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Yong Zhao believes China doesn’t foster the free thinkers it needs. What is the state of the country’s higher education system?

Student Funder’s chief executive says an analysis shows that more than half of prospective students will miss out on the new government scheme

Creative writing, often seen as a heretical branch of English studies, is split into sects. But such schisms are no sin, says Jonathan Taylor

REF data show big jumps in number of doctoral degree awards in some subjects

Help for non-traditional learning wins support, with Greg Clark saying ‘watch this space’

Use of online tools runs the risk of students developing problems and harming their ability to study, research finds

Greens unveil election goals but figures on cost of pledge on fees still pending

Analysis reveals the winners and losers under ‘shaping capabilities’ programme

FX Plus given £105,000 to encourage cost-sharing copycats at universities

Seeking impact? Undertake research that prepares the ground for key political debates, says ex-Westminster insider Meg Russell

People with a PhD in the social sciences earn the largest average salary seven to nine years after graduation, whereas those with a doctorate in the biological sciences go on to earn the least, according to research

Students at a new doctoral training centre will use big data to tackle challenges such as extreme weather and population growth

Taking all staff to lakeside hotel for an audience with the vice-chancellor is an ‘appropriate developmental investment’

At THE summit in Qatar, Gulf states hear that culture of entitlement must go

Shadow minister explains that his party would aim for graduate tax but plans to leave numbers uncapped

The vice-chancellor of the University of Brighton is to retire next year, it has been announced

View from leading scholar is among many put forward ahead of major prize recognising arts, humanities and social sciences

Notts Trent head Neil Gorman was highest earner with pay and benefits of £620K in his final year

By Colleen Flaherty, for Inside Higher Ed

Controversial cuts to Disabled Students’ Allowance are to be subject to a legal challenge

Strict conditions on Glyndwr University’s licence to recruit international students are to be maintained, following a Home Office review

Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has ruled out the introduction of tuition fees north of the border if his party wins next year’s Holyrood election

But Liam Byrne insists graduate tax is still ‘long-term policy’ for party

Devolved nations may face pressure to meet funding shortfall

The government wants to cut the number of students with public funding recruited by “poorer quality” private colleges offering sub-degree courses

The Royal Society has not been able to find any reason why so few women were successful in securing awards from one of its fellowship schemes in 2014

A play based on an academic study of the stresses and satisfactions of care work in dementia wards has now set off on a six-venue tour

Professors are several percentage points more likely to be women than they were a decade ago, new figures show

What will hold back the use of technology in higher education over the next five years?

Labour has been urged to say whether or not it would reintroduce caps on undergraduate numbers after unveiling its pledge to lower fees to £6,000.

QAA report followed claims university had bent rules to allow students sponsored by Saudi government extra resits

As Ed Miliband announces Labour’s policy on university tuition fees, the shadow universities minister sets out his party’s plans for higher education

Ed Miliband has pledged that a Labour government would lower fees to £6,000 and raise maintenance grants by £400

More than a quarter of university students now use social media to contact their lecturers

Students taking BTEC vocational qualifications are more than twice as likely to score top marks as they were seven years earlier, says a new study.

University of Liverpool PhD student wants models to be manufactured by the company

The AQA decision to end a promising trial of the subject does a disservice to students, the discipline and the UK, says Joy Hendry

Ending support for cross-border students does not mean tuition fee cash would be reinvested in institutions, report warns

Hakim Adi urges early career researchers at first meeting of Black Doctoral Network UK to be resilient when facing difficulties

One of the world’s leading experts on organisational psychology, known for representing how organisations work with “detail, breadth and rigour”, has died

Jon Nixon asks what Arendt’s work can tell us about the value of universities as places of thinking together

We speak to a principal lecturer at Nottingham Trent University who is also the director of the GameCity festival and co-director of the National Videogame Arcade

Two government departments and watchdog investigate St Patrick’s College

Division as scholars analyse Hefce’s system for dividing £1 billion QR pot

Group will be made up of experts and prominent figures from across higher education

The Association of Business Schools has released its latest ranking of periodicals, but not everyone welcomes it

Les Ebdon explains the thinking behind a new strategic aim for the Office for Fair Access

Continent must learn to maximise research strengths, says former European Commission president turned ‘accidental academic’

Hefce chief to take up post of vice-president (implementation) in the spring tasked with change management

Postgrad’s study questions reliability of results on staff evaluation website as US students seek ‘easiest A’

Oxford blogger publishes citation count for autism expert, who ran two Elsevier titles

Regulator wants elite universities to set ‘challenging targets’ on admissions as student number controls end in autumn

CEO Maddalaine Ansell proposes asset sharing and collaborating with business on course design at mission group

Sir Ian Diamond’s efficiencies report endorses the shift from incremental pay rises to service-related rewards

Work experience while at this Scottish institution is positively encouraged

John Warren and colleagues warn of the serious decline in graduates with sound identification skills

Universities have a vital role to play in recognising complex sexualities, says Deborah D. Rogers