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Westminster government says it does not want to lend money to inmates ‘who have no prospect of paying it back’

Jane Hutton tells tribunal that months of her concerns being rebuffed forced her to become a whistleblower and disclose information to outside sources

New strategy looks outward as well as inward, as government vows to ‘come back even stronger than before’

Review to revisit conclusions of 2015’s The Metric Tide

Jeff Grabill says lifelong learning will bring thousands more students to higher education, and universities must be honest about what they can expect

Surging international student numbers and regional economic demand seen as twin drivers

Campaign promises reflect electoral rather than sectoral priorities

EU-sponsored groupings need to win friends and influence national deregulation to realise their ambitions, experts say

UK’s national student union left out in the cold over antisemitism allegations

Colleges are being squeezed in many of the same ways that American households are

Institutions appear unaware of severity of problem due to paucity of survey data and lack of on-campus advisory efforts, UCLA researchers find

Neuroscientist’s unrivalled track record from Oxford comprehensive to college head stands her in good stead to be vice-chancellor of world’s most highly ranked university

Near-£16,000 bill for researcher and their family to relocate is among the highest in the world and could endanger science investment target, says UUK

Russell Group head says window for association is ‘closing fast’ as political row rolls on

Disadvantaged families have upbeat expectations for their offspring but underestimate the barriers, study suggests

Policies to attract foreign students to Australia’s regional areas are not changing their instinctive preference for the cities, analysis suggests

Law experts call for broader effort to improve authors’ copyright interests

Research minister shocks sector with purge at top of supposedly profligate funder

Cancellation of international exams and pronouncements on rankings trigger debate

Government’s major research funders set hard deadline of 2029 for fair distribution of major federal science grant money and see gender exclusion as smart pathway

Corruption only likely to get worse as higher education sector becomes more stratified, say scholars

The Cambridge-based US philosopher explains how his father’s vexed relationship with Catholicism led him to philosophy and why the student idealism he witnessed in West Germany in 1968 caused him to leave America

Six in 10 firsts awarded in England last year would get lower classification under historic marking standards, claims Office for Students

REF supremo David Sweeney and Manchester research lead Colette Fagan hit back at criticisms of measuring societal and economic contributions

University of Oxford leads education subject table based on GPA

The University of Cambridge claims top spot, with the London School of Economics dropping to fourth

University of Reading leads archaeology unit of assessment table based on GPA

London School of Economics tops economics and econometrics subject table based on GPA

Durham and Bristol tied at the top as King’s College London, Loughborough and Northumbria make gains

University of Cambridge leads architecture, built environment and planning unit of assessment table based on GPA

Imperial College London leads engineering subject table based on GPA

Oxford and Cambridge dominance in mathematics continues as Glasgow and Edinburgh improve standings

Imperial College London is in pole position after near-perfect scores while the University of Edinburgh tops research power standings

The University of Sheffield climbs to the top, while Manchester and Cambridge are second and third

University of Cambridge tops earth systems and environmental sciences table based on GPA

The University of Bristol came top for chemistry, with the University of Cambridge coming second

Queen’s University Belfast tops agriculture, food and veterinary sciences table based on GPA

The Institute of Cancer Research retained its place at the top, with the University of Dundee also staying second

King’s College London tops subject table for allied health professions, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy, based on GPA

Imperial College London climbs from seventh to first as Oxford falls to third

Imperial, Cambridge and Bristol all climb a place while Oxford drops from first to fourth

Leicester and Glasgow clinch spots among top five as Cambridge leads the chart, with Oxford first for research power

Chief of renowned university sees positive leadership role during Covid but admits miscues on edX and blind spots on cost discipline

Main panel C records biggest increase in number of submissions and participating staff

Four in five outputs judged to be either ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’

Although major players still dominate on research power, some large – and small – regional institutions have made their mark

Greater weighting helps medical institutions in particular improve overall positions

University of Exeter tops the table based on GPA

UCL leads area studies unit of assessment table based on GPA

How we analyse the results of the Research Excellence Framework

York is out in front for modern languages and linguistics while Bristol and Nottingham move up

Newcastle University leads English language and literature subject table based on GPA

Kent, Leicester and University of East Anglia lead the quality rankings in history as Oxford and Cambridge exit top 10

King's College London tops rankings alongside the University of Manchester, while Warwick, Durham and Exeter excel

The University of Birmingham tops the ranking, with the universities of York and Kent climbing several places

University of Aberdeen tops table when ordered by GPA

The University of Oxford came top with Birkbeck also moving up the rankings

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

UCL tops table for law as Kent, SOAS and Birmingham significantly improve their standings

Queen Mary University of London tops ranking, with Royal Holloway and the University of Manchester joint second