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Departure announced as Prime Minister carries out cabinet reshuffle

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Universities have a crucial role to play in “a national recovery programme” to improve the level of Britain’s linguistic skills.

London universities have launched a fresh attempt to woo Indian students in the face of a huge drop in the number coming to study in the UK.

Move follows critical report and ‘discussion’ with minister

Martin Bean is to stand down as vice-chancellor of The Open University at the end of the year.

Princess Anne’s visit to King’s College London has been postponed after a staff walk-out in protest at proposed job cuts.

University applications have risen by 4 per cent, according to the admissions body Ucas.

Survey of institutions by senate subcommittee shows many are failing to meet legal obligations

Observatory on Borderless Higher Education report author urges UK universities to factor in growth of transnational education

Poor-quality courses on platforms such as Coursera, edX and Udacity could cause reputational damage to universities, says Oxford expert

A merger could enable the US school to use Ashridge’s degree-awarding powers

Dean Nigel Piercy is accused of ‘undermining’ academics’ confidence with his outspoken view

150 years of the satirical magazine is now available to researchers

Yorkshire powerhouse puts accent on interdisciplinarity, research themes and life lessons for undergraduates

Minister keen to reform archaic system, including consolidation of institutions, end to two-track admissions

Academic weekender in Brighton explores youth subcultures and theory

The latest higher education appointments

More universities introduce teaching professorships but rewards still lag behind those for research

Most higher education institutions had graduate employment levels between 90 and 95 per cent, with 25 institutions having rates above 95 per cent, the latest destination statistics for university-leavers showed last week

Senior associate David Browne likened the handling of Suárez to that of ‘insubordinate’ scholars

Crowdsourcing advocate Andy Hudson-Smith discusses the funding and social-media mining potential of mass appeals

Maintenance and upgrading should not be overlooked when budget allocations are made

UK applicants predominate for first private medical degrees

Vice-chancellor’s absence fuels speculation but university stays quiet

Use of comments section of THE’s website to apprise staff of revised redundancy plans defended

Malapropisms fuel the nominations for the best of this year’s exam bloopers

ICO rules that there is ‘public interest in transparency and openness’ in case involving King’s College London

But Vince Cable did not accept Christian Brodie’s resignation

The Labour Party will introduce new “technical degrees” if it is elected at next May’s general election.

Sir Paul Nurse, Lord Stern and Sir John Tooke warn that UK-split would damage research effort

Blog posting revised after Twitter storm

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Union asks students to probe institutions’ employment practices when visiting campuses

Young academics will be 30 per cent worse off in retirement than their older colleagues, a new study suggests.

Terence Kealey has retired from his position as vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham, the privately funded institution has announced.

The government has announced four new University Enterprise Zones that will be set up across the country.

A string of universities sponsoring school academies have been told to raise their games in light of poor standards. 

Princess Anne to open new neuroscience building as staff take action over job cuts

Graduate employment rates have risen for a second successive year, but are still yet to reach pre-recession levels, new figures show.

A London university has become the first in the UK to allow a student to sit on the panel that decides vice-chancellors’ pay, a union has said.

Imperial College London broke animal welfare rules “on an unacceptable scale”, creating an “unacceptable risk” of “appreciable” harm to animals.

Mark Pegg is to step down as chief executive of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education this month, it has been announced.

Overseas students boost universities’ global links and bolster image with employers, European University Association conference told

Part-time lecturer settles out of court over claims that he was paid a lower rate compared with full-time colleagues

At a British Academy debate, David Sweeney urges the sector to focus on producing graduates who will engage with society

Warwick sociologist urges scholars to let go of their ‘sense of injury’ if they want to resist marketisation

Vice-chancellor April McMahon is planning upgraded campus facilities

Digital literacy can enhance humanities research as well as the skill set of graduates

Matthew Reisz talks to Annabel Tremlett, an academic whose work challenges common perceptions of Romani life

Collaborating with the arts sector is beneficial and not only for universities’ REF impact scores. Plus the latest higher education appointments

UK parent institutions face questions over their procedures and monitoring of capital operations

The bookseller is taking on upstart competitors at their own game, says its digital director

Hefce-commissioned report recommends adjusting questions to counter fears that survey is being filled in ‘without sufficient thought’

Paper reveals that university principals worry more about a common research area than English ‘fee refugees’