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Pomona College academics vote for guidelines that ask tenure candidates to be ¡®attentive to diversity in the student body¡¯

Country's oldest institution places restrictions on undergraduates spending the night together on campus

The sugar cane has been cleared for a new campus on the Indian Ocean island

Governments overall are spending more of GDP on tertiary education but less on research

Possible mass resignation of external examiners in pay dispute raises concerns about sector¡¯s use of contracts, says legal expert

Ministers press ahead with plans to assess institutions despite warnings from research they commissioned

Mendon?a Filho scotches rumours of plans to introduce fees

Institutions face losing up to a quarter of their total funding council grant as cuts from Welsh government bite

Feminist historian Catherine Hall will not accept her share of a lucrative award, calling her move an ¡®independent political choice¡¯

A 51³Ô¹Ï survey on voting intentions for the historic poll is seeking the views of all UK higher education staff eligible to take part

Fears that Britain will leave the EU are deterring academics from taking up posts at UK universities, says Universities UK president Dame Julia Goodfellow

Experts mull over Jo Johnson¡¯s aim to open sector to foreign companies and universities

Researchers have much to contribute to the study of law, education, engineering and healthcare, suggests new collection

Study says that staff and students are uncertain about how to maximise the educational potential of flexible teaching spaces

Many existing access programmes focus on football or rugby, study finds

Poll finds widespread support for UK's membership of EU, but also confusion about when the poll is, and how to register for it

Regulator will promote market, distribute grants, award university status and have power to enter premises with warrant

Purchase of research repository has horrified open access advocates who fear acquisition marks attempt to maintain control over publishing

Can intersectionality help transform policymaking or does it offer only an alienating new jargon?

Researchers find variation in marks given by same lecturers to similar students when working in different departments

As funding council plans to keep independent reviews, Colin Riordan says UK-wide system must be protected

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Two long-time critics of London Metropolitan University management have been selected for redundancy, but institution dismisses any suggestion of a link

Glyn Davis was ¡®reluctant supporter¡¯ of full fee deregulation, dropped ahead of July election, and now backs plan for ¡®flagship¡¯ courses

Academics and policy advisers have given their verdict in a study exploring how the REF affects the day-to-day lives of scholars

Alarm over Trump, coupled with excitement over Sanders, prompts students to try to boost turnout. Jon Marcus reports

New book considers why some stars burn out and others continue to shine

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world¡¯s media

Key figures respond to the Queen¡¯s HE announcements

Academics do not always publicise their work, says senior academic administrator at Moroccan university 

Research from the University of Warwick reveals a mismatch between the aspirations and final destinations of Chinese students at UK universities

Loss of fee income if Britain leaves EU could be worth ?700 million a year, claims new report

Four out of five UK higher education institutions report increase in students seeking support

Vice-chancellors remain concerned about reputation impact of dividing universities into three tiers

Government says it could designate sector quality body in future to protect co-regulation

Research councils, Innovate UK and QR funding will be brought under one new body that will also distribute new money for interdisciplinary research

Senior aide Sam Clovis on what US university policy might look like under a Trump administration

Alternative providers should also be able to charge ?9,000 tuition fees, says government

Everything that you need to know about Success as a Knowledge Economy

But supporters back easing of degree powers and university title as step to 'innovation'

Government postpones introduction of differential fee caps in response to higher education sector concerns

UK parliamentary group voices concerns while international education plan launches in Australia

Without the competitive advantage of EU links, UK universities will be outgunned in the fight for top talent by rich US universities, says Lord Patten

Agency is preferred bidder for four of six quality tenders offered by Hefce, alongside HEA and Leadership Foundation

Hefce-funded project aims to drive economic growth and increase employment

All scientists can improve their writing skills by realising that they need to sell as well as tell the story, says author of new guide

Five years from launch, partnership proves benefits of bigger scale, according to two v-cs

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world¡¯s media

Use of HMRC records could allow reformed DLHE to focus on areas such as happiness and skills

Data on international collaborations hint at importance of place, politics and history

Hepi calls for action on sector¡¯s gender gap to tackle male ¡®underachievement¡¯

Institutional performance on widening participation released by Offa for first time

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Scorecard could help institutions improve green credentials after damning report warned universities had fallen behind on carbon reduction targets

Legal battle overturned landmark ruling that may have led to routine disclosure of senior staff salaries

Four years of collaboration between scholars and creative partners were showcased at the Creativeworks London Festival at King¡¯s College London on 29 April

Plans for 'failure regime' also on the agenda for higher education bill after Queen's Speech

New book explores the anxieties of Peking and Tsinghua students caught between their parents, the Communist Party and new Western ideas about education

Start-up firm Spires plans rapid expansion across UK universities, and says it could help social mobility ¨C but others see private tutoring as harming access

Such partnerships are healthy but an NCUB report says more are needed to boost UK prosperity