Liberal Democrats Vince Cable and Julian Huppert were among the higher education figures to lose their seats last night, while former National Union of Students president Wes Streeting is now a Labour MP.
The Conservatives have secured a majority after standing on a platform to seek an EU referendum and further tighten immigration rules, which could impact on universities.
A student occupation at the London School of Economics has come to an “amicable end”, according to the institution – although protesters said there were “legal threats”.
Soas, University of London, is to divest from fossil fuels within the next three years after the institution’s governing body today approved the decision.
A private college paid almost £2 million a year in public student loans has been criticised by the Quality Assurance Agency, despite being cleared of academic fraud.
Thousands of workers who built New York University’s campus in Abu Dhabi were excluded from the institution’s enhanced labour standards, an independent report says.