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Nearly half of all university finance directors believe now is a good time to be taking “greater risk” onto their balance sheets, according to a survey by consultants Deloitte.

Academics at leading South Korean universities are the world’s best at attracting funding from business, a new study says.

Glyndŵr University is to offer half-price postgraduate degree courses to British students in what it called an attempt to “stop knowledge and skills leaving home soil”.

Rick Rylance has been reappointed chief executive and deputy chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council for a further four years.

Observers predict admissions turmoil as Russell Group members join clearing

Data on what each UK university will charge next year show how the cost of study can vary wildly

Lack of experience of large research budgets won’t harm Hefce chief, say supporters

Research finds woe for squeezed middle, windfall for high-paid graduates

The number of students starting modern languages degrees fell by 12 per cent last year – double the overall drop in student numbers, new figures show.

Savings are expected to surpass government goal

Low rents, cheaper fees and lack of construction ideal combination

Coventry University’s Madeleine Atkins emerges triumphant from a ‘strong field’ of candidates

Sector may lose places after new inspection regime reports dip in standards

Warren Bebbington on a flexible response to the limits of growth

The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has been officially designated as a higher education institution.

More than 40 universities are to receive money in the latest round of a scheme to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions.

Interviews begin for chief executive post: will a woman get the nod at last?

Critics doubt legality of regulatory framework’s disciplinary powers

Long-term study of alumni careers questions coalition’s STEM emphasis

Offa data another blow to ministerial claims of ‘competitive pressure’

Institutions must fulfil their historic mission of developing student potential, says former vice-chancellor

Smaller institutions unlikely to benefit from revised low-cost lending terms

Willetts aims to fill ‘black hole’ left by failure of higher education bill

The European Commission has announced plans to invest €22 billion (£19 billion) in public-private research and innovation projects over the next seven years.

The £1.1 billion annual investment in science capital announced in last month’s spending round is the biggest “for decades” and must not be wasted.

More than 19,000 extra students have applied to university this year compared to 2012, new figures show.

The University of Manchester has become the latest university to launch a bond issue to raise money for capital investments.

Andy Westwood on the shift from ‘human’ to ‘intellectual’ capital

Offa chief: £150m committed by universities now part of access agreements

Council gives go-ahead to consider using bond to fill gap left by public funding cuts

The Cardiff government’s policy of subsidising Welsh student fees when they study elsewhere in the UK has been attacked by the Welsh Conservatives, who say it is siphoning money to English universities.

The European Union’s next research and innovation funding programme, known as Horizon 2020, looks set to begin on schedule next year

Announcement comes as new details emerge about increased science capital budget

US-style charges await in unregulated system, education expert warns

Universities need clear protocols for accepting money - particularly from outside the UK, argues Chris Higgins

Protection for science and research spending will be maintained in 2015-16 while the capital budget will be increased to £1.1 billion, the chancellor George Osborne announced today.

Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has predicted that the new higher education funding regime will harm the creditworthiness of some UK universities, widening the gap between the “strongest and weakest”.

The US has reclaimed its position as the biggest spender on higher education, as rising fees pushed it clear in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s annual figures.

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has reached a settlement with the Treasury in negotiations over the 2015-16 spending review, reports suggest

Sources say switch of medical education and research budgets to Department of Health increasingly unlikely

Martin McQuillan warns of a possible Manhattan Project for the sector

Universities deciding mechanisms to apportion RCUK cash

Cuts to widening participation funds anticipated to meet spending review targets

Vince Cable, the business secretary, says he has “ruled out categorically” any rise in interest rates for graduates who took out student loans before 2012, while stressing that plans for a sale of student loans are ongoing

The government should urgently clarify its plans for the sale of the student loan book and reassure existing graduates that their repayments will not be raised, according to Labour’s shadow higher education minister.

Just four European countries spend less as a proportion of national income

IPPR report offers stark warning over £6,000 plans

Ministers should extend student loans to many more part-time students to remedy a “crisis” in recruitment, a thinktank commission is set to recommend

Parallel sectors would overcome problems of ‘one-size-fits-all’ funding, group argues

Despite loss of teaching grant, universities must still comply with enrolment targets

Minister and BIS take close interest in study with enormous policy implications

Groups of universities could raise funding for postgraduate student loans by issuing bonds, a report by the thinktank CentreForum has suggested.

Moving medical education and research funding to the Department of Health would “pose a significant threat to the UK’s leading position” in the fields, medical schools have warned George Osborne.

Russell Group’s latest members have agreed to stump up £500,000 each

Stay-at-home students who attend a local university should be eligible for cut-price tuition fees of £5,000 a year, according to an influential commission of higher education experts

Lowering tuition fees to £6,000 – a policy put forward by Labour - could cost the Treasury the same as the current £9,000 set-up, a study has claimed.

Full disclosure could break competition law, conference hears

Institutions consider projects to take advantage of VAT exemption

£9,000 limit poses threat to quality and income, conference hears

Treatment to avoid cuts would do more harm than good, critics say