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By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Vince Cable has said any sense of “triumph” over new figures showing a decline in student immigration is “absurd”, as he issued a strong defence of international student movement

Stay-at-home students who attend a local university should be eligible for cut-price tuition fees of £5,000 a year, according to an influential commission of higher education experts

A major new academic study exploring the attitudes of women who have converted to Islam in Britain looks at issues ranging from dress codes to divorce, marriage to media stereotypes and spirituality to sexuality.

The University of Greenwich has launched an investigation into whether there has been extremism on its campuses after confirming that one of the suspects in the murder of a British soldier studied at the institution

Students at the University of Cambridge have written to an education minister attacking the government’s response to a petition against the plan to scrap AS levels.

Teenagers in one of London’s most deprived boroughs are to receive grants from their local authority to help them attend university.

Some employers are nervous about incorporating the Higher Education Achievement Report into their graduate recruitment process, a report has found.

Net migration to the UK has fallen again mainly thanks to a 23 per cent drop in the number of students coming to the country to study.

Lowering tuition fees to £6,000 – a policy put forward by Labour - could cost the Treasury the same as the current £9,000 set-up, a study has claimed.

Recruiting overseas students is the priority rather than UK growth and innovation

£9,000 limit poses threat to quality and income, conference hears

Brighton event aims to form charter of core university values

Essex scholar Malcolm Brynin points to worsening odds on university ‘gamble’

Focus on people, not technology or the DSM, to treat mental illness, Tom Burns tells Matthew Reisz

Cyber rhino’s online rampage to raise public awareness

How Holyrood could deter English students in search of free tuition

Working-class students struggle with ‘composite masculinity’, study finds

UK-based provider is readying itself for launch in the autumn

New v-c aims to crowdsource strategy via online meet-up

Study identifies better use of research capacity outside Anglo-American sphere

Less than 10 years since their introduction, tuition fees will soon disappear from the country. Frances Mechan-Schmidt reports

A derelict research lab once used by Sir James Black is revived in an artistic installation

Lack of online interaction could signal need for support, research suggests

These miniature picture Bibles were created by two German sisters from Augsburg around 1690

Nation likely to lose fruitful position in UK research system, experts say

An exhibition gives context and renewed attention to Richard Marsh, whose work outsold Dracula

Treatment to avoid cuts would do more harm than good, critics say

Full disclosure could break competition law, conference hears

Institutions consider projects to take advantage of VAT exemption

The US massive open online course platform edX has signed up 15 more universities, more than doubling its number of higher education partners.

The publisher Elsevier has disassociated itself from an article by a trade association it belongs to that condemns proposed open-access mandates in several US states.

Staff in higher education are being urged to reject a “disappointing” 1 per cent final pay offer by universities.

A new website has been launched to help universities tackle violent extremism and radicalisation on campus.

The University of Glasgow has finally confirmed that a former professor was found guilty of falsifying data in five papers by an investigation that ended last August.

About one in 10 higher education students have experienced “suicidal thoughts”, according to a survey into mental health at universities.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

A campaign has been launched to promote part-time study following the dramatic fall in the number of such students choosing to enter higher education.

A US academic has proposed creating a massive open online course on Coursera that explores the effect of the company’s business model on global higher education.

Universities minister David Willetts has defended the student finance system against criticisms that it is unsustainable and will not bring in the amount of money required to fund the sector long term.

“It’s Mooc or die”, a university vice-chancellor has said, claiming that institutions must embrace the massive open online course movement and adapt their teaching methods or face a tough future.

Coalition of academics, publishers and funders rejects metric ‘obsession’

The government would like to see more publishers take up schemes that waive open access publishing fees for researchers from universities that subscribe to its journals, a senior civil servant has said.

Flagship study-abroad scheme may have failed to attract desired numbers. Donna Bowater reports

Institution’s experiment combining classroom and online education aims to clear gridlocked ‘gateway’ courses

Students dissatisfied with contact hours, QAA overseas provision review shows. Jack Grove writes

Postgraduates recount ill-treatment by academics as well as bosses

Graduates from 1994 Group members are more likely than those of any other mission group to go on to taught postgraduate study, research has found

Nick Hillman says coalition approach to finance may shape global academy

More than 350 people, including several academics, have signed a petition protesting against the University of Leeds’ treatment of an international postgraduate student

Patricia Piccinini’s Sky Whale, created by Cameron Balloons in Bristol, was inspired by the artist’s reflections on evolution

Body defends science and social mobility funds from spending review

Arguments intensify over union’s austerity plans in run-up to congress

UK universities must form business partnerships to demonstrate the need for public investment. By Elizabeth Gibney

Lab audits could demonstrate integrity, 3rd World Conference on Research Integrity hears. By Elizabeth Gibney