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Revolutionary leaders will make do and mend, says Thomas Harrison

Uclan will recruit senior staff and secure student placement before course begins in September 2015

What could be easier than adding audio-visuals to your conference paper? John Corner on waiting for the gift of sound and vision

Report from OBHE says ‘no question’ some are involved in suspect practices

Open letter casts doubt over future of clinical and biomedical research in event of ‘yes’ vote

Plans to slash maintenance payments to European Union students have been unveiled by universities minister Greg Clark

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Universities are set to increase investment in their estates despite growing financial uncertainty, a new survey shows

Negotiations on the European budget could result in cuts to Horizon 2020, the European University Association has warned

Hackney is one of the most highly-researched places in the UK, a conference has heard

A private college that was the subject of a newspaper investigation has been given continued permission by the government to access public funds.

A Labour government will introduce a revolution in technical education that will reconnect the wealth of the nation with the fortunes of its citizens, says Liam Byrne

Net migration has risen to 243,000 in the past year, dashing government hopes of meeting its target, although student immigration has remained stable.

Labour would make new “earn while you learn” degrees delivered by “Technical University” partnerships the priority in higher education expansion

New research has demonstrated the monopoly of a small social elite over public leadership positions in Britain

Shadow minister and UCL alumna calls on university to do ‘all it can’ to stop practice on overseas site

Postgraduate claims that her English was not up to scratch

£100,000 PhD funding from the Macular Society and Fight for Sight outstrip offers via MRC doctoral training partnerships

Research suggests some standard management techniques work on academics after all, and older institutions are most effective

Lack of succession planning is eroding research base, says head of Institute of Modern Languages Research

Jonathan Sullivan on how to improve the relationship between academics and journalists

As the Coventry campus with global reach turns 50, it looks to alliances without forgetting its roots

The economist urges the UK to study a shift to subjects that lead to highly paid jobs

British Council report recommends that the region develop an identity revolving around a student experience based on links with employers

The best academics are those that build a form of public dialogue into their work

US scholar says he was sacked after speaking out at National University of Singapore institute

Jason Haye says his 2.2 degree would have been higher but for institution’s environment, citing artist Maggi Hambling’s ‘slave’ comments

First female president of the Royal Academy of Engineers hopes to change UK’s ‘sniffiness’ about applied research

Social scientist mulls the perks and pitfalls of using personal networks in research

The Technology Strategy Board will commit more than £535 million to fund innovation in 2014-15

University of Bedfordshire accused of giving those sponsored by Saudi Arabian government preferential treatment

Open letter from researchers decries AAAS journal’s high fees and points to Anderson’s combative views on open access

Two radically contrasting emerging models of higher education in the US offer academics a very different deal, says Steven Ward

Introduction of higher fees led to a bulge in numbers the year before, report says

Data analysis suggests discrimination plays a role in higher number of female and BME ‘returnees’

We speak to a recipient of the L’Oréal-Unesco UK & Ireland fellowship for women in science

Consolidation may bring greater efficiencies but the process is one yielding mixed blessings, writes Howard P. Segal

Board member made aware of claims related to ‘wider working practices’ in December 2012

A leading academic administrator who also made a major contribution to business economics has died

Byrne wants to replace marketisation with corporatism, argues Emran Mian

Study suggests that unannounced oral exams can encourage integrity and engage students

The latest higher education appointments

It’s time for lecturers to hand out viewing lists alongside reading lists, argues Chris Willmott

Fred Inglis on the obligation of academics to speak truth to power

Thousands of students may be stranded as colleges lose student loan access

On the bicentenary of the Irish writer’s birth, Bill McCormack weighs his preoccupation with family, guilt, dualism and the disappeared

London Oriental Academy banned from accessing SLC funds

US for-profit start-up institution’s peripatetic, online-delivered degree draws undergraduates keen to try something different

Former ECJ judge’s legal opinion casts doubts on post-independence policy

Former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine has criticised the inclusion of foreign students in government plans to cut net immigration to the UK

A majority of the public say the government should not reduce overseas student numbers, polling suggests.

Open access project has reached far afield since its launch last year

Two leading theologians have criticised the closure of several postgraduate theology and ministry programmes at King’s

A record number of mature students have been accepted into higher education so far this year, new figures show.

Plymouth University’s chair of governors, William Taylor, is to “stand aside” pending the outcome of an investigation into sexual harassment claims

The Liberal Democrats will offer manifesto pledges to ring-fence the science budget and provide “further support” for Catapult centres.