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BIS confirms it is looking at how to cut costs, after news emerges of ‘quick and dirty’ McKinsey review

Sector needs national standards and more industry links to drive and sustain economy, say experts

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Lecturer who masterminded student-run commercial operation Re:So shortlisted for enterprise education award

UK’s quality body rejects funding council proposals to scrap institutional reviews

Students ‘in strong position’ as number controls lifted, say sector observers

England urged to learn from country where attrition rates rose after student numbers cap was lifted

Incoming vice-president of international operations at Case says that UK fundraisers are ‘wildly talented’ but that the talent pool is ‘still very small’

More than 44,500 people registered on an access to higher education diploma course in England and Wales in 2013-14, new data show

Government loans may not reverse decline of UK postgraduate numbers, study suggests

Twelve universities across the continent are offering course aimed at next generation of development professionals

More than 60 universities in Germany provide help for the country’s growing number of refugees, study says

Results could be used as part of teaching excellence framework to determine which universities can charge higher fees

Study praised founder of now defunct charity, Camila Batmanghelidjh, for ‘beauty and profound truth’ of her message

Ravi Shankar currently on unpaid leave

Study warns universities not to ‘police’ students’ lives and criticises absence of policies on sex work

Relocation of call centre creates savings that are reinvested to improve provision, says IT head 

Pair of employees at the American University in Dubai deny criminal charges

Phyllis Wise says she will step down due to ‘external issues’ affecting the institution

University refutes accusation by Max Watson, management critic who was target of ‘plague’ comments

High level of ‘not knowns’ again prevents publication of institution-level information 

Sorana Vieru says exams and essays 'privilege' more advantaged students, calls for changes to 'Middle Ages' format

Poet and Russia scholar has died at the age of 98

Labour leadership hopeful would also extend student finance to apprentices

PhD student’s Anglo-Iranian composition to be performed at London opera festival

UK is second to US for nationality of Nobel prizewinners in the 21st century

Study finds that pay gap between graduates from independent and state schools grows by 11 percentage points in the first three years of employment

Director of knowledge exchange hub says that the arts and humanities can play a key role in bringing creative companies and academics together

Crick and Watson's landmark papers on the structure of DNA would have been rejected by modern editors for lack of data, researcher argues

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

UCU members vote two to one against terms that they fear may leave them liable to summary dismissal

Ahelo academic and funder blame research elite for thwarting international graduate tests, but criticisms also levelled at multimillion-dollar ‘failure’

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Participation up among students who had free school meals

Institute of International Education says there is an increased enthusiasm for academic cooperation between the two countries

US-owned institution becomes Arden University

New College of the Humanities and Pearson are seen as potential beneficiaries of Productivity Plan

THE Africa Universities Summit hears that scholars may be tempted back by improved standards, better facilities and a welcoming atmosphere

Senior figure at UN-established agency questions role of for-profits and says universities should be at centre of debates on continent's future

Eversheds partner says that link-ups could span borders in the UK and overseas

Course looking at ‘key security issue for East Asia’ part of major University of Central Lancashire investment in Korean studies

The University of the Aegean is seeking permission to admit refugees arriving in their thousands on the shores of Greek islands

New plans focus on putting Hungarian higher education on solid international foundations

Conference hears that bespoke THE measures could help to incentivise improvement and attract public funding

Initial teacher training chief moves to the Ministry of Justice

Three per cent increase in enrolment driven by older age groups as exam results released

‘No evidence’ that success at university is linked to achievement in professional assessments, accountancy firm says

Study finds that students choose to major in subjects that are ‘more challenging’ in bad economic times

Presidential commission recommends new ministry to push technological development

Cuts will “hurt the country’s competitiveness and citizens’ well-being”, says rector

QAA chief Anthony McClaran, who is soon to take over Teqsa, tells Chris Havergal that Down Under they have pioneered a risk- and data-based system

Report finds that reassurance about finance made school pupils significantly less likely to want to progress to higher education

Institutions from 10 countries feature in a top 30 that previews what a new ranking, being discussed at the Africa Universities Summit, might look like

Reaction to TES list – as chosen by teachers – is mixed

Former president of South Africa addresses inaugural THE Africa Universities Summit

Trinity College Dublin and the University of Limerick become the first organisations outside the UK to gain an Athena SWAN charter mark for gender equality

Staffordshire lecturer’s illustrated activity book introduces students to research techniques

A. C. Grayling’s ‘Oxbridge-style’ private college strikes agreement with post-92 institution

Pharmaceutical firms were mentioned most often in universities’ impact case study submissions to the research excellence framework, according to a report

The University of Surrey’s centre for testing the next generation of mobile technology has seen significant buy-in from industry