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Twelve “outstanding” university departments are set to receive Regius professorships to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee last year, the Cabinet Office has announced.

Projects focussing on graphene and research into the human brain have won what the European Commission has called “the largest research excellence award in history”.

A new report from the American Historical Association provides fresh evidence of the impact of marital status and gender on academic careers.

Loss of international student licence exacts heavy toll on London Met. David Matthews reports

University leavers could have better graduate job prospects than their predecessors when they attempt to enter the world of work this summer, a survey has suggested.

The publisher Sage has slashed the price of publishing in its flagship open-access journal to just $99 (£63) in the wake of concern about whether researchers in the humanities and social sciences will be able to afford to comply with the UK’s new open-access mandates.

Four UK universities join forces to gain competitive edge in funding shoot-out. Elizabeth Gibney writes

Staff turn down enhanced offer to stay within national bargaining unit. Jack Grove reports

A university education department has warned that it may have to make redundancies as a result of government cuts to allocations of teacher training places.

Government rhetoric over visas is to blame for a perception that the UK is not a good place for international students to set up a business, according to a recent survey

Reluctance to contest marks or ask for help may be factors in attainment gap. Jack Grove writes

Loss of international student licence exacts heavy toll on London Met. David Matthews reports

Ucas data demonstrate wide-ranging impact of fees and funding changes. John Morgan reports

Ucas data demonstrate wide-ranging impact of fees and funding changes. John Morgan reports

International research unit will tackle ‘lack of data’ on higher education. David Matthews reports

A sideways look at the week’s big stories

Leaked documents reveal backlash over mooted changes to assessment at Surrey

Online study certificates go on sale, but Coursera’s Andrew Ng tells Chris Parr they won’t match traditional degrees

V-c keen to match Loughborough’s sports prowess with broad disciplinary strength.

Universities and science minister David Willetts has laid out how the government plan to spend the £600 million allocated to research in December’s Autumn Statement

Hungary’s higher education reforms are facing fierce student opposition, as Kata Ámon reports

Reddit co-founder’s death may bring closer what activist hoped for in life. Jon Marcus reports

Students at some of the UK’s leading university computer science departments are going head-to head to prove their cyber security skills by battling it out in an online code-breaking challenge.

New College of the Humanities, the privately funded higher education institution charging fees of £18,000 a year, plans to open a free school in partnership with a private school firm.

The University of Bristol was one of the biggest winners in the first year of higher fees, expanding its new student cohort by 28 per cent, while London Metropolitan University saw its intake shrink by 43 per cent.

Staff levels at UK higher education institutions have dropped for the second consecutive year, new figures show.

A drop in student numbers of 30,000 this year could cost the country more than £6 billion over the next 40 years, according to a new report.

Oft-criticised scholarship scheme’s riches will now follow the poor, BIS states. Jack Grove reports

Until the age of slides and computer displays, printed wallcharts and three-dimensional models were essential teaching tools within universities. Many combined scientific accuracy with great beauty and artistic skill. These are just some of the most striking examples from the extensive collection held by the University of Dundee's museum.

Rise in staff submissions predicted despite tightened funding formula. Paul Jump reports

UCU set for tough talk over resources and strategy, general secretary Sally Hunt tells Jack Grove

Effort to halt male bias on event panels sparks controversy. Elizabeth Gibney and Paul Jump write

Essay-writing firm denies inconsistency in its director penning satirical novel. Paul Jump reports

Oft-criticised scholarship scheme’s riches will now follow the poor, BIS states. Jack Grove reports

Lecturers’ live-to-camera marking of student work proves to be a low-budget hit, reports Chris Parr

Jon Marcus on military veterans trading drills and battlefields for disciplinary fields and fundraising

Post-study employment changes and a shrinking ‘expat premium’ prompt second thoughts about value of overseas study. Joanna Sugden reports from New Delhi

A sideways look at the week’s big stories

In the first of a series surveying research evidence about teaching and learning, Graham Gibbs considers the findings on large class sizes

Departing head of Nottingham’s infections centre calls for redoubled efforts. Matthew Reisz writes

Mark Harper shares with John Morgan some good and bad news for the sector on immigration policy

Matthew Reisz on the law centre marking a decade of human rights battles in a new university home

Mark Harper shares with John Morgan some good and bad news for the sector on immigration policy

The number of students gaining first-class degrees has risen by almost 50 per cent over the past five years, data from the ����Vlog Statistics Agency have shown

Queen Mary, University of London, has created a professorial chair in animal replacement science.

The number of academics submitted to the research excellence framework is likely to exceed the number submitted to the last research assessment exercise, new figures suggest.

The UK’s move towards open-access publishing will inevitably place some learned societies’ journals into financial jeopardy, according to the chair of the committee that recommended making the transition.

INTO University Partnerships, which co-owns international student centres with several universities, has sold a 25 per cent stake of its business to a private equity firm for £66 million.

The government has announced that it will ease over-recruitment fines for universities and not cut 5,000 places from their allocations, while calling for "restraint" on staff pay.