The teaching excellence framework could radically reshape the hierarchy of UK higher education, with small campus universities and post-92s outperforming many of the elite Russell Group ...

The number of European Union students enrolling in UK universities could decline significantly in the wake of Brexit, vice-chancellors fear.

A week before the European Union referendum, Times Higher Education released a poll of university staff. The results were overwhelming: nearly 90 per cent said that they would vote for Remain.

For many academics today, research is not about pushing intellectual boundaries.

Kofi Annan, the former secretary general of the United Nations, has said that those with a scientific or business education background “have an advantage” in an uncertain economic world to deal with crises before they materialise.

Growing numbers of UK researchers say that their applications for European Union research funding are in doubt after the Brexit vote, while there are also reports of foreign scientists opting not to take up jobs in the UK owing to the post-referendum outlook.

Many taught postgraduate courses at UK universities could become unviable in the wake of the country’s exit from the European Union, sector leaders have warned.

Theresa May becoming prime minister could end hopes of a more liberal regime on overseas students, some sector experts fear, but others believe that protecting universities from Brexit damage could prompt her to take a fresh approach.

Social science journal editors are asking scholars to produce “impossible results” and creating an environment that encourages “questionable research practices”, according to two academics who have studied the “grey zone” between ethical and unethical research.

The heads of national university associations in 24 European countries have released a joint statement calling for continued “international cooperation and exchange” after last month’s Brexit vote.