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Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study finds

‘Callous’ Home Office refuses leeway for applicant hit by currency drop

On 13 November 1967, Newcastle University became the first and only British university to give Martin Luther King an honorary degree during his lifetime

Piaac survey also calls comparability of degree standards into question

Discord over vocational and theoretical aspects of music study in the 19th century still resonates in today’s debates about higher education’s purpose

David Latchman welcomes reforms for restoring funding for some upskilling students, but argues the government should go further

Book celebrates centenary of the first global higher education network

Teachers will be motivated to improve if internal assessments are made public, says John Colley

Scottish glossary breaks down communication barriers

The scheme to boost women in science is widening its impact

Brussels ‘to close file’ on foreign scholars battling ‘xenophobic’ law

World Education Services report stresses diversity of applicants

Perma CC consortium aims to host primary source material for ever

The Russell Group has backed the University of Oxford vice-chancellor after he urged the government to allow a rise in tuition fees.

Internet giant Google has signed an agreement with Jisc, the higher education technology consortium.

Three scientists have won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for laying the foundations for the computer modelling of chemical processes.

Private providers, including universities’ own offshoots, have been pinpointed as a major risk to English higher education in a new report.

The real cost of a University of Oxford education is £16,000 a year and the fees system should be better related to such an amount.

Scientists who developed a theory describing the origin of mass have won the 2013 Nobel Prize for physics.

The number of international students coming to UK universities will grow at a slower rate over the next 13 years than is hoped for by the government.

The UK scores poorly in a major study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on adult literacy, numeracy and other key skills.

Liam Byrne has been made shadow higher education minister in a reshuffle unveiled today by Labour leader Ed Miliband.

Three scientists who elucidated a fundamental process in cell physiology have been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

A new monthly online magazine of social research and policy analysis has been launched.

Physicist Peter Higgs is prominent among this year’s list of Nobel Prize predictions by Thomson Reuters citation analyst David Pendlebury

Disabled students are calling on universities to do more to help them to access campus facilities.

This year’s Times Higher Education World University Rankings have sparked reaction from some of the most widely-read news outlets across the globe.

Schools should teach the limits of scientific certainty so the public better understand scientific debate, says president of the Royal Society

The growing importance of tuition fee income for UK universities has been highlighted by Higher Education Statistics Agency data

Richard Howells’ online hunt for ‘masterpieces’ may be a playful act of irony, but it also questions the nature of artistic authenticity

Hepi: scrapped courses undermine widening participation

Poll respondents threatened with redundancy for non-submission

Transparency International report takes aim at sector leadership

If the line you have drawn in the sand is crossed, resign

São Paulo announces further tie-ins at three-day symposium

A failed dealer used his insider status to research drugs, violence and the American Dream

Earthquake experts must communicate public risk more effectively to avoid a repetition of the Italian media fiasco that a year ago culminated in jail terms for the academics involved

We speak to the vice-chancellor of The Open University. Plus the latest higher education appointments

Religious body seeks secular redress for ‘trademark infringement’

Critics brand figures for post-study replacement ‘disappointing’

After the hype is over, e-learning will be the norm, predicts Stephen Haggard

Good news for capital, but fears grow that data reflect growing UK inequality

Emma Rees offers a time-sensitive account of the start of term

Q-Step programme at 15 universities set to improve social science students’ expertise

High tuition, bad press and recovering economy cited in falling student numbers

The insider’s outsider reflects a career at the heart of the higher education sector

Academics still hidebound by national rules, Commission finds

Canada’s early literary and scientific history owes much to two British-born sisters who emigrated to what is now Ontario in 1832

New government also aims to cut red tape

Programme may make university-based training financially unviable, says Peter Strike

Massive increase in enrolment since 2007

Born Global research looks to bridge gap between supply and demand