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Dean of Swansea School of Management used ‘unsupportive’ language to dismiss student complaints

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From election monitoring to military tips, Matthew Reisz meets the man who uses systems thinking as a force for good

Book dubs Chinese government-funded centres ‘a threat to academic freedom’

Energy engineering professor Paul Younger says that the accusations of a conflict of interests are ‘beyond risible’

Senior lecturer William Brown awaits professional conduct verdict as an earlier inquiry on a retracted paper is queried

Consultation questions need for the body after it blocked the appointment of Griff Rhys Jones as chancellor

The conclusions of an inquiry into allegations against William Taylor, the former chair of governors, will not be shared

Financial modelling likely to include cuts to research budget although student support most ‘vulnerable’ after 2015

UCU passes motion as government guarantees £230 million public bond to fund Waterside campus

More further education colleges should have the equivalent of degree-awarding powers to ‘redress’ the technical and academic education balance.

Students have been marching in London calling for ‘free education’, in an attempt to push fees back on to the news and political agenda

A University and College Union event saw ‘an outburst and walkout’ by black members in protest at the union’s alleged failure to tackle race issues

Times Higher Education today announces a series of important changes to its flagship THE World University Rankings and its suite of global university performance analyses, following a strategic review by THE parent company TES Global

Times Higher Education today announces a series of important changes to its flagship THE World University Rankings

Some English universities are interested in the idea of buying the debt of their graduates, but it ‘may not be the smartest investment’

The government has agreed to offer more protection to students at private providers, giving them the right to adjudication on unresolved complaints

Alex Salmond has faced criticism after unveiling a monument at a university honouring his commitment to free higher education

A former chief executive of the Medical Research Council will this week set out his vision of how scientists can best fulfil their social responsibility

Early career researchers among those targeted for extra support

Some 78 per cent of professors, 72 per cent of senior managers and about 80 per cent of vice-chancellors and principals in the UK are men

The current £9,000 fee system is financially unsustainable and puts higher education at risk from a failed market, according to a report

By Paul Fain, for Inside Higher Ed

The National Union of Students has outlined its proposals for reforming how higher education in England is funded

The number of international students starting courses at US universities has increased by 7.5 per cent in the space of a year

Classicists and archaeologists are benefiting from technology remarkably similar to that used on the module that landed on Comet 67P

British Council survey suggests students are still outward looking despite slump in number going overseas

Two vice-chancellors have announced that they will be stepping down from their roles next summer

Julia Goodfellow among the three as she bids to be first woman in the post

UCU to consult on halting action to allow more talks, provided academics’ pay is not docked

Scientists and science bodies have reacted with dismay to the decision by the European Commission to axe the post of chief scientific adviser.

Universities minister announces plan to send 5,000 students a year to the subcontinent during his visit to Delhi

Move follows similar action at Liverpool and Bradford, while Ulster staff ask for their university to be ‘grey-listed’

Universities have been urged to use 10 key tactics to boost enrolment in medicine by students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

But Russell Group chair says immigration ‘rhetoric’ is hurting universities’ ability to attract international students

Ferdinand von Prondzynski says key governance issues have been addressed

The process may mean greater scrutiny but is it legally viable?

Study Group says universities are ‘proactively’ seeking EU expansion

Hefce submissions call for less onerous approach to research assessment

Tensions remain high as marking boycott over pensions reform continues

Massive open social learning and dynamic assessment on the Open University’s list

The UK has a lower share of researchers in its labour force than the US and Japan, according to an EU Commission report

Manchester students criticise ‘flagship’ programme’s lack of alternative perspectives

Institutions ‘disappointingly slow’ at divesting of non-sustainable energy sources, says Bill McKibben

The Poznan Declaration calls on the higher education sector to play a far more active role

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Oxford’s deputy registrar excoriates prejudice against able leaders from outside the ‘closed’ culture of the academy

Overhaul of NHS regulation may fail to prevent another Northwick Park incident

The decision to welcome Middlesbrough’s Mima art gallery into the university’s fold is expected to benefit both parties

Plans are part of industrial strategy to steal a march on other export-driven countries

Rise in the number of private institutions is blamed for slipping standards

Wendy Purcell ‘will have to regain confidence of staff’ at the university

Finding ways to engage thousands of people in discussion online is set to change the higher education landscape

A new book claims to ‘fill in the 30-year gap in Jesus’ resumé’

A University of Sheffield academic has called on the institution to give students the pay docked from his salary for being part of a marking boycott

Nearly a third of university graduates who are employed as interns receive no pay, a new report says

University computer science courses are failing to make clear the need to develop skills in cybersecurity, leaving the UK with a shortage of experts