Can dressing down harm your career? Dress to impress if you want students in your corner, claims US study By Jack Grove 23 July
President’s doctor to lead new Turkish medical university Health leaders express fears for institution’s independence after Erdo?an appoints his physician and party deputy By Jack Grove 22 July
Revised counterterrorism guidance for universities published Institutions expected to assess where and how students might be at risk of being drawn into terrorism By Chris Havergal 17 July
Sir Ken Macdonald: 'obnoxious' anti-radicalisation measures attack campus free speech Senior lawyer criticises Counter Terrorism and Security Act By Jack Grove 2 July
Quality assurance to face overhaul New system to ‘put student needs at the centre’ By Jack Grove 29 June
Terrorists ‘targeting universities and scholars’ says report Hundreds of incidents highlighted by international network By Matthew Reisz 23 June
Universities UK confirms opposition to Israel boycott Universities have confirmed their opposition to any academic boycott of Israel following votes by student and lecturer groups in favour of sanctions. By Jack Grove 3 June
Louise Richardson: radicalisation best tackled by education Education is the best possible antidote to radicalisation, the academic set to be the next vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford has said By Ellie Bothwell 2 June
Author Azar Nafisi tells students to toughen up A well-known author and academic has suggested her students should “go back to the womb” if they can’t cope with the kind of disturbing material literature has always dealt with By Matthew Reisz 1 June
Fund helps protect persecuted artists The Institute of International Education has called on universities to host vulnerable artists. By Ellie Bothwell 29 May
Charlie Hebdo conference given green light after all Change follows ‘comprehensive risk assessment’ by Queen’s Belfast By Chris Havergal 1 May
Charlie Hebdo conference: new risk assessment announced Queen’s Belfast move suggests event could still go ahead, but confusion remains about why conference was cancelled By Matthew Reisz 24 April
Charlie Hebdo academic conference ‘cancelled’ But Queen’s University Belfast says issue is not related to academic freedom and organisers failed to complete necessary risk assessment By Jack Grove 22 April
Academic freedom study to look at protection across Europe and Africa Lincoln researchers asking staff across the continents to take part By Chris Parr 21 March
Academics back decision to press ahead with controversial conference on Israel Dozens put name to statement criticising attempts to stop ‘lawful academic discussion’ By Matthew Reisz 16 March
Israel critic finds job offer revoked after Gaza tweets By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed 11 August
UCU presses Warwick to sever ties with SGH Martineau after blog post Senior associate David Browne likened the handling of Suárez to that of ‘insubordinate’ scholars By Chris Parr 10 July
University of Warwick gags critic of 'authoritarian' sector Suspended professor prevented from speaking at conference By David Matthews 19 June
US scholar sounds alarm on self-censorship over China ties Fears that Beijing’s ‘red zone of forbidden knowledge’ is spreading in the wake of partnerships By David Matthews 19 June
Academic freedom is being constricted, scholar says Matthew Reisz talks to Sunaina Maira, editor of The Imperial University: Academic Repression and Scholarly Dissent By Matthew Reisz 5 June
Murder and ‘blasphemy’: Pakistan’s academy in danger Scholars at Risk Network warns of threats to academic freedom after the killing of a lawyer defending a scholar By Matthew Reisz 22 May
Nigerian university united by Islamist terror Vice-chancellor of Bayero University Kano says his institution grew stronger after a deadly 2012 attack By Chris Parr 8 May
Gerry Adams arrest: police access to Boston tapes has dealt ‘blow’ to research Researcher on project criticises pursuit of recordings By David Matthews 1 May
Under fire: bearing witness to assaults on the academy A report on global attacks on education also proposes ways to protect the sector By Matthew Reisz 13 March
