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Wearing of shirts depicting Prophet Mohammed and Jesus ‘did not amount to harassment’

The European Commission has announced the new president of the European Research Council.

The government’s plan to finance extra student places by the future sale of student loans is like a Ponzi scheme, according to a thinktank.

It is “perfectly possible” to fund the government’s plan to abolish the student numbers cap by selling off graduate debt, David Willetts has claimed.

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The Treasury has funded a £15 million pilot project to establish three to four University Enterprise Zones in England.

A leading activist has called on the academic community to do far more “to help promote and defend human rights”.

Controversial passage removed pending review as prime minister intervenes

Nobel laureate Randy Schekman has pledged to stop publishing in “luxury journals”, which he believes contribute to the “disfigurement” of science.

Times Higher Education journalists have been honoured at a national awards ceremony.

The government’s plan to fund extra student numbers by selling loans omits billions of pounds in lost repayments, the chancellor has admitted.

Universities UK has published legal advice which backs its controversial guidance on the segregation of men and women at campus events.

The government’s claim it can fully fund extra student places by selling loans is “wrong”, according to the MP in charge of examining public accounts.

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.

Students have occupied the University of London’s Senate House in a protest over pay, pensions and financial accountability.

Cambridge Education Group, which prepares international students for university, has been sold to a private equity firm in a deal worth £185 million.

HESA announces publication date for data on number of researchers eligible for submission

The latest student occupation of Bramber House at the University of Sussex has ended after seven nights.

A total of £2 million is to be spent on helping universities support students who want to work in social enterprise and entrepreneurship.

East Asia has strengthened its grip on the top places of the world’s most influential international education rankings, it was revealed today

Lectures and seminars are likely to be cancelled across the UK as university staff hold a second national walk-out over pay.

Two Welsh universities have set up a centre designed to tackle educational inequality in the country.

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A further 10 UK universities have gained an award that recognises commitment to developing the careers of researchers.

Social mobility could be harmed if cuts of £45 million are focused on the so-called “widening participation premium”, a new study says

A new booklet has been launched on the role of social science in promoting “mental wellbeing”.  

The government has suspended all funding for overseas EU students at private colleges, and for Bulgarians and Romanians at public universities.

The government has suspended 23 private colleges from the publicly-funded loans system after a surge in their student numbers.

The University of Huddersfield has been named University of the Year

Outsourced cleaners at the University of London have vowed to fight on despite being offered improved terms and conditions after a two-day strike.

Adequate funding has been allotted for universities to meet the cost of open access, the government has maintained

Britain’s poorest students are set to lose bursaries and other support worth £100 million next year after ministers fast-tracked planned cuts.

Students have reoccupied a conference centre at the University of Sussex that was at the centre of previous protests over the outsourcing of services.

Ministers have been accused of “industrial scale incompetence” after a damning report on student loans was released by the public spending watchdog

A British Academy report urges universities to help stem a decline in provision of languages with “strategic importance for defence and diplomacy”.

An advanced computer network designed specifically to serve the research and education sector has been launched.

Coalition government policy to create a market in higher education has pushed England’s sector into “a terrible muddle, unmatched in the world”.

An independent Scotland would seek to continue to share research councils with the remainder of the UK, a new blueprint for independence has said.

The sale of student loans to a consumer debt company “doesn’t make economic sense”, according to the National Union of Students

Ministers may cut student grants worth £350 million and reduce research funding by £215 million, according to a report of leaked documents