Institutional reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency could become a thing of the past in favour of more robust internal monitoring by universities themselves, a draft policy paper suggests.
Glyndwr University鈥檚 new interim vice-chancellor Graham Upton has said the troubled institution is 鈥渙n course for financial stability鈥 despite a turbulent few years.
Job losses could be in prospect at Aston University, with the institution saying it has to 鈥渓ook at how we do things鈥 in the light of more higher education cuts.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced the government department covering higher education will have its budget for this year cut by a further 拢450 million.
The National Union of Students will not hold a national demonstration against austerity and student poverty this autumn after outgoing president Toni Pearce used her casting vote to block the action
The government says it will help ensure that there is 鈥渕inimal to disruption to students鈥 at the University of Law and that 鈥渋ts high quality of education is upheld鈥 following the purchase
Jo Johnson has pledged that the UK has 鈥渁n ambition to grow鈥 its international education activity and has committed to addressing the fall in the number of students coming from India
A well-known author and academic has suggested her students should 鈥済o back to the womb鈥 if they can鈥檛 cope with the kind of disturbing material literature has always dealt with
Planned cuts to the European Union's research budget have been reduced by 鈧500 million (拢357 million) following pressure from scientists, university leaders and MEPs.
