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A further 10 UK universities have gained an award that recognises commitment to developing the careers of researchers.

Social mobility could be harmed if cuts of £45 million are focused on the so-called “widening participation premium”, a new study says

A new booklet has been launched on the role of social science in promoting “mental wellbeing”.  

The government has suspended all funding for overseas EU students at private colleges, and for Bulgarians and Romanians at public universities.

The government has suspended 23 private colleges from the publicly-funded loans system after a surge in their student numbers.

The University of Huddersfield has been named University of the Year

Outsourced cleaners at the University of London have vowed to fight on despite being offered improved terms and conditions after a two-day strike.

Adequate funding has been allotted for universities to meet the cost of open access, the government has maintained

Britain’s poorest students are set to lose bursaries and other support worth £100 million next year after ministers fast-tracked planned cuts.

Students have reoccupied a conference centre at the University of Sussex that was at the centre of previous protests over the outsourcing of services.

Ministers have been accused of “industrial scale incompetence” after a damning report on student loans was released by the public spending watchdog

Inaccurate ‘begging letter’ incenses emeritus professor

Council pushes government to provide additional funding in light of abundance of high quality bids to run centres for doctoral training

Traditional ‘royal route’ to a degree holds sway over credit transfers

The number of purpose-built student bed spaces in each region of the UK in 2013-14, how much they cost on average per week and the number of full-time students in 2011-12 are shown here

Working Time Regulations not as restrictive as UCU thinks, lawyer argues

Firm looks at potential for using behavioural economics in student recruitment

Open letter from around 100 staff condemns police action

THE straw poll shows efforts to lighten load have backfired

Sector’s report on decline failed to provide answers, says UEL centre’s director John Storan

UK needs more vocational higher education alongside traditional courses, says Nick Davy

Discrepancies not fully explained by attainment levels, report finds

Harvard/MIT platform sees ‘huge demand’ as rival shifts approach

Student collaboration blends skills to take fresh look at knowledge

Royal College of Art and Imperial partner in ‘high-impact’ hub

‘Student contract’ fails to forestall exodus as academy reels from massive cuts

Liberals and conservatives argue over merits of intergenerational Pay It Forward plan

Jisc’s super-fast network arrives ‘on time and on budget’

‘Uncontrolled’ growth in HNCs and HNDs may lead to university retrenchment

A British Academy report urges universities to help stem a decline in provision of languages with “strategic importance for defence and diplomacy”.

An advanced computer network designed specifically to serve the research and education sector has been launched.

Coalition government policy to create a market in higher education has pushed England’s sector into “a terrible muddle, unmatched in the world”.

An independent Scotland would seek to continue to share research councils with the remainder of the UK, a new blueprint for independence has said.

The sale of student loans to a consumer debt company “doesn’t make economic sense”, according to the National Union of Students

Ministers may cut student grants worth £350 million and reduce research funding by £215 million, according to a report of leaked documents

The British Council has launched an online list of student recruitment agents that have signed up to certain principles.

Sir Ivor Crewe - master of University College, Oxford - has been appointed as the next president of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Twenty institutions have been announced as winners of the Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education.

Universities UK warns rights of religious speakers could be “curtailed unlawfully” if institutions insist on mixed seating

Business secretary talks of ‘significant advance’ in college higher learning

The European Union’s flagship schemes to support higher education, Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+, have received substantial increases in their budgets.

Peers criticise ‘ad hoc’ spending announcements on infrastructure

But niche learning may not play well in jobs market, expert warns

Cass Business School’s outreach sessions draw start-ups, scholars together

Universities told not to mope like teenage brunettes with blonde ambitions

Argentine v-c: ad-based system could end ‘financial discrimination’

Rich and poor states have resources other side needs, says sultan

Can a demonstrably ineffective pedagogic form still be put to good use?

University accounts will show write-down of £3.2 million

Greater selectivity over future research excellence framework submissions urged under tougher funding regime

Government speeds visas and extends post-study work opportunities

Study by scholar who was harassed online finds that academics are vulnerable