Politics

Thirty-six Lib Dems in firing line, including Nick Clegg, plus two Tories

In the workplace and at the ballot box, it is time to reject stale ideology, says Thomas Docherty

Tories talk of tougher visas and recognising top teaching. Labour alters funding plan for £6K fees. Greens promise to abolish fees

As the statue of Cecil Rhodes is removed from the University of Cape Town, South Africa’s academy still needs monumental change, says Martin Hall

Universities in England are set to miss carbon emission reduction targets by half, a report has found

Tougher student visa regime and more employment data for applicants also mooted

Manifesto says party would reintroduce block grant for universities

Tax avoidance savings now part of measures to fund £3K fees cut

Scotland’s universities have called on the Holyrood government to put on hold an overhaul of governance in the sector after the proposals met with significant resistance.

Labour would use £50 million from university access funds to guarantee face-to-face careers advice in schools.

Martin McQuillan meets José Mujica to discuss education and philosophy

The Student Room has launched a campaign to get its members to register to vote so they can affect results in marginal seats in the general election

A deadly attack at a Kenyan university demonstrates that higher education institutions are a “soft target” for terrorists, campaigners have said.

Move prompts organisers to seek legal action

While Labour could cap funding, the Lib Dems could support graduate tax

Beijing’s ‘messages’ to the academy focus on its role in promoting a crucial concept

Civil servant appeals for further savings to avoid another round of government cuts

Policy proposal stands alongside a commitment to abolish tuition fees

The Times Higher Education general election survey is seeking the views of all UK higher education employees on the upcoming election

University looks at “withdrawing permission” for controversial event

The Russell Group’s next chair will be Sir David Greenaway, the University of Nottingham vice-chancellor

The UK’s main political parties have laid out their plans for science just days before the official general election campaign kicks off

Labour’s Paul Blomfield believes change could happen even if Tories lead government after general election

Martin McQuillan on the critical theorists shaking up Syriza and Podemos

A new “health surcharge” levied on international students from next month is “an election stunt full of loopholes”, a legal expert has claimed.

Frank Finlay considers the experience of the immigrant professor who held his post during the 1914-18 conflict

George Osborne has announced that the government will offer PhD and research-based master’s students income-contingent loans of up to £25,000

Plans to uncap tuition fees in Australia have been defeated in the country’s upper house for the second time in four months

Prevent document from government has different wording for English/Welsh universities

Researchers are being “taken advantage of” and put up with very low wages and insecure careers.

‘Prevent’ guidance clarifies new legal duty on institutions to help tackle radicalisation

But Nicky Morgan tells TES debate that schools route offers choice to students

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill will enable ministers to join up datasets

Jean-Lou Chameau says universities must reflect the societies within which they exist

University of Greenwich’s report following the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby suggests the ‘area was a centre for radical Islamic movements’

Universities must be put at the “heart of the teacher education system”, according to a new election policy manifesto.

The conversion of polytechnics into universities has been lamented as a “poor decision” by the business secretary

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

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

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

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

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.

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

A cut to tuition fees not coupled with a rise in taxpayer funding would damage universities, Lord Mandelson has said as Labour finalises its policy.

Fear of offending makes a pig’s ear of free speech, says Christopher Bigsby

An organisation with more than 200 US university members has formally urged the federal government to ditch plans for a college ratings system

The Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, which many academics fear will suppress freedom of speech in universities, has received Royal Assent.

The next government should create a new lead regulator, the Council for Higher Education England, and toughen rules for private providers

Their lack of protest over reforms means that universities have lost the chance to transform the sector, laments Anthony Kelly

UUK letter disparaging policy ‘compromises ability to influence party’s thinking’

The battle to protect academic freedom in the government’s counter-terrorism bill appears to be nearing a conclusion after final amendments were agreed

Hefce chief Madeleine Atkins also says counter-terror role for funding council was ‘gift not asked for’

Peers also slam government figure on student terrorists used to persuade Lords of need for new laws

Minister also uses Hefce speech to draw comparisons with Labour over HE funding

The next parliament is likely to include a disproportionately high number of MPs who graduated from Oxbridge, new research suggests.

Anshuman Mondal, author of Islam and Controversy, deplores ‘impoverished’ discussion of rights and obligations

From post-Taliban Afghanistan to quality control: Global Education Dialogue offered insights on topics such as access for women and private providers

Board claims in public letter that Labour has ignored the ‘legitimate concerns of vice-chancellors’

Move described as ‘early job application’ for council to be chief regulator after the election

Chief scientific adviser is ‘amused’ by funding conspiracy theories but dismisses them as ‘complete invention’