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Matthew Reisz talks to the master of Oxford hall and ‘place of inter-religious encounter’

Enthusiasm for ‘neuroeducation’ risks blinding people to its potentially limited efficacy, argues Steven Rose

Mutability and periphery come to the fore in an event focused on Southeast Asia’s artists, writes Peter Hill

Russell Group critical of abolition of student numbers cap

The European Union officially adopted Horizon 2020 on 3 December 2013

Judgment says university ‘inadequately investigated’ misconduct case

Legislation a must after scrapping of student quotas

Data gathering can be a dangerous business, oceanographer Penny Holliday tells Paul Jump

Aldwyn Cooper takes aim at the coalition’s haphazard policymaking

Admissions standards have fallen to balance budgets, Adelaide chief argues

We speak to the professor of poetry at the University of Roehampton’s new Poetry Centre. Plus the latest higher education appointments

Two university leaders forgo increases as tensions over staff wage offer continue

Engineering body fears impact of post-16 maths and English workload

The diagram showing the flow of blood in the forearm is taken from William Harvey’s De Motu Cordis (1628), a pioneering exposition of how blood circulates around the body

Industry and funders still back blue-skies thinking, doctoral conference hears

The Treasury’s stated plan to fund expansion in student places by the sale of loans omits £1.7 billion in lost repayments arising from the sell off.

Sir Adrian Smith suggests protesters wanted police involved to generate ‘headlines’

A list of recommendations on improving management of animal research at Imperial College London should “resonate” across the UK, their authors say

Shadow universities minister delivers vision for sector in first major speech

More than 1,200 people have signed a petition against a ban on protesting at the University of London

More than £25 million has been awarded by England’s funding council to 20 pilot projects designed to support postgraduate students.

Universities are to work with the government to appoint Muslim chaplains to “challenge extremist views” on campus.

More students are seeking help from university counsellors amid growing concerns over debt and future job prospects.

UK research has higher citation impact than that of any comparator nation, a report commissioned by the government has revealed.

The plan to fund extra student places by selling the student loan book is “nonsense” in economic terms, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Thirty-six people were arrested after another confrontation between protesters and police at the University of London.

Yesterday’s announcement that student number controls are to be abolished has attracted comment from all quarters. Here is a round-up of responses:

Universities across the UK have been paying tribute to Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, who has died at the age of 95.

At least three demonstrators were arrested as security staff and police broke up a student occupation of the University of London’s Senate House.

The Russell Group has attacked the government’s decision to abolish student number caps, warning of a potential decline in quality.

The government has given quantum technologies research a boost in the autumn statement.

Fears that universities would be more selective about who they submitted to the 2014 research excellence framework have proved unfounded.

The government will abolish the cap on student numbers “altogether” the year after next, George Osborne has announced

David Willetts has “lost control” of his department’s budget in “spectacular fashion”, according to his Labour counterpart Liam Byrne.

The government has been warned by a leading peer not to cut the science and research budget in today’s autumn statement.

BIS admits scale of planned recruitment was ‘unaffordable’

Sadie Creese says institutions’ leaders endanger research by not prioritising digital security

Poll of more than 10,000 students shows visa crackdown is not the biggest hurdle

We speak to the director of international higher education at the British Council. Plus the latest higher education appointments

Shadow universities minister also vows to tackle overseas recruitment barrier

New Generation Thinker Sarah Peverley likes to disseminate elements of her work for public

Lack of interdisciplinarity and pared funds a cause of concern for social sciences

Bird numbers in Britain and Ireland - monitored with the aid of citizen scientists - are falling. Tim Birkhead calls for action

Government-matched funding scheme would cut debt burden and improve social equality, say researchers

African American scholars still struggle for public prominence outside discussions of racial justice, says Daniel Matlin

Expert points to ill effects of ‘countercyclical’ enrolment

Audit finds lack of women on university boards affects female v-c numbers

Condé Nast courses are cut to fit students’ needs, says vice-principal

The state is confronting student protest with an iron fist while promising to relax its grip on the academy. Jack Grove reports from the country

A hagiographic look at a US designer store is all style, no substance, Pamela Church Gibson argues

As Times Higher Education launches the BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2014, Jim O’Neill says the UK can help the world and itself by going global

‘A-Team’ approach brings campuses together for town planning project

Public administration, education and health are the UK’s top graduate employers, according to the latest Office for National Statistics report on the national labour force

Global coalition advocates ‘insulation’ against state and non-state actors

Student associations call for more, affordable residence places

University press offices’ changes to Wikipedia are simply part of a long tradition of spin, argues Chris Hackley