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Government admits £8 million paid out to students who had not proved residency

The University of Sunderland has joined a growing list of institutions who have decided to waive fees for language students on a study year abroad

The vice-chancellors of the universities of Nottingham and Birmingham have been knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours

Tens of thousands of undergraduates are relying on payday loans or doorstop lending to fund their studies, a new survey suggests.

UK’s only professor in education for deaf children among those winning fellowships

Offering courses without credit afforded City University London more flexibility

Shield laws could help protect confidential sources, but most vital is university support, say Ted Palys and John Lowman

Tales of activism and optimism and an eminent scholar’s defence of the humanities aired at Living With the Cuts conference

Scotland’s academics should be concerned about the impact of a ‘yes’ vote, says Jill Stephenson

New mobile app helps a Cambridge press offer free digital monographs even to those without computers

Whatever the result of the referendum, the impact on Scottish higher education will be considerable. David Matthews talks to advocates for both sides

Federal minister blames Catalonia for payment delays in reformed student-aid system

Scholar Siân Lindsay’s research on doctoral completion has yielded valuable insights and practical advice

Thrill-seekers or pioneers? Scholars operating close to legal boundaries attract both labels

Catherine Clinton admires the story of a mixed-race girl with an aristocratic upbringing told against the background of the abolition of slavery

Vice-chancellor to split institution’s four faculties into seven in drive to boost intake and forge new links with industry

Better university grievance processes may be behind the drop in adjudicator’s caseload

A leading scholar in the field of children’s play has died

Standards watchdog calls on universities to beware misleading students about overseas facilities

We speak to the next chancellor of Staffordshire University

The provost-elect of Gresham College examines the institution’s long and surprising history

Brian Bloch ponders the convoluted tangle that permeates scholarly German writing

The head of the online academic social network discusses open goals and communal joys

Panel speakers fear v-cs’ silence presages a lack of pre-election policy debate

Peter Dobson, former leader of Begbroke Science Park, lays out frustrations with university

Universities UK warns that new funding models may create ‘significant financial risk’ for institutions

As researchers commit to greater openness, the media has an important role to play, says Adrian Deeny

Seminar on strategies to tackle parlous state of discipline in UK told to note recent recovery of Classics

16-member Global Academy of Liberal Arts aims to help reassert value of non-STEM study

Citation in high-impact journals valued more than scholarly assessment

‘Draconian’ idea to pool universities’ financial resources to rescue failing institutions abandoned

Exeter staff bristle at proposed change to teaching timetable to include 9pm finish

Police have carried out a controlled explosion after finding “suspicious items” in a Newcastle University building.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Just 17 per cent of employers recruit directly from business schools when hiring first-time managers, a new survey has revealed

A cross-party group of MPs is keeping a “close eye” on the development of the multi-million pound Francis Crick Institute

Policy Exchange conference, in association with Times Higher Education

A “magic carpet” that protects the elderly from falls and clothing that detects cancer risk among ground-breaking higher education research projects

Universities and science minister David Willetts has announced a £48 million investment in biomedical research.

Libby Hackett is to leave the University Alliance after five years as its chief executive

Brazil will aim to be spend 10 per cent of GDP on education within a decade after a national plan was passed by the country’s main legislature.

DfE report suggests grammar schools appear not to have huge influence on HE path once background taken into account

Which major cities have the best universities, and the most university-educated citizens?

Around 5 per cent of US university presidents hold a permit to carry a concealed handgun, according to a survey of 401 college leaders.

Packages vary widely with 10 universities offering new fathers only two weeks’ statutory pay

Mining memories on the anniversary of the South Wales Miners’ Library

For-profit firms eye tie-ups with regional institutions ‘desperate’ to boost international intake

Unesco report suggests that institutions’ research ‘does not yield large financial payoffs’

The amount of time that students spend in class and studying alone each week on average has increased over the past eight years

It is possible to measure the quality of university teaching in a useful way, argues Graham Gibbs

UCU congress approves plan to send information-gathering group but cost and safety concerns are raised

No victimisation, tribunal rules, in Unison official’s case against the university

Motion to allow staff at better-off institutions to arrange extra pay voted down at UCU congress

Focus on league tables could shift Middle Eastern universities from honourable priorities, argues Cesar Wazen

Union warns of negative consequences of ‘radical’ budgetary oversight and professorial pay reforms sent to Senate

Lecturer Emma Rees has 65 essays to mark. But first, Iced Gems, tea, more tea…

New UCL professor Graeme Reid, formerly BIS’ head of research funding, points to public support for science investment