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Funding to increase teacher training places at Scottish universities by more than 8 per cent has been announced by the Holyrood government

Lisa Downing examines what ‘deviant women’ such as Ayn Rand and Margaret Thatcher reveal about attitudes towards feminine ‘nature’

Edinburgh University and Heriot-Watt have teamed up to boost UK development in robotic applications

Private university in Turkey neglects research metrics for external views on academics’ performance

Three achievements are underestimated in current political debates, says Anne Corbett

An updated governance code aims to help institutions avoid controversies while respecting autonomy, but some wish it said more about openness and inclusivity

We speak to the recipient of the ‘Ultimate Game Changer’ prize at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women Awards. Plus the latest higher education appointments

Academic staff must do more to address inequality of access to taught master’s and doctoral degrees, say Sally Hancock and Paul Wakeling

Imagine having the power to direct higher education leaders, scholars or policymakers to take - and stick to - a new approach in 2015

Remember that everyone is watching your online lectures

Private college seeking designation invested £3 million after being told it needed to inject further funding

Anglo-Saxons did not use the four-letter profanities we credit them with, says Kate Wiles

The universities minister offered no guarantees in the review of the agencies

Average v-c salary up by a modest £3,100 as scholar suggests ministers’ plea for pay restraint has worked

The traditional view of the PhD student as an ‘academic apprentice’ is challenged by a study

A small number of universities are responsible for the spike in unconditional offers in 2014

The exercise was robust and positive, says Willy Maley, who found work on the English subpanel to be like ‘a well-run exam board’

Glasgow academics find device breaks down barriers with students

The sector would do well to consider setting a target for the proportion of women heading universities, says Simonetta Manfredi

Durham University conference hears that global body will promote the ‘experiment in living’ against the ‘threat’ of centralisation

Uplift in research quality in main panel A raises fears that funding could be concentrated at a handful of universities

The most important driver of demand for higher education will be the desire of citizens in China and India to reach a middle-class lifestyle, claims scholar

How do rankings shift when institutions are compared on research intensity, which takes into account percentage of staff submitted, rather than on standard GPA alone?

Activists want universities to report if study-abroad students are killed, injured or victims of a crime

One of the world’s leading authorities on coral reefs has died

Award-winning writer and scholar Marina Warner and Warwick vice-chancellor Nigel Thrift are among those recognised in the New Year Honours

State schools need to move beyond a “narrow focus” on exams in order to help increase aspirations for pupils to attend university

The Association of Business Schools has called on the government and funding councils to reverse the decline in funding for management research

Emran Mian argues for standardisation in setting of exams

Growing numbers of A-level students are failing to achieve their predicted grades, posing a challenge for university admission tutors

We reveal the stories that have topped the THE website’s most-read lists over the past twelve months

Disabled students and those from disadvantaged groups are to benefit from £50 million of support to continue their studies at postgraduate level.

David Willetts has criticised “mean-spirited” plans by his Tory colleague Theresa May to put further restrictions on overseas students

Theresa May is reported to be drawing up plans to send all overseas students back home once they finish their courses.

Paper from Science Europe says not enough done at EU level for fundamental interdisciplinary research

Teaching postgraduates costs £11,300 on average while the figure for undergraduates is £7,700, according to a study for England’s funding council.

Nearly one in three English further education colleges offering higher education that were reviewed last year have been told to make improvements

Alternative ranking of REF results maps university performance against the proportion of eligible staff submitted.

The proportion of university applicants entering the most selective institutions with the highest grades has continued to fall, a new report says

More academics were employed on teaching-only contracts around the time of the research excellence framework deadline, new figures show

Graduates of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge start on salaries that are £7,600, or 42 per cent, higher than those from post-92 institutions

The results of the research excellence framework have triggered claims that London universities are challenging the longstanding dominance of Oxbridge

All the reaction to the research excellence framework as we get it

Rising quality leads to questions about future QR formula

Devolved countries claim proportion of 3* and 4* submissions above average

‘Ethical and moral’ focus aids University of Notre Dame’s collaborative ambitions in officially atheist state

Some post-92s gain, but traditional research powers dominate 2014 research excellence framework rankings

The Erasmus programme presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to discover the perks of international mobility, says Brian Bloch

Coalition partner’s fees ‘betrayal’ could bring 2015 poll shifts in student-heavy constituencies. The campus political landscape assessed

New hilltop facility’s made-to-measure features aim to help biological research achieve liftoff

Appeal tribunal overturns dismissal of case brought by Stephen Games over university’s PhD requirement

Upper-level turbulence hits another institution in a rough year for university leaders

In warfare, there has been a long tradition of Christmas truces. But peace and goodwill to all men has rarely outlasted New Year, writes A. W. Purdue

Why do so many Christmas gifts continue to be gender-specific? asks Sally Feldman

Sheffield lecturer’s production of Hazel Flagg with its Jule Styne score combines research, teaching and outreach