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Southampton Solent University has named Graham Baldwin as its next vice-chancellor

British Council urges universities to press ahead with learning partnerships on the sub-continent

Nottingham is one of a growing number of universities with a presence in or around Shanghai

Policy continues despite warning from Information Commissioner’s Office

The results of a study of ‘laddism’ on campus

City-centre project looks to serve whole community and build stability in post-Good Friday Agreement Northern Ireland

Educating the global elite, including many central bankers, gives Britain a powerful presence, report finds

Proposed merger is for academic reasons, not to cut costs, insists UCL provost

Australian academic resigns as La Trobe signs deal with Swisse, a ‘global wellness company’, to fund centre

Fewer outputs in assessment exercise as analysis of submission data reveals impact of new criteria

Proposed European reforms could stymie UK health research, says MRC head

Overseas recruits on LSBF-taught course seek damages over treatment by university sponsor

Who got that job? Doug Thomson discusses fundraising and getting Nottingham alumni involved long term. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

Contrast between their chances and those of the rich are unchanged since late 1990s, Offa finds

Uclan group chief executive officer discusses how the university’s planned campus in Sri Lanka can be a force for good

Image manipulation has forced retraction of Oxford unit’s Cell Metabolism paper

Data show whites and pupils outside London less likely to aim for, or undertake, higher study

Grant letter keeps new cuts down and widening participation funding stays

As strike force falters, some UCU members and industrial relations experts think escalation is needed

But possibility could still be open if strong case made to EU

Sir Howard Newby is to retire as the University of Liverpool vice-chancellor next year

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

More than 50 universities have received funding from the UK’s national laboratory for nuclear weapons since 2010, according to a new study.

The Department for Education is to pay for up to five students from every state school to visit a Russell Group university

Tristram Hunt, Labour’s shadow education secretary, has been criticised by party colleagues after crossing a University and College Union picket line

The research councils will receive more than double the capital funding in 2015-16 than they were originally allocated for 2014-15, it has been revealed

Tributes have poured in on all sides following the death of Stuart Hall, one of the founding fathers of cultural studies in Britain

The government has delivered a £125 million cut to higher education funding in today’s grant letter, while criticising vice-chancellors on pay

The Home Office has suspended an organisation’s English language tests for immigration purposes after cheating was allegedly uncovered on some exams.

The vice-chancellor of the University of Sunderland is to take up the newly created role of president

Hope that ‘pioneering’ project could help solve gold problems

An ex vice-president at US higher education company Laureate will take charge of the University of Law, following its sale to a private equity firm

England’s funding council has been forced to abandon plans to examine a draft of the grant letter due to continued budget battles within government

‘Future teaching’ to take place at Welsh university’s London campus

The government aims to use the high status of UK science to put pressure on other countries to reduce their reliance on animal research.

We take a look at the six “key trends” picked out in the NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition

Sir Eric Thomas is to retire as University of Bristol vice-chancellor after 14 years in the role.

Staff at 11 higher education institutions are to walk out for a whole day in a protest of what they believe is “unlawfully deducted” pay.

Suggestion that wrangle over Access to Learning Fund is now delaying letter

University staff have walked out for the fifth time over this year’s “miserly” 1 per cent pay offer.

David Willetts is set to unveil £72.6 million of new funding to help academics unlock the potential of “big data”.

Change in Tupe law means employers can offer new terms one year after move

Part-time enrolments at universities in England have been hit hard since the introduction of higher tuition fees, fresh data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency suggest

Geoffrey Alderman argues standards watchdog’s decision flies in face of its commitment to openness and transparency

Historian Barbara Taylor’s account of the asylum system is woven into a memoir of breakdown and recovery aided by a ‘safe haven’, analysis and friendship

An exhibition reveals the impact of refugee scholars on the University of California flagship

Comedians and academics aim to make scientific principles exciting and fun

Employers unaware of how doctorates have broadened to prepare postgraduates for work

French department head explains what the faculty is looking for. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

No consensus among student representatives on segregated audiences for campus events, THE poll suggests

Google Glass, 3D printers and more: our expert evaluates the gadgets

Palestinian scholars welcome the American Studies Association resolution

Unite Group and University Alliance envisage future in which university life could be almost exclusively about training for employment

Expansion, optimism and the virtues of the US liberal-arts model are watchwords for vice-chancellor Paul O’Prey

Fierce student opposition looks unlikely to block move to balance larger classes with more contact with faculty

Alistair Carmichael hits back at Michael Russell’s claims of xenophobia in Westminster