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Deputy vice-chancellor Peter Slee describes the demanding approach that has led to rising standards

The future of the Collège International de Philosophie, a legacy of Jacques Derrida, is at risk, warns Martin McQuillan

Universities are not doing enough to help scholars navigate the ethical dilemmas, argues Jean Grugel

Staff assembly backs motion calling on management to block employers’ plan for USS

The small number of women taking maths at A level may explain why only about a quarter of economics students are female, a new study says.

Students will join prisoners in what the institution says is a European first

Amount spent on bursaries and grants cut by almost £40 million last year

Whitehall civil servant Maddalaine Ansell has been named as the next University Alliance chief executive

Former employee made claims about standards on electronics course

We asked our Twitter followers to suggest words from the world of higher education that should exist, but don’t. They didn’t disappoint…

By Ry Rivard, for Inside Higher Ed

Staff at older universities will begin a marking boycott next week in a row over pension changes

The pressure for academics to deliver “public engagement” should not lead to them “colonising the creative arts”

With a court judgment imminent, Chris Cobb reflects on the legal tussle over the future of the institute

Student teachers must still have the option of taking an academic qualification alongside their classroom training

Thomas Docherty, the University of Warwick professor suspended in January, has thanked his supporters after allegations against him were dismissed

Higher education legislation should be a priority for the new government after 2015, according to England’s funding council.

A business leader has said he is “appalled” to see universities end up as “victims of political point-scoring” and a “meaningless” migration target

The number of UK students applying to medical and dentistry schools, veterinary courses and Oxbridge has fallen by 5 per cent, new figures show.

Reports that thousands of student places could be cut

New edition of Collins English Dictionary contains raft of new terms

Public funding for universities should be scrapped and replaced by graduates paying an earnings levy to their institutions, according to a thinktank.

Battle of Ideas debate asks if policies of “no-platforming” make campuses ‘homogeneous zones of head-nodding’

Universities need to ensure that those with everyday contact with young people recognise and challenge abuse, says Miriam David

Symposium hears of efforts to build broad-based humanities study on British soil

Michael Crow on the radical change needed to build the New American University

Putting industry collaboration at the heart of its mission helps the ICR to commercial and scholarly success

The man who helped to identify the virus has encouraged staff and students to volunteer

Rebecca Onion on the pros and cons of scholarship as listicle

Anglia Ruskin latest to drop out as policy continues to favour school-led system

Donna Bowater reports from Rio de Janeiro on plans to extend Brazil’s international mobility scheme to 100,000 more students

We urgently need to confront grade inflation, poor-value degrees, unequal access and lack of contact time, writes Jamie Martin

Early results of 2014 vulnerable skills survey by BBSRC and MRC highlight concerns and importance of multidisciplinarity

As giving grows in importance, universities need to engage seriously with the topic, says Charles Keidan

Almost 100 freshers put in temporary accommodation after student numbers cap is raised

As monitoring of scholars’ performance, time and output increases, so do reservations about its value and effectiveness

Expert’s top tips for picking the best place to be published, from reading your target title to taking rejection on the chin. Plus the latest higher education appointments

The ‘Yes’ vote of the heart was trumped by unanswered concerns about currency, pensions and university research, writes Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Initial Best University Workplace results suggest quality is being compromised in a bid to boost student numbers

A leading authority on primary education who served for more than 20 years as principal of what is now Bishop Grosseteste University has died

Report outlines the potential perils of a shift away from central funding for Jisc

We speak to the new chair of Universities Human Resources and HR director of the University of London

Nick Hillman considers the likelihood of the government taking concrete steps to help postgraduate students before the election

Alistair McCulloch wonders if those seeking to expand research assessment beyond the UK are a bit too parochial in their ambitions

Key members argue that ‘innocent’ students need greater concessions

Post-crash austerity measures have buffeted university funding across Europe in the past six years. Jack Grove looks at how some countries are faring on state funding, according to a recent European University Association report

Students at post-1992 institutions will receive just a quarter of the help offered by older universities

Institutional survey finds more discontentment among doctoral students than five year ago

Union members at the University of South Wales are set to strike in a row over job cuts

University College London and the Institute of Education, University of London, are to merge on 2 December, it has been confirmed.

Employers respond to ‘scare stories’ around proposed changes to USS pension scheme

Employers also release new modelling of pensions proposals

Ruling follows internal investigation, and comes nine months after suspension

David Willetts, the former universities and science minister, has been appointed as a visiting professor at King’s

Union members have overwhelmingly backed plans for industrial action over changes to pensions

By Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed

One of Plymouth University’s deputy vice-chancellors has started a government secondment, as upheaval at the troubled institution continues

The abolition of student number controls presents a “unique opportunity” to increase the number of poorer students going into higher education.