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Two university leaders forgo increases as tensions over staff wage offer continue

Judgment is a key development in student athletes’ bid to claim a cut of billion-dollar college sports

Engineering body fears impact of post-16 maths and English workload

Following student protests, government mulls a sector report calling for change. Cyrille Cartier writes

Matthew Reisz talks to the master of Oxford hall and ‘place of inter-religious encounter’

The European Union officially adopted Horizon 2020 on 3 December 2013

Industry and funders still back blue-skies thinking, doctoral conference hears

Judgment says university ‘inadequately investigated’ misconduct case

Academics and students unite in condemnation of ‘violent’ crackdown on sit-ins and demonstrations

The Treasury’s stated plan to fund expansion in student places by the sale of loans omits £1.7 billion in lost repayments arising from the sell off.

Sir Adrian Smith suggests protesters wanted police involved to generate ‘headlines’

A list of recommendations on improving management of animal research at Imperial College London should “resonate” across the UK, their authors say

Shadow universities minister delivers vision for sector in first major speech

More than 1,200 people have signed a petition against a ban on protesting at the University of London

More than £25 million has been awarded by England’s funding council to 20 pilot projects designed to support postgraduate students.

Universities are to work with the government to appoint Muslim chaplains to “challenge extremist views” on campus.

More students are seeking help from university counsellors amid growing concerns over debt and future job prospects.

UK research has higher citation impact than that of any comparator nation, a report commissioned by the government has revealed.

The plan to fund extra student places by selling the student loan book is “nonsense” in economic terms, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Thirty-six people were arrested after another confrontation between protesters and police at the University of London.

Yesterday’s announcement that student number controls are to be abolished has attracted comment from all quarters. Here is a round-up of responses:

Universities across the UK have been paying tribute to Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, who has died at the age of 95.

At least three demonstrators were arrested as security staff and police broke up a student occupation of the University of London’s Senate House.

The Russell Group has attacked the government’s decision to abolish student number caps, warning of a potential decline in quality.

The government has given quantum technologies research a boost in the autumn statement.

Fears that universities would be more selective about who they submitted to the 2014 research excellence framework have proved unfounded.

The government will abolish the cap on student numbers “altogether” the year after next, George Osborne has announced

David Willetts has “lost control” of his department’s budget in “spectacular fashion”, according to his Labour counterpart Liam Byrne.

The government has been warned by a leading peer not to cut the science and research budget in today’s autumn statement.

Public administration, education and health are the UK’s top graduate employers, according to the latest Office for National Statistics report on the national labour force

New Generation Thinker Sarah Peverley likes to disseminate elements of her work for public

Audit finds lack of women on university boards affects female v-c numbers

BIS admits scale of planned recruitment was ‘unaffordable’

Poll of more than 10,000 students shows visa crackdown is not the biggest hurdle

Global coalition advocates ‘insulation’ against state and non-state actors

Shadow universities minister also vows to tackle overseas recruitment barrier

Lack of interdisciplinarity and pared funds a cause of concern for social sciences

Student associations call for more, affordable residence places

Government-matched funding scheme would cut debt burden and improve social equality, say researchers

Times Higher Education poll finds few bans in place as UUK guidance elicits criticism

Expert points to ill effects of ‘countercyclical’ enrolment

Wholly owned university accommodation apes private charges

Condé Nast courses are cut to fit students’ needs, says vice-principal

‘A-Team’ approach brings campuses together for town planning project

Sadie Creese says institutions’ leaders endanger research by not prioritising digital security

China tops list of hot emergent properties

Students have occupied the University of London’s Senate House in a protest over pay, pensions and financial accountability.

Cambridge Education Group, which prepares international students for university, has been sold to a private equity firm in a deal worth £185 million.

HESA announces publication date for data on number of researchers eligible for submission

The latest student occupation of Bramber House at the University of Sussex has ended after seven nights.

A total of £2 million is to be spent on helping universities support students who want to work in social enterprise and entrepreneurship.

East Asia has strengthened its grip on the top places of the world’s most influential international education rankings, it was revealed today

Lectures and seminars are likely to be cancelled across the UK as university staff hold a second national walk-out over pay.

Two Welsh universities have set up a centre designed to tackle educational inequality in the country.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed