Graduate job market predicted to be buoyant Graduate vacancies are predicted to rise by almost 12 per cent in 2015, according to a biannual survey of the graduate jobs market 27 January
University staff back revised USS reform plan Staff at pre-1992 universities have voted by two to one in favour of accepting plans to end the country’s largest private final salary pension scheme By Jack Grove 26 January
FT Global MBA Ranking 2015: London Business School claims second place London Business School has continued its climb up the Financial Times’ Global MBA Ranking, claiming second place in the 2015 table By Chris Havergal 26 January
Burns’ work translated by Chinese scholar As Burns Night is celebrated around the world, the work of Scotland’s national poet is being brought to a new audience By Chris Havergal 25 January
Glasgow and Nankai to set up joint graduate school A joint graduate school is to be established in the Chinese city of Tianjin by the University of Glasgow and Nankai University By Chris Havergal 24 January
Horizon 2020 funding raid a ‘great concern’ Pan-Europe organisations attack Commission plans to move money for strategic investment fund By Holly Else 23 January
Oxford Brookes University makes Alistair Fitt v-c An academic who was set to become interim vice-chancellor at Oxford Brookes University has been confirmed as the institution’s next permanent head By Holly Else 23 January
Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2015 open for entries This year’s Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards - more widely known as the Thelmas - have been opened for entries By Times Higher Education Staff 22 January
Paul Webley to step down as Soas director The director of Soas, University of London, is to step down from his position this year owing to ill health By Jack Grove 22 January
Professional golf degree launched in Scotland Nothing is out of bounds when it comes to higher education, it seems – with the launch of Scotland’s first degree in professional golf By Chris Havergal 21 January
Sussex told to compensate student protesters over suspensions The University of Sussex should not have suspended four students after a protest and should pay compensation, the sector’s complaints body has found By John Morgan 21 January
Gender gaps among students revealed by Ucas Figures also show 23 per cent of students now enter HE with BTECs By Jack Grove 21 January
Obama highlights college plan in State of the Union speech By Michael Stratford, for Inside Higher Ed 21 January
Many universities ‘failing to address public health needs of world’s poor’ First global health research ranking suggests only five UK institutions make major investment By Holly Else 21 January
Nobel laureates write to KAUST over Saudi flogging case Academics in Saudi Arabia have been urged in an open letter signed by 18 Nobel Prize winners to condemn the public flogging of blogger Raif Badawi By Jack Grove 20 January
Teach medical students to be critical, says Ernst Medical students must learn to think critically, an academic physician who became the first professor of complementary medicine has warned. By Harriet Line 20 January
Kent student named as Green Party HE spokesman A student at the University of Kent has been named as the Green Party’s spokesman for higher and further education By Chris Havergal 20 January
Bedfordshire joins Glasgow in fossil fuel commitment The University of Bedfordshire has become the second higher education institution in the UK to commit to not investing in the fossil fuel industry By Harriet Line 20 January
King’s College London drops rebrand plan Plans to rebrand itself as ‘King’s London’ have been dropped, principal has confirmed By Jack Grove 19 January
Carter review says universities 'key' to teacher training But report also angers some in HE over PGCE comments By John Elmes 19 January
Warnings issued over EU research budget changes The performance of the whole European research system could be harmed if changes to EU budgets go ahead, it has been warned. By Harriet Line 19 January
UK now ranked fifth on HE participation, says OECD The UK is ranked fifth among the world’s most developed nations for the number of young people with higher education, after rapid progress since 2000 By John Morgan 19 January
Libraries urged to do more with unique collections to help academics Britain’s research libraries can do far more to help their “unique” collections serve the needs of scholars, their universities and communities By Matthew Reisz 18 January
Employers ‘should participate more' in HE provision Employers should have more of a say in the design and delivery of the curriculum at universities in order to produce “work-ready” graduates By Joe Sandler Clarke 17 January
Universities asked to provide clarity during A-level upheaval The head of Ucas has urged universities to “move quickly” and make clear how they intend to ensure fair admissions in the light of A-level reforms By Times Higher Education Staff 16 January
Ed Miliband urges action on student voter registration Labour leader also pledges to say more on HE policy ‘by time of manifesto’ By John Morgan 16 January
DfE body will fund teacher training students for 2015 NSS U-turn follows Hefce pledge to underwrite inclusion By John Elmes 16 January
Greg Clark criticises ‘dumbing down’ comments on diversity Science and universities minister says more must be done on issue By Paul Jump 16 January
New USS pension reform plans to be put to union vote University staff will not resume a marking boycott this week after employers put forward amended plans to reform the sector’s biggest pension scheme By Jack Grove 15 January
Comparing degree standards: assumptions to be ‘re-tested’ Three of the UK’s funding bodies want to “re-test assumptions” about the importance of comparability of standards across the sector’s institutions By John Morgan 15 January
Nature publisher to merge with Springer The publisher of Nature is to merge with the world’s second largest science publisher, Springer By Paul Jump 15 January
Universities give out more firsts and 2:1s The number of students awarded a first-class degree soared by 14 per cent last year. By Jack Grove 15 January
Part-time student numbers continue to dive Part-time student numbers have continued a dramatic decline after falling by 8 per cent last year, new figures show By Jack Grove 15 January
Extra-curricular activities now ‘more important’ to university applications Most admissions staff believe achievements outside the classroom are more important to gaining a university place than 10 years ago, a new study says By Jack Grove 15 January
Sheffield Hallam head Philip Jones to retire The vice-chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, Philip Jones, has announced that he is to retire next spring By Paul Jump 15 January
Universities ‘ignoring’ sexual harassment issue, says NUS The National Union of Students has accused universities of being ‘prepared to ignore’ incidents of sexual assault and harassment on campus By Joe Sandler Clarke 14 January
Will Self: freedom of speech a ‘fetish’ in wake of Paris attacks Freedom of speech has become a “sexual fetish” in the West in light of the Charlie Hebdo terror atrocity, according to academic and writer Will Self By Joe Sandler Clarke 13 January
University ‘equal pay’ days marked by protests Student groups are holding a series of protests this month against pay inequality in universities By Jack Grove 13 January
Racism accusations spark academic freedom debate in Canada By Colleen Flaherty, for Inside Higher Ed 12 January
British Library unveils eight-year plan The British Library has announced an ambitious “vision for its future development” over the next eight years By Matthew Reisz 12 January
Universities ‘should be excluded’ from counter-terror powers, say MPs Government plans to tackle “extremism” will have a “seriously inhibiting effect on bona fide academic debate in universities”, MPs and peers warn By John Morgan 12 January
Jobs for graduates predicted to hit record high Graduate recruitment is set to reach its highest level in more than a decade, according to new research By Joe Sandler Clarke 12 January
Students from poorer backgrounds win places in US Sutton Trust scheme sends UK applicants to Harvard, Yale and others 10 January
Warwick v-c Nigel Thrift targeted by petition over knighthood A petition has been set up calling for Nigel Thrift, the University of Warwick vice-chancellor, to be stripped of his knighthood. By John Morgan 9 January
Duke of York defended by Huddersfield v-c The University of Huddersfield vice-chancellor Bob Cryan has defended the Duke of York, its patron, in the face of “ridiculous” sex allegations By John Morgan 9 January
Sir David Bell calls for change of tack on teacher training Government fixated with education departments being ‘Marxist hotbeds’, says Reading v-c By John Elmes 9 January
Universities’ place in North West economic plan highlighted David Cameron and George Osborne have trumpeted universities’ involvement in plans to boost the economy of the North West By Joe Sandler Clarke 8 January
NSS to include teacher training students after funding council steps in Hefce to fund participation after DfE agency pulled plug on money By John Elmes 8 January
New University of Ulster vice-chancellor unveiled The University of Ulster has appointed Paddy Nixon as its new vice-chancellor By Chris Havergal 8 January
Aimhigher revisited? New national outreach project launched A national group of collaborative outreach networks working with schools and colleges has launched, four years after a similar project was scrapped By John Morgan 8 January
Theresa May’s overseas students plan ‘blocked’ by chancellor Plan to force overseas students to leave the UK after graduation appears to have been blocked by George Osborne By John Morgan 7 January
Michael Driscoll to retire from Middlesex University Middlesex University has announced that Michael Driscoll is to retire as vice-chancellor, to be replaced by The Open University’s Tim Blackman By John Morgan 6 January
Teacher training students removed from NSS University teacher training students will be asked not to take part in this year’s National Student Survey after the government withdrew funding By John Elmes 6 January
Fee hike ‘has not driven teaching improvement’, says UUK panel Raising tuition fees to £9,000 has not helped drive improvements in teaching despite the government’s insistence it would improve standards By Joe Sandler Clarke 6 January
Dyson latest to criticise May plans James Dyson has become the latest to criticise plans mooted by home secretary Theresa May’s to send overseas graduates home after their course 5 January
Glyndwr University v-c Michael Scott departs The vice-chancellor of Glyndwr University has suddenly left the troubled institution By Chris Havergal 5 January
Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen to be focus of academic symposium The comedy of Borat and Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen is to be the subject of an in-depth study by university scholars By Jack Grove 4 January
PhD employment data 'need to be richer' PhD holders may not be securing a job as easily as some governments believe By Holly Else 3 January