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Lawyers achieve goal but Coventry academic still linked to second publication on ‘blacklist’

Packages vary widely with 10 universities offering new fathers only two weeks’ statutory pay

For-profit firms eye tie-ups with regional institutions ‘desperate’ to boost international intake

The amount of time that students spend in class and studying alone each week on average has increased over the past eight years

UCU congress approves plan to send information-gathering group but cost and safety concerns are raised

Higher education committee censured as call to launch tougher actions against employers is passed at UCU congress

Motion to allow staff at better-off institutions to arrange extra pay voted down at UCU congress

Union warns of negative consequences of ‘radical’ budgetary oversight and professorial pay reforms sent to Senate

New UCL professor Graeme Reid, formerly BIS’ head of research funding, points to public support for science investment

Up to 120 positions to be lost across three health schools

Emulate US institutions’ efforts to ‘shape lifelong donors’ while they are still undergraduates, Case report says

UCS is finalising plans to become a fully fledged university

Unesco report suggests that institutions’ research ‘does not yield large financial payoffs’

Editorial board of journal could quit after debate on publishing suffers delay

The National Union of Students is to hold a national day of action on June 6 against plans to cut support for students with disabilities

FoI request by BBC suggests 10 per cent spike in complaints to universities

Around 60 University of Oxford academics have used an open letter to demand the institution stops investing in fossil fuel companies.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Lord Giddens joins nine students and a fox in teaching experiment

Thirty universities have joined the national trial of a new race equality initiative.

An independent Scotland would reintroduce post-study work visas and ease restrictions on overseas students, the Scottish National Party has pledged

Call from Labour shadow universities minister follows series of revelations

NUS/OCR poll finds widespread disquiet over Michael Gove’s proposals

Criticism follows latest vacancies for controversial contracts

Inquiry into 24 private institutions is triggered by ‘potential irregularities’

Minister predicts that in 2050 no one will understand today’s anxiety over ‘strange figures’

Council members absent from vote on venture with for-profit firm

Sally Hunt praises the NHS as she reveals the reason behind her six months off work

One v-c is pursuing novel alliances and fundraising efforts to keep research at his university’s core

Variable laws and calls for better protection of students have colleges negotiating a minefield of legal and PR issues

Value of contract research on the rise at English universities, according to Hefce report

Study uncovers out-of-date policies

Lecturers ‘at mercy of students’ after introduction of anonymous teaching evaluation method

Universities fear ‘unclear’ proposed legislation is more far-reaching than Hefcw’s existing powers

British Academy event details potential in faster, better routes to statistical analysis

Technical University of Munich and Max Planck Society launch tenure track scheme. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

Settlements and legal fees are high compared with other sectors, says lawyer

Oxford students are set to stay affiliated to the National Union of Students after vote-rigging allegations over the referendum that broke the link.

Photographs of the interior of the Mackintosh library at the Glasgow School of Art reveal the extent of the damage done by a fire that tore through the building

Colleen Flaherty reports for InsideHigherEd from the Modern Language Association conference 2014

The Student Loans Company has been criticised after sending medical details and even a psychological assessment of applicants to the wrong people

The National Union of Students and the Home Office have launched a scheme tackling student binge drinking, including initiations and pub crawls

Imperial College London will build a new biomedical engineering centre on its White City campus thanks to a £40 million donation

Former Indian TV star Smriti Irani will be the minister responsible for the nation’s universities and colleges in Narendra Modi’s new government

Scheme offers young researchers the chance to build media profile

Government intervention after study suggests lack of language skills costing UK billions

Melissa Terras to call for ‘better communication’ of benefits

The University of Cambridge has opened a new postdoctoral centre for early career researchers.

Report identifies emerging technologies likely to have an impact on teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in tertiary institutions across Australia

But also emerges that watchdog passed LSST for educational oversight last September

There has been widespread dismay from artists, students and politicians after the listed Mackintosh building of the Glasgow School of Art caught fire

‘Wider range of options’ to be explored by University of London

A publisher has launched a pilot with 21 UK universities to reduce their subscription costs in proportion to the amount of open access fees they pay

The University of Nottingham has had to apologise for accidentally releasing personal data to around 13,000 people.