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Les Ebdon claims fee level has not put off poor students as spending to attract them climbs and admissions rise

Highly cited researchers’ other roles help to elevate Saudi university

Two influential bodies call for free tuition as Tennessee unveils lottery-funded college study

John Green is the man behind a researcher-led effort to cook up sound institutional comparisons

A shift in method of delivery rescued an interpretation programme for Dadaab camp inhabitants from closure

String of poor decisions preceded suspension of highly trusted status

Disquiet over plan to appoint new professor in digital humanities

Universities have proposed wide-ranging changes to modern languages A levels as “serious deficiencies” mean they are seen as “dull and uninspiring”.

The vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton is to retire

Greg Clark has been unveiled as the new minister for universities and science

Departure announced as Prime Minister carries out cabinet reshuffle

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Universities have a crucial role to play in “a national recovery programme” to improve the level of Britain’s linguistic skills.

London universities have launched a fresh attempt to woo Indian students in the face of a huge drop in the number coming to study in the UK.

Move follows critical report and ‘discussion’ with minister

Martin Bean is to stand down as vice-chancellor of The Open University at the end of the year.

Princess Anne’s visit to King’s College London has been postponed after a staff walk-out in protest at proposed job cuts.

University applications have risen by 4 per cent, according to the admissions body Ucas.

Survey of institutions by senate subcommittee shows many are failing to meet legal obligations

Malapropisms fuel the nominations for the best of this year’s exam bloopers

ICO rules that there is ‘public interest in transparency and openness’ in case involving King’s College London

Observatory on Borderless ����Vlog report author urges UK universities to factor in growth of transnational education

Poor-quality courses on platforms such as Coursera, edX and Udacity could cause reputational damage to universities, says Oxford expert

A merger could enable the US school to use Ashridge’s degree-awarding powers

Dean Nigel Piercy is accused of ‘undermining’ academics’ confidence with his outspoken view

150 years of the satirical magazine is now available to researchers

Yorkshire powerhouse puts accent on interdisciplinarity, research themes and life lessons for undergraduates

Minister keen to reform archaic system, including consolidation of institutions, end to two-track admissions

Academic weekender in Brighton explores youth subcultures and theory

The latest higher education appointments

More universities introduce teaching professorships but rewards still lag behind those for research

Most higher education institutions had graduate employment levels between 90 and 95 per cent, with 25 institutions having rates above 95 per cent, the latest destination statistics for university-leavers showed last week

Senior associate David Browne likened the handling of Suárez to that of ‘insubordinate’ scholars

Crowdsourcing advocate Andy Hudson-Smith discusses the funding and social-media mining potential of mass appeals

Maintenance and upgrading should not be overlooked when budget allocations are made

UK applicants predominate for first private medical degrees

Vice-chancellor’s absence fuels speculation but university stays quiet

Use of comments section of THE’s website to apprise staff of revised redundancy plans defended

But Vince Cable did not accept Christian Brodie’s resignation

The Labour Party will introduce new “technical degrees” if it is elected at next May’s general election.

Sir Paul Nurse, Lord Stern and Sir John Tooke warn that UK-split would damage research effort

Blog posting revised after Twitter storm

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Union asks students to probe institutions’ employment practices when visiting campuses

Young academics will be 30 per cent worse off in retirement than their older colleagues, a new study suggests.

Terence Kealey has retired from his position as vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham, the privately funded institution has announced.

The government has announced four new University Enterprise Zones that will be set up across the country.

A string of universities sponsoring school academies have been told to raise their games in light of poor standards. 

Princess Anne to open new neuroscience building as staff take action over job cuts

Graduate employment rates have risen for a second successive year, but are still yet to reach pre-recession levels, new figures show.

A London university has become the first in the UK to allow a student to sit on the panel that decides vice-chancellors’ pay, a union has said.

Imperial College London broke animal welfare rules “on an unacceptable scale”, creating an “unacceptable risk” of “appreciable” harm to animals.

Mark Pegg is to step down as chief executive of the Leadership Foundation for ����Vlog this month, it has been announced.

Parents and young people are underestimating levels of student debt after graduation, according to the results of a new survey

Leeds v-c and former Hefce head Sir Alan Langlands ‘worried’ by George Osborne’s comments on science in the North

Survey of university chiefs reveals smouldering anger and ‘black swan’ event predictions