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Uncertainty over how many students will apply for the loans and how much the scheme will cost

Dividing citation into six groups could improve the accuracy of metrics in research assessment, paper argues

David Willetts calls for academics to work together during a debate on the REF and the state of higher education

The USS is being attacked from all sides over the methodology of its valuation and assumptions, claims UCU

The number of people taking undergraduate-level vocational qualifications is largely in decline, according to a report by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills

University claims exemption from releasing details of board of governors meeting, citing ‘commercial interests’

Fears rise in the US that talented early career scientists are being driven out of the sector because of lack of opportunities

Plans to raise researcher numbers at risk if study is unaffordable, universities warned

Seminar debates conflicting trends in the discipline as industry figures look beyond fluency

UCU argues that a rise in project-based grants fuel job insecurity and deter postgraduates from working in academia

Florey Institute for Host-Pathogen Interactions and Imagine: Imaging Life project combine forces to tackle deadly bacteria

James Pickering, named 2014’s most innovative teacher at the Times Higher Education Awards, discusses making content accessible. Plus the latest higher education appointments

Half of schools in Britain did not provide a single applicant to medicine over a three-year period, a new study shows

Emeritus professor warns over growth of higher education courses that veer towards the ‘mundane’

A research council is laying the groundwork that would enable it to give two of its research centres charitable status

University graduates earn an average of £9,000 more per year than non-graduates but the gap is narrowing, official statistics show

Alternative metrics reveal the papers receiving the most online attention

Martin Hall is to retire as Salford vice-chancellor, with his deputy taking over line management duties from today

More than 70 universities and colleges will share £200 million to boost teaching facilities in science, technology, engineering and maths

Top 100 universities for employability revealed

By Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed

Move follows survey highlighting gulf between social classes on guidance

Universities need to do more to “bring to life” their student charters, which set out what students can expect of their higher education experience

Extensive material about the first 44 years of Albert Einstein’s life has been made available online for the first time

A research assistant has claimed that his university declined to sponsor his visa to remain in the country because of his political activism.

George Osborne’s postgraduate loans plan would mean borrowers having upwards of 50 per cent of their salary deducted when they repay.

Police drew a taser and used CS spray at a student protest at the University of Warwick, on a day of demonstrations across higher education.

Work by Nuffield Council on Bioethics reveals pressure on researchers to compromise on integrity and mistrust of the REF

The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe offers researchers insights into how Jacobean plays were received

Watchdog names those with questions over public loan access and high dropout rates

Russia and Turkey also making strides in the second annual rankings table for emerging economies

University leaders and lecturers fear for freedom of speech under proposed anti-extremism legislation

Hepi report predicts that the student vote could swing the advantage to Labour at the general election

About 13 per cent of academics who left their higher education institution between 2011-12 and 2012-13 joined the private sector

Contemporary crafts, theatre studies and a digital media programme are set to be axed

Controversial capabilities policy retained as one of three strands in research council’s new plan

University of Cumbria’s Peter Strike also estimates that changes to allocations have cost it £2.1m in income

Survey finds that many academics who develop their own software have had no formal training

Welsh education minister Huw Lewis says he will continue to prioritise the ‘life chances’ of the country’s young

Mark Israel’s book Research Ethics and Integrity for Social Science looks at need for nuance in applying guidelines and protocols

Former government adviser deplores missed chance to gather valuable data

Provision of initial teacher training faces a huge upheaval but there is also scope for new networks and partnerships

English literature scholar and teacher Eileen Pollard reveals ways to engage students in lectures

But Western institutions in the city state may need to relax ‘normative’ views of free enquiry, Nanyang Technological University’s head tells John Morgan

But centre for advanced materials will still have “satellites” in Oxbridge and London as well as Leeds, Liverpool and Sheffield

Loans of up to £10,000 to be available for master’s students under the age of 30

Emails with manager reveal details of review placed on academic found dead in September

The chancellor has announced that the government will introduce a postgraduate loans system offering £10,000 to young students

Student activists are taking part in what they describe as “a day of action for free education while the government delivers another round of cuts”

Two massive open online courses that aim to educate people about the rapid spread of Ebola have been launched by UK universities

The government has awarded more than £140 million to develop a new Education and Cultural Quarter in London at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

The publisher of science journal Nature has launched a new initiative that will let subscribers share research papers for free

Dropout rates at nine alternative higher education providers were higher than 20 per cent in 2012-13, the National Audit Office has revealed

A new exhibition offers a glimpse “behind the scenes of the process of science journalism and publishing” over 350 years

By Colleen Flaherty, for Inside Higher Ed

A group of MPs has called on the government to ensure 3 per cent of GDP is invested in research and development by 2020 or risk the UK falling behind

The student vote could swing the advantage to Labour in about 10 seats at the next election and “hold the keys to power” in a close fight