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Union passes vote of no confidence in v-c it blames for £4 million deficit

New book explores challenges female academics at Cambridge face on route to top

First-ever American poll to be carried out on the effect of higher education on happiness and success

Former Imperial College lecturer claims low student satisfaction scores led to her dismissal

Solutions to demographic, quality and employability issues needed for a sector slow to adapt to globalisation

Declared cases are multiplying, but the diagnosis still lacks scientific rigour, argues Julian Elliott

Applied research group bolsters its roster of expertise with with five new posts. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

The lack of vision over the future landscape of the city is laying the foundations for trouble, says Richard J. Williams

Students should not be expected to ‘perform’ their emotional commitment to trendy political orthodoxies, says Bruce Macfarlane

UK’s ‘golden triangle’ accounts for 8 of the country’s 10 representatives in top 100

We must press politicians to show how a future government will support the sector, says Christopher Snowden

Veteran academic authors share their hard-won tips

Firms want courses fine-tuned to equip students with the skills they need

Willetts hints that ‘unplanned’ expansion after cap lifts will be scrutinised

Renowned overseas, now the humanities and social science institution is bidding to raise its profile at home, too

Some think claims of a serious lack of STEM graduates are exaggerated

Hesa figures show huge rise in numbers with the condition at university

UUK lobbies Parliament over immigration bill concerns

UCL’s Michael Arthur plans to inject research element into all undergraduate courses

Claire Chambers relishes the exciting flavour of Pakistan at the Karachi Literature Festival

Shift to outreach, Ebdon says, as Offa finds no link between awards and retention

Adding 30,000 extra places will spread teaching funds even thinner, sector figures warn

The vice-chancellor of Durham University is to step down from his position later this year, it has been announced.

Ahead of the Jisc Digital Festival next week, for which Times Higher Education is media partner, five experts predict the innovations and trends that are set to change the face of higher education and research in the coming years

Slowing growth in international student numbers could have “a material impact on the sector”, while a financial blow from pensions could be looming.

Several UK universities have seen the number of Indian students plummet by more than 50 per cent in recent years.

Regent’s University London has become only the second private institution to be admitted to Universities UK.

Aberystwyth University is to set up a branch campus in Mauritius and start offering degrees from September this year.

Academics vent anger over treatment of international students

Minister of state for science and universities David Willetts addresses the Critical List - an event hosted at the University of Melbourne on Friday 28 February 2014

Scottish union angry that current dispute not on agenda

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

An online university established to take higher education to disadvantaged students around the world has received accreditation

Scheme to be run jointly with Higher Education Funding Council for England

Move comes as unions continue to fight below-inflation pay offer

Teaching professionals who work unpaid overtime put in an extra 12 hours a week on average – the highest of any profession, a new study claims.

Which universities will have cause for celebration at the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday 2 March? Fiona Salvage looks at the institutions that have produced the most Oscar nominees

But overall net migration still shoots up following influx from EU

Mary Evans on the insights into persecution, knowledge and sexuality of a Dutch Jewish writer killed in Auschwitz

Meeting at Treasury hints at moves to repair visa policy’s harm to universities

We speak to the actor and chancellor of the University of Huddersfield

Below-inflation rise could prompt richer institutions to offer enhanced local deals, expert warns

Last month data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency showed the first recorded fall in the number of students from outside the European Union enrolling on UK higher education courses

‘No preconceptions’ as Higher Education Commission begins exploration of long-term financial sustainability

SMEs need tools as well as content to pinpoint research ‘nuggets’, says Elsevier chief

Andy Westwood, former New Labour special adviser, asks what went wrong with skills policy

Council to seek suggestions from industry and the public on grant award decisions

Chinese students in the UK are keen to get work experience, and it would help them to integrate, says Bin Wu

One-third of club dancers are now students, and many are middle class

OU head’s search for speechwriter raises questions about size of v-cs’ offices

University boosts collaboration with ‘neglected’ South America

Student reps concerned proposed changes would downgrade colleges to halls of residence

U-turn on move to publish breakdown of figures by institution after weak data from Hesa exercise

Even Machiavelli’s advice to princes spoke to the value of emotional intelligence, argues Paula Nicolson

London institution is famed for its alloy of art and enterprise

A vision to revive a depressed Sussex town by building a university is succeeding