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It’s time for physics to make a big bang, the woman from the ministry tells Elizabeth Gibney

Event hears how online learning offers ‘alternative public realm’ for Iranians. Matthew Reisz reports

Supportive voices petition Cambridge authority over massive property deal. John Morgan reports

Australia swapped its higher education quality agency for a body with more powers and a much bigger appetite for detail. A year later, the sector is still eyeing Teqsa warily, reports Paul Jump

David Matthews reports from the World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha and hears Tony Blair’s former adviser argue for university ‘turnover’

Beware online misrepresentation, says academic mistakenly linked to tarot book. Chris Parr reports

Company’s education leader calls for greater focus on graduate employability. David Matthews reports

FoI reveals moves and countermoves in struggle for state cash and influence. John Morgan writes

ESRC offers grants for ambition

A National Union of Students protest against tuition fees and youth unemployment ended in ugly scenes today when a splinter group forced the union's president from the stage during the closing rally.

Liberal Democrat MPs who signed a pledge against increasing tuition fees should not stand for re-election, according to parents quizzed in a new poll.

Students at two US community colleges are to be given access to a tailored online computer science programme delivered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), thanks to a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

A third of Britain's most high-profile people went to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, a study has found.

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BP has launched a new scholarship programme for "talented science, technology, engineering and maths undergraduates studying at nine selected universities across the UK".

Agents for international students looking to study abroad have reported fewer difficulties in obtaining student visas for the UK than last year, according to a new survey.

Universities UK has confirmed that Sir Christopher Snowden will still be its next president, after a technical error forced it to rerun the nominations process.

Critics of complementary and alternative medicine have condemned the Privy Council's decision to award a Royal Charter to chiropractors' professional body.

Grant awards success rates rise but income falls for some research-intensives. Elizabeth Gibney writes

Senior scientists critical of allocation rules and assumptions behind £100m grant for ‘gold’ fees, writes Paul Jump

Research councils benefit from external and internal pressures. Paul Jump reports

Student information website provokes dismay in further education sector. David Matthews reports

But leadership unease over mass demo lessened by hopes of campaigning dividend. John Morgan writes

Composer and banker team up for opera created by stock market patterns. Matthew Reisz reports

����Vlog to anoint worst example of corporate gobbledegook in sector. Chris Parr writes

UK higher education is in a "strange situation" as the legislation required to implement wide-ranging government reforms is not in place, England's funding chief has said.

The Egyptian government may shun the UK as a destination for postgraduate students on state scholarships because of frustrations over visas.

Two UK language departments may be forced to close their degree programmes because they recruited too few students for 2012-13, a lecturers' association has claimed.

Ex-foreign secretary decries border policy debarring lucrative overseas students. Chris Parr reports

NCH looks to go from 60-student intake to degree powers, campus abroad. David Matthews reports

University plans to expand in Greenwich Village have sparked a grass-roots revolt, finds Ian Wylie

From 1981, the Women's Peace Camp at Greenham Common mounted a sustained non-violent protest against the first cruise missile site in the UK.

New HE minister aims to unblock channels to openness. Joanna Sugden reports from New Delhi

Essential discipline threatened by declining domestic and foreign interest

A scholarship scheme designed to encourage students from poor families to apply to university is not working as it was intended, the sector's access chief has claimed.

The Council for the Defence of British Universities has officially launched with a call for members, funding and ideas.

Higher tuition fees were the biggest contributor to a rise in inflation announced today.

Two Midlands university business schools have won a bid to create a research centre that the government hopes will boost the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK.

By Allie Grasgreen, for

Plans for universities to control the content of A-levels are likely to prove expensive and “unworkable” in many subjects, higher education institutions have warned.

Universities UK has reopened nominations for its presidency after a technical error in the process that led to the appointment of Sir Christopher Snowden, the University of Surrey vice-chancellor.

The distribution of more than £100 million in research council funding for open access article fees will be directly proportional to how much universities have charged the councils for direct labour costs over the last three years.

'Reposition yourselves' mission groups are advised as institutions switch allegiance. Jack Grove reports

Longitudinal study adds to concerns raised about the future of UK research. Jack Grove reports

Branch campuses may seek independence in long term, experts acknowledge. David Matthews writes

The sector is considering protecting its reputation among international students by creating an insurance scheme that would provide compensation or transfer to other courses for those affected if their universities fail or can no longer teach them.

Survey stays intact after politicians and scientists put proposal on ice. Paul Jump writes