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The former president of Carnegie Mellon University will lead the Singaporean institution from 2018

Cancer expert whose research was shaped by her experience of the disease remembered

Financial uncertainty had forced institutions to cut jobs and courses

Law professor says universities struggle to understand the majority of the population who do not have degrees

Forty-eight per cent of universities report drop in overseas undergraduate ‘yield’, following election of divisive president

Arizona State University’s Michael Crow was the highest-earning leader in 2015-16

Leading geomorphologist who spent his career at Cornell is remembered

Anthropologist spent more than a year among lecturers to understand why they don’t adopt innovative methods

Academics standing for election aim to stand up for evidence-based policymaking

Foreign nationals who fear being barred from re-entering country if they go home for break are being supported with accommodation and funding

‘Shocking’ shift away from fundamental projects harms country's scientific reputation, says author of report

The inventor of the concept of emotional intelligence explains how the idea can be built into the culture of universities