A study says that nearly four out of 10 new academic jobs created in England over the past decade were filled by European Union nationals from outside the UK, writes Chris Havergal for Times Higher Education. Read more...

The total annual bill for six prominent US universities to run branches in the wealthy Arabian emirate of Qatar comes to more than US$400 million, writes Nick Anderson for The Washington Post. Read more...

Kenya's KES595.8 billion (US$5.8 billion) Silicon Valley, Konza, is seeking local and international universities to set up campuses on its vast land, reports Daily Nation. Read more...

Universities in England accrued record operating surpluses worth nearly £1.8 billion (US$2.5 billion) last year, as their bank balances were filled by the first full cohort of students paying the £9,000 tuition fee, writes Richard Adams for the Guardian. Read more...

Amid mistrust of established institutions, students are quitting mid-course and taking chances with private universities such as Shiv Nadar University, Ashoka University and OP Jindal Global University, which have recently come up in the National Capital Region, writes Sahil Makkar for Business Standard. Read more...

Australian universities are set to crack down on what they say is a high level of fraud by graduates inflating their academic achievements in job and study applications, write Tim Dodd and Misa Han for Financial Review. Read more...

Only a fool ignores well informed advice. And only a very foolish government demands not to receive it in the first place. But that is what the British government is in danger of doing in its new condition attached to government grants, reports Nature. Read more...

Psychology may have just regained some of its lost credibility. In a new study in the journal Science, researchers evaluate the 2015 claim that half of all psychology studies are so flawed they cannot be replicated – and beg to differ, writes Joshua A Krisch for Vocativ. Read more...

Indian Institutes of Technology are set to open entrance tests to foreign students in eight countries for undergraduate and postgraduate studies starting from 2017, reports World Bulletin. Read more...

By Kevin Hylton. Popular culture is remarkable in its ability to remind us that ‘race’ and racism in society are insidious as pernicious discourses and micro-aggressions – from controversies at the Oscars where Black actors complained at their lack of opportunities and therefore recognition, to music and sport. Read more...