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The University of Birmingham is returning to New Zealand its collection of Toi moko, tattooed heads preserved by Maoris to venerate a loved one or mock a defeated enemy.

State school pupils do better at university than those from private schools with the same grades, according to a new report which recommends the increased use of contextual data in admissions.

Students across the UK are this week taking part in what organisers believe will be the biggest public debate on animal research ever held.

Vital academic work still missed by impact criteria and civil servants, forum hears

Save ‘outstanding’ programme, university told

Original vision lost in scramble for profit and repackaging of old ideas, say pair

Witty recommends more collaboration, more funding and more weight for impact in REF

Cut wages at top to underwrite living wage to all, say Young Greens

Reasons for withdrawal of legal action on eve of hearing remain unclear

University hails no-strings pilot’s success

How does the university calculate the real cost of undergraduate education?

These images form part of a forthcoming exhibition about the Victorian magazine Punch taking place at Liverpool John Moores University in celebration of the opening of the institution’s new Special Collections and Archives reading room

Report warns of ‘market failure’ but critics say it doesn’t go far enough

Minutes suggest the pros and cons of strategies for submission

Credit transfer system could give Continent advantage over US

Legal training overhaul would promote diversity and cut costs, regulator says

Faculty-in-residence keen to offer advice and a listening ear

Sunderland and Ulster introduce fingerprinting systems

Plans to overhaul A-levels will have “tragic consequences” on fair access efforts, the University of Oxford’s admissions head has said.

Seventy-five institutions have been awarded funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s new PhD funding scheme.

University staff will hold a one-day strike on 31 October in a row over pay

The dramatic decline in part-time students will continue this year, according to a report that calls for an “urgent push” to promote such study.

The UK is the “biggest biosciences cluster in Europe” a report by the BioIndustry Association has said.

Impact should be given a weighting of 25 per cent at the next research excellence framework, the author of a government-commissioned review has said

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

The UK has overtaken Japan to become China’s second most prolific research collaborator.

Scientists need to lose their “excessive fastidiousness” to make London the scientific capital of the world, the city’s mayor Boris Johnson has said.

Universities are not producing enough science graduates to meet the needs of the UK economy, business leaders have claimed.

The University of Central Lancashire is to begin offering academic credit for courses that students complete for free online.

Queen’s University Belfast has announced that its dean of medicine, dentistry and biomedical sciences will take over as its president and vice-chancellor

Nearly two-thirds of University and College Union members voting in a ballot have backed strike action in a row over pay.

London Metropolitan University has agreed to end legal action against the Home Office over the revoking of its licence to recruit overseas students.

Measures to tackle illegal immigration are “discriminatory” to international students and send the message that they are not welcome in the UK.

The last three universities to benefit from the current round of the government’s Research Partnership Investment Fund have been announced.

Combined figures show top five the same as last year

Backing winners can lead to poor-quality research, warns Royal Society head

English system left vulnerable by lack of regulatory structure, commission warns

Book celebrates centenary of the first global higher education network

Michael Arthur is ‘not a fan’ of overseas campus approach

Offerings of master’s courses in English tempt students away from UK, study suggests

Scottish glossary breaks down communication barriers

Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study finds

Brussels ‘to close file’ on foreign scholars battling ‘xenophobic’ law

‘Callous’ Home Office refuses leeway for applicant hit by currency drop

World Education Services report stresses diversity of applicants

Former Tory minister Baroness Bottomley questions need for academic leadership

Piaac survey also calls comparability of degree standards into question

Dedicated funding and support for UK scientists

The scheme to boost women in science is widening its impact

Move would level playing field for state school applicants

Perma CC consortium aims to host primary source material for ever

Academic project aims for truth and reconciliation after the bloodshed