

Africa¡¯s newest country is fertile territory for post-conflict research and more, but they need Western help, says Kuyok Abol Kuyok

Angus Horner believes that investment in the Golden Triangle will give the UK a competitive edge

Welsh education secretary Kirsty Williams sees major benefits in following Diamond review plan

King¡¯s College London professor and member of House of Lords says England 'extraordinary' in world terms for 'one-size-fits-all' emphasis on universities

PA Consulting survey finds vice-chancellors worrying over ¡®barrage¡¯ of policy changes that will lead to ¡®golden age¡¯ of stability being lost

Directly linking non-EU recruitment to award levels in teaching assessment has also been under consideration, sources suggest

BRICS and MINTs, move over for the TACTICS ¨C Thailand, Argentina, Chile, Turkey, Iran, Colombia and Serbia. Ellie Bothwell on a group that could grow into star players in global higher education

John Morgan looks at signals of ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Office backtracking

Pam Tatlow on the recent parliamentary debate of the Higher Education Bill

Chancellor's Autumn Statement confirms extra ?2 billion a year for R&D will be distributed by research funding agencies

¡®Irreversible¡¯ damage to UK science from a hard Brexit will eclipse any harm caused in the US by a Trump presidency, says new Nobel laureate

Maddalaine Ansell, chief executive of the University Alliance, has hopes and fears ahead of Philip Hammond's speech

Fictional professors from film, TV and literature have been reported to new watchlist of 'anti-American' academics

Data from Times Higher Education reveal sharp spike in number of US prospective students and academics interested in moving north of the border

A major political scandal in South Korea has extended to one of the world¡¯s largest women-only universities

The public is still willing to listen to nuanced information, argues Cambridge professor, provided it is presented in the right way

Students and lecturers join forces for a national demonstration over cuts, fee rises and the plight of EU staff and students post-Brexit

Lecturers have long been accused of indoctrinating students with their liberal views, and the grade-obsessed students of today feel the same way, say Will Grant and Darren Linvill

Who can enter whose washrooms in US public universities should be a matter for kindness and common sense, not ideology, says Felipe Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto

Authors suggest something has gone badly wrong with economics as an academic discipline

Book of the week: Political Svengalis, not the public, drive populist pantomimes of democracy, says Angelia Wilson

Political impact of deindustrialisation and free trade seen by experts as key to Trump victory

Jonathan Mirsky on a bleak but believable view of rampant corruption taking a country to the dogs

The government¡¯s partnership with universities has been good for all; Anthony Monaco hopes the new administration will strengthen it

Philip G. Altbach and Hans de Wit foresee a bleak future for America¡¯s global excellence and competitiveness

Nick Hillman welcomes the government¡¯s concessions but says there is a long way to go before this bill becomes law

Plans for powerful new regulator still face 'difficult time' in the House of Lords

Despite having some questions about how the bill will be implemented, Douglas Blackstock believes it is a force for good

It would be 'arrant snobbery' to dismiss Trump supporters as bumpkins, writes Duncan Wu, who predicted the Republican's election win

We need to make America think again, say Simona Aimar and David Egan

Republican platform offers clues to potential higher education policies, say experts

Sir Keith Burnett reflects on what he learned about international students while in India with the UK prime minister

John Morgan looks at what Trump U fraud claims could mean for US president-elect Donald Trump

The amount of learning that goes on outside the classroom makes quantifying what students have learned very difficult, says Jon Scott 

Paul Ashwin takes aim at ¡®common sense¡¯ arguments about the link between contact hours and pedagogic excellence

It¡¯s not just EU nationals that universities should worry about losing, says Timothy Devinney, and a shrinking pound won¡¯t help

Gates foundation director tells Chicago conference that election has highlighted gulf between ¡®haves and have-nots¡¯ in terms of US college education