Universities told to appoint research integrity ‘counsellors’ But paper from League of European Research Universities says that anonymous reports of research misconduct should be avoided By Ellie Bothwell 27 January
Skidmore: ‘MIT of the North’ is ‘already staring us in the face’ Universities minister says north-south divide cannot be solved ‘in a top-down way, driven by central government diktat’ By Ellie Bothwell 24 January
Have ‘safe spaces’ limited art students’ licence to offend? Matthew Reisz talks to Grayson Perry and an academic expert on performance art about the limits of student artistic expression in higher education By Matthew Reisz 24 January
Teaching-only contracts up again as REF approaches Almost a third of staff in UK higher education are now classed as teaching-only By Simon Baker 24 January
Sunderland and SOAS cuts expose market dangers, say scholars Academics claim that, as well as impoverishing some institutions, removal of number controls has led to overcrowding at other institutions By Anna McKie 24 January
Students ‘stranded’ in UK after university paused recruitment About 180 students affected by turmoil at Richmond, the American University of London, with some having travelled to the UK before learning of problems By John Morgan 24 January
Oxford start-up hub aims to help create 4,000 jobs Research England throws weight behind new innovation project that promises to raise nearly £1 billion in private capital By Jack Grove 24 January
Number of researchers in REF ‘up 43 per cent’ under new rules Big increase would represent less than three-quarters of eligible headcount suggested by official data By Jack Grove 23 January
V-c calls for admissions quotas to create mixed-ability campuses Open University head says that students should be randomly allocated if a university is oversubscribed By Anna McKie 23 January
UK universities ‘increasingly reliant’ on Chinese fee income Chinese students worth at least £1.7 billion to sector, representing more than 10 per cent of revenue at several institutions By Simon Baker 23 January
We need to know which widening participation initiatives actually work There is evidence of success in changing attitudes, but effects on admissions remain woefully under-explored, says David Robinson By David Robinson 23 January
French business schools sell luxury lifestyle to Chinese recruits Institutions launch courses focused on top brands and spirits to boost international recruitment By Anna McKie 22 January