King’s school aims to ‘upskill’ civil servants around the world International School for Government chaired by former Australian foreign minister and launched by former UK prime minister Tony Blair By John Morgan 15 September
Switch to English ‘risks social relevance’ of European humanities There have been big declines in the proportion of humanities and social science papers published in Norwegian, conference told By David Matthews 14 September
Conflict researchers fear loss of influence from rise of populism Researchers need to find more indirect ways of promoting peace in an age of nationalism, conference hears By Matthew Reisz 14 September
Humanities ‘risk becoming cherry on top’ of other disciplines Conference on subject area’s future hears warnings against making it mere ‘problem-solving for the sciences and engineering’ By David Matthews 13 September
US-China tension could drive PhD market to Europe Countries such as the UK and Germany could see benefit to their research bases, event hears By Simon Baker 13 September
Is UK’s shift to humanities dragging down the graduate premium? The latest OECD data ignited a debate about the value of an arts degree in the UK, but are there other complex factors influencing the international picture? By Simon Baker 13 September
The impact agenda has refreshed my academic career The pursuit of impact remains controversial, but it has opened doors to more varied careers, says Andrew McRae By Andrew McRae 13 September
World Academic Summit: ‘redefine excellence to achieve diversity goals’ ETH rector says academia should focus on ‘excellent performances’, not quantity of research By Ellie Bothwell 12 September
Elsevier vice-president aims to fix ‘disjoint’ with academics Gemma Hersh acknowledges that publishing giant could do more to demonstrate its value By Jack Grove 12 September
World Academic Summit: reputation of degrees ‘at risk if graduate skills don’t improve’ OECD education adviser Dirk van Damme highlights disappointing maths and literacy scores of university leavers By Jack Grove 12 September
Sir Mark Walport to retire as UKRI chief executive in 2020 Rheumatologist previously served as government chief scientific adviser and director of Wellcome Trust By Chris Havergal 12 September
Education secretary: conditional unconditional offers ‘must end’ Gavin Williamson also calls for restrictions on unconditional offers more widely, potentially via grade threshold or numbers cap By John Morgan 12 September