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Planned reforms of higher education in Ireland have come under fire in a speech by the outgoing president of the sector’s main union.

From Bram Stoker’s Dracula to Edward Cullen in the Twilight series, vampire characters have long had the ability to capture the public’s imagination.

Details have been released about proposals to allow universities in England to win more undergraduate places if they can show they are recruiting strongly.

A “big data” health research centre at the University of Oxford has been announced as the latest to benefit from the government’s UK Research Partnership Investment Fund.

College leaders have voted to scrap the University of London Union after backing a review which said the student union’s federal structure was outdated and offered poor value for money.

Four more universities have announced plans to offer massive open online courses via the UK-based Futurelearn platform, taking the total number of higher education institutions involved to 21.

Two-minute blasts from students’ own music collections to allow dancing in lectures every 20 minutes is one of the techniques being employed by a university to encourage less sedentary behaviour while learning.

Critic says Nature Materials is breaking its own rules

Chinese student at Bath convicted on bribery, firearms charges

UK settlement not on agenda for most, poll shows

Students from ethnic minorities are less likely to be offered a place at a leading research-intensive university than white pupils with the same A-level grades, the UK’s admissions service has confirmed

Blog posts reveal a lack of ‘socio-academic’ confidence among doctoral students paying their own way

Overseas students beat UK peers’ tariff scores on many courses, analysis suggests

Research and publication is by far the most important factor in career advancement, according to a survey of academics

Leader sought to guide Hefce through period of upheaval

Essex scholar raises fears over peer review integrity

Survey finds median wages and employment rates are holding steady

Germany ensures degrees of highly skilled migrants are recognised. Frances Mechan-Schmidt reports

University of London college targets graduate employability and research cash

Growth in university enterprise societies marks a change

Victorian ‘penny dreadfuls’ offer priceless insights into social history

John Elmes investigates the growth in university-sponsored academies

Fossil Free urges universities to dump holdings in fuel companies

Proposed rules on designation call for ‘robust’ quality and finance checks

Cut on cards as union looks to live within its means

The latest round of job cuts at the University of Salford could see up to 87 professional service staff made redundant, with the institution blaming a fall in student numbers under the new system.

Universities are to benefit from a reduced administrative burden in supplying information about their costs, but government pressure to give more of such data to students has met with a cool response.

The University of Manchester has equalled the record for University Challenge wins after beating University College London in last night’s final

The first pan-European massive open online course initiative has been launched by the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities.

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A celebration of the life and influence of legendary historian Eric Hobsbawm, who , brought out family, friends and fellow scholars in force at Birkbeck, University of London this week.

Fewer than ten graduates each from Black Caribbean and Bangladeshi minority groups make the transition to a research degree each academic year, a study has found.

Union takes on management over ‘academic annex’ reforms

Jon Marcus reports on how one of the global capitals of higher education rose to the challenge posed by terror

Robert Gordon head critiques traditional rationale for scholarly activity

A BBC scheme aims to tackle gender inequality

Research paints picture of permanent revolution in sector since mid-1990s

Thinktank calls on federal government to level the playing field

Australian approach offers lessons for UK, forum hears

Starting university-level study in secondary school pays financial and academic dividends, writes Jon Marcus

The ����Vlog Student Experience Survey 2013 shows a responsive attitude and landmark infrastructure projects help to create contentment. Elizabeth Gibney reports

Existing legislation fails to cover Student Loans Company cash

Numbers treble after change in funding requirements

Informal group admits reform will require more work than previously thought

New ‘ambassador’ aims to improve access to elite institutions

The rest of the world thinks so, says Hefce funding chief

Brian Cantor, the vice-chancellor of York University, is to take charge of the University of Bradford as his next post.

A bill to reform the libel system in England and Wales is set to become law after completing its passage through the Houses of Parliament.

The proportion of young people accessing higher education hit a record high of 49 per cent as students scrambled to avoid last year’s tuition fee hikes, a new study says.

The University of Oxford professor of tropical medicine and global health has been named as the new director of the Wellcome Trust.