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This image of a zebrafish embryo was among the finalists of the Wellcome Trust’s annual image awards, which took place earlier this week

David Willetts highlights possible delay in filling extra undergraduate places

How has debt from higher fees changed students?

Analytical, not visionary, mindset may be best protection against a branch campus blunder

Research Councils UK analysis reveals gender difference in success rates

New space at the LSE for The Women’s Library is the first chapter in exploiting a vast resource

Early career researchers to be represented on university committees

A specialist multi-arts university aims to help its students to become entrepreneurial

But some fear large gifts from US companies may dictate universities’ curricula

A report on global attacks on education also proposes ways to protect the sector

CEO and director of research will represent ‘world-class’ Australian biomedical research centre. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

150 universities pledge to join Institute of International Education initiative

Durham head Chris Higgins announces departure soon after senate debate on reducing v-c’s powers

UK spending on research and development as a proportion of gross domestic product fell in 2012, according to new figures.

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Research funders worried about high open access fees charged by “hybrid” journals could refuse to pay fees above a set threshold, a report suggests.

But university rejects claim suspension relates to activism

People of Indian and Chinese descent in England and Wales are almost twice as likely to have a degree as white British people, a new study says.

The UK is to commit £290 million to three international microscope and telescope projects.

Yale University and Harvard University boast the top two graduate schools in the US for studying law, according to a set of rankings published today by US News and World Report

The University of Sussex has held further disciplinary hearings in the case of students who took part in protests on campus in 2013.

A debate on whether “an arts degree is a waste of time and money” saw the motion decisively defeated.

Tough-minded women are likely to do better in their university studies than men with similar characteristics of “resilience”, a study says.

‘Gender-hostile’ work environments still high on list of problems

Labour have accused the coalition of “complete confusion” after Vince Cable said the write-off estimate on student loans will be revised downwards.

The government’s new immigration minister has threatened to make it tougher for education institutions to keep their student visa licences.

UUK lobbies Parliament over immigration bill concerns

UCL’s Michael Arthur plans to inject research element into all undergraduate courses

UK’s ‘golden triangle’ accounts for 8 of the country’s 10 representatives in top 100

The number of part-time research-only contracts at UK universities has increased by 770 since 2009-10

Parties exhorted to prioritise research investment and internationalisation

Willetts hints that ‘unplanned’ expansion after cap lifts will be scrutinised

New book explores challenges female academics at Cambridge face on route to top

First-ever American poll to be carried out on the effect of higher education on happiness and success

Solutions to demographic, quality and employability issues needed for a sector slow to adapt to globalisation

Applied research group bolsters its roster of expertise with with five new posts. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

UK women are in the majority at almost all levels of university study

Union passes vote of no confidence in v-c it blames for £4 million deficit

Adding 30,000 extra places will spread teaching funds even thinner, sector figures warn

Renowned overseas, now the humanities and social science institution is bidding to raise its profile at home, too

Firms want courses fine-tuned to equip students with the skills they need

Hesa figures show huge rise in numbers with the condition at university

Shift to outreach, Ebdon says, as Offa finds no link between awards and retention

Former Imperial College lecturer claims low student satisfaction scores led to her dismissal

The vice-chancellor of Durham University is to step down from his position later this year, it has been announced.

Ahead of the Jisc Digital Festival next week, for which ����Vlog is media partner, five experts predict the innovations and trends that are set to change the face of higher education and research in the coming years

Slowing growth in international student numbers could have “a material impact on the sector”, while a financial blow from pensions could be looming.

Several UK universities have seen the number of Indian students plummet by more than 50 per cent in recent years.

Regent’s University London has become only the second private institution to be admitted to Universities UK.

Aberystwyth University is to set up a branch campus in Mauritius and start offering degrees from September this year.

Academics vent anger over treatment of international students

Scottish union angry that current dispute not on agenda

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An online university established to take higher education to disadvantaged students around the world has received accreditation

Scheme to be run jointly with ����Vlog Funding Council for England