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‘Lower standards’ at some institutions a result of rush to recruit overseas students, says embassy’s cultural attaché

SLC fee payments to private college suspended pending BIS investigation with a QAA report expected in April

More than half of subjects at English universities cost more than the average tuition fee to teach, according to data presented in a report

BIS confirms changes as NAO and PAC investigate company for over-payments

RCUK review recommends aligning policy with that of UK funding bodies

Ha-Joon Chang urges fellow economists to learn lessons from science fiction

Midlands university’s mission to target cold spots for branch campus expansion begins beside the seaside

Martyn Harrow channels Winston Churchill over ‘climacteric’ challenge of next spending review

Labour’s Paul Blomfield believes change could happen even if Tories lead government after general election

Specialist higher education institution Writtle College has been granted the power to award its own degrees.

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills consultation asks whether funding should be limited to disciplines with strongest ‘scientific and economic case’

New Hesa stats also show proportion of new undergraduates from state school at almost 90%

Headteachers from some of the UK’s top private schools have called on universities to improve pastoral and academic support for first-year students

Times Higher Education has begun building the largest and most comprehensive database of university information in the world as part of reforms to ensure that the flagship THE World University Rankings continue to lead the field for rigour, responsiveness and transparency

The University of Central Lancashire has announced that its vice-chancellor, Gerry Kelleher, is standing down for personal reasons

A new network has been launched at a UK university to help develop research partnerships between East and Southeast Asia and Europe

Students have occupied a London art school in protest over cuts to foundation courses.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

The post-study work visa should be reinstated in Scotland, a report by a working group set up by the country’s devolved government has found.

A £120 million redevelopment of the London School of Economics has been given the green light by planners.

Lincoln researchers asking staff across the continents to take part

A new “health surcharge” levied on international students from next month is “an election stunt full of loopholes”, a legal expert has claimed.

Universities UK president Sir Christopher Snowden has been appointed the next vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton.

Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman (Venki) Ramakrishnan has been unveiled as president elect of the Royal Society, following a ballot of fellows.

Keele University will promote its deputy vice-chancellor, Trevor McMillan, to become its next leader.

Academics complain after ‘technical difficulties’ delay responses and modelling tool

National science photography contest showcases pictures of remarkable projects

University applicants welcome the presence of international students on campus and believe they will improve learning experiences, a survey suggests.

Universities were too slow to take lead, leaving them vulnerable to policy change, scholar argues

Research council chief insists the benefits of narrowing funding range for grants scheme outweigh risks

Where will the axe fall? Up to 165 jobs may be lost as enrolments tumble

Universities must be realistic about crashes and capitalism, says Terry Jones ahead of the premiere of documentary Boom Bust Boom

Sector frets over how requirement for biometric residence permit and lack of overseas English testing options may affect enrolments

Students at Benedictus will spend half their course outside the classroom ‘studying from the object’

Outdated practices and lack of simplicity result in ‘unfindable’ work, Carole Goble tells Jisc Digital Festival 2015

THE analyses postgrad awards by subject and region as academics debate the risks and rewards of a decade of internationalisation

Two cases assuage concerns about scientific integrity

An interdisciplinary centre at Manchester Metropolitan University builds its research around listening to the next generation

Home Office under fire over ‘indefensible’ appeal forcing international relations expert to quit UK

Goldsmiths occultism conference hears defence of irrationality

UK universities must register in regions of transnational activity, lawyer advises

Head of Association of Arab Universities also urges the West not to ignore the plight of Syrian academics and students

Students who spend part of their degree overseas achieve higher final grades than those who choose to stay put, according to a report

Silicon Valley giant’s business school brings its 10-week Ignite programme to London

University says that provision should be seen in context of a £10 million surplus across the institution as a whole

The university’s principal on capturing a landmark building, a rebranding volte-face, and the capital’s ‘fizz’

The latest video in a series of short self-help programmes takes a sympathetic look at mental health issues

European Court of Human Rights rules in favour of a whistleblowing Latvian academic

Andrew Hamilton to take over at NYU after he makes his exit

Andrew Hamilton, the University of Oxford vice-chancellor, has been named the next president of New York University

George Osborne has announced that the government will offer PhD and research-based master’s students income-contingent loans of up to £25,000

Plans to uncap tuition fees in Australia have been defeated in the country’s upper house for the second time in four months

But university’s registrar defends v-c, saying he has been ‘targeted personally and directly’ for weeks

A University of Birmingham pro vice-chancellor has been appointed to lead Heriot-Watt University