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The academy’s greatest gift is in cultivating a critical citizenry who cannot be treated as fools, argues the former Archbishop of Canterbury

As students’ associations change and rely more on grants from universities, is their independence at risk?

The proportion of black and minority ethnic professors in psychology and behavioural science is just 3 per cent, according to a new report from the Royal Society

Ebrahim Afsah has ‘chat’ with Iranian secret service about Constitutional Struggles in the Muslim World course

Former RDI shareholders set to gain extra £4 million from US parent as a result

The University and College Union has agreed to postpone its planned boycott of marking after employers made a 2 per cent pay offer for next year.

Prospective postgraduate students are to be given extra information on how to choose the right course thanks to a new website.

How often should a university tweet? Should institutions respond to every tweet that mentions them?

University leavers have seen their starting salaries plummet over the past five years, new figures show.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

The President of Ireland says he wants to “plant the seeds to break new ground” and “renew” the relationship between British and Irish academics

Around 900 people have signed a petition calling for the University of Dundee to stop “unnecessary job cuts” at the institution

Lecturers who take part in a proposed marking boycott later this month could have 100 per cent of their pay docked, universities have warned.

Richard Hoggart, one of the most admired and influential academics of his generation, has died aged 95.

Four-fifths of institutions fail to release details on how v-c salary was set

Matter referred back to university council ‘for further discussion’

House of Lords committee calls for ‘proportionate’ checks on students

Labour says it wants more international students to come to the UK and would consider not including students in the same targets as other migrants.

We speak to the Speaker of the House of Commons and chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire

Dean from Tunisia’s Manouba University given Courage to Think Award

Redundancy talks start as body prepares for loss of grant support by 2017

Universities with high tariffs gain most under new fees regime, Hefce finds

Change in guidance meant to ‘incentivise’ BIS to check long-term costs

Willetts sees potential in tie-ups with Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong

School Direct needs collaborations, not a ‘them and us’ attitude, forum hears

As lecturers in the UK prepare for the UCU’s marking boycott, US campuses are experiencing a surge of unionisation

International students complain of ‘inadequate’ teaching while hearing their visa sponsorship could again be in jeopardy

Under new system, average repayments will double, IFS finds

Researchers face ‘ethics’ scandal over security of records, warns computer scientist

Years after Thatcher, says Simon Marginson, commerce is marginal to the sector. True competition would destroy its essence

Death and its contributions to our culture are the topic of a London event

Nation’s universities to face QAA-style scrutiny under new regime

Students’ revelation of university’s clandestine activities worked in its favour long-term

A course from the UK can’t simply be transplanted overseas even if the language used is the same, says Rebecca Hughes

Scotland’s ‘international university’ is investing in growth at overseas and domestic sites

Research areas championed by government dismissed as poor investments by technology expert

Decline in German professors’ pay over a century

The minister hopes to sink his teeth into higher education but his political stock is falling, argues Christopher Prendergast

Umeå University aims to gain from its host city’s Capital of Culture status

Archie Brown on lessons for universities from political leadership

Revamped schemes could bypass institutions unless they get aboard, sector warned

Ferdinand von Prondzynski ponders possible outcomes should Scotland opt for independence

Jayne Mitchell seizes the chance to see her work at QAA in practice in a new role at East Midlands institution. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

By using ‘children’ in adult roles the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse both challenges the audience and returns to original practice

A leading contributor to our understanding of evolution, population genetics and the formation of species has died

Problems with the introduction of EU harmonised three-year degrees have led to a reassessment

Scientists have reacted angrily to changes in A-level content announced by Michael Gove.

Toni Pearce has been re-elected as the president of the National Union of Students in a landslide victory

Commercialising research can do ‘far more’ for humanity than Nobel Prizes, says Mayor of London

Hillary Clinton, Martin Bean, Naledi Pandor, Arne Duncan and others on the future of higher education

David Willetts is “arrogant and out of touch” in seeking “unfair” cuts to disabled students’ funding, according to the National Union of Students.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Nearly 60 per cent of black and minority ethnic higher education staff and students questioned for a survey feel they have been discriminated against

IAU study identifies threats and opportunities of internationalisation

Image competition unearths photographic gems