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Wiley and Elsevier attacked over failures to deposit papers as research funder warns it could withdraw funding for hybrid journals

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Gaining a PhD is a tough act for most students, so how do those with new babies cope while having the additional demands of parenthood?

More than 1,400 academics have signed a petition condemning the treatment of university staff

Deborah Bull tells Matthew Reisz about the scale of cross-fertilisation between her university and the arts

New ¡®world-first¡¯ Jisc project will allow students to compare their performance against their classmates¡¯

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

Hefce and 51³Ô¹Ï Office figures show further declines in new overseas entrants and Indian student visas

Ucea says additional payroll pressures and market instability means uplift is ¡®at the limit of affordability¡¯ for many institutions

Judges rule in favour of two students who brought case after ETS fraud claims

Six per cent of young first degree entrants fail to advance to second year, Hesa data show

Study suggests saturation point of higher education expansion is some way off

Female students also 'quicker to assimilate than men' with others on course, says HKUST business school academic

US analysis questions link between Twitter success and scholarly merit, raising doubts about the use of social media data in altmetrics

People contemplating a criminal career might do well to stay in and do their homework

Vrije Universiteit Brussel cancels classes for the rest of the week

Rules introduced by Scotland's ombudsman have forced universities to improve how they handle student complaints, says University of Edinburgh expert

Improvements required in two out of four areas at college where students claimed ?259 million in state loans in three years

Revised proposals may not lighten the burden on institutions, warns vice-chancellor

Trend that started in US high schools is increasingly being reported on the country's university campuses, reports Josh Logue for Inside Higher Ed

There are many lessons to be learned from universities around the world, says new British Academy report

Hefce report on sector finances also warns of fall in overseas entrants

Prospective students in China are no longer looking only at traditionally elite institutions, says director of British Council in the country

Getting politicians to learn the lessons of history can sometimes require an indirect approach, Queen Mary event hears

For-profit college head Paul Kirkham calls for ¡®respectful¡¯ treatment of private providers

Funding council also plans to register itself as England¡¯s official quality body

Countries make a commitment to deepen partnership in quality assurance for transnational education

V-c reveals the factors that have added to the rankings surge of this post-92 institution

Millions of pounds of expenditure mean that many UK universities now offer truly world-class sport and fitness facilities

Wide-ranging policy document notes importance of university provision in plans for teacher training reform

How do universities rated ¡®best for industry connections¡¯ improve their students¡¯ employability?

Why do London¡¯s universities cluster towards the bottom of the rankings?

There have been some significant shifts in the way that students approach university with a more ¡®professional¡¯ attitude to study emerging

Loughborough University tops the poll, with its emphasis on student participation, says Jack Grove

Rob Behrens warns some international learners cannot express themselves properly, let alone follow a course

Campaigners believe 1994 Zellick guidelines may be at odds with equalities and human rights legislation

Accounts reveal remuneration for chief executive, alongside further ?1.2m loss on Cyprus campus

Critics warn against giving quality work to outsourcing companies

Housing crisis in Oxford, Cambridge and London means the cost of loan and joint equity schemes has tripled in past five years

The outgoing independent adjudicator talks to THE about eight years at the OIA and the future of sector regulation

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

These maps show which universities do research that goes on to have an impact on London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Birmingham

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

George Osborne also pledges review of support for part-time study and data on graduate earnings by course

The social historian, who was second v-c of Sussex and later chancellor of the Open University, was 94

Chair of Chartered Association of Business Schools questions government¡¯s STEM focus when it comes to research funding

More than a third of institutions suffer successful cyber attack every hour, study suggests

As the number of papers needing review increases, journals are thinking of replacing a voluntary system with cash rewards

Some institutions are starting to listen to the growing call for better access to menstruation products, reports Jake New for Inside Higher Ed

Institutions will struggle with Chinese government push on entrepreneurship, Ellie Bothwell hears Zhejiang University dean tell conference in Beijing

Education City's spending for stateside outposts pieced together by The Washington Post

Several research-intensive universities are on list, but many institutions dispute the findings

Interviews paint a bleak picture of morale at Yonsei University, raising further concerns about country¡¯s attempt to internationalise

Commission for Widening Access calls for ¡®entrenched patterns of advantage¡¯ to be broken down

Landmark documents and artefacts in the history of science and religion go on public view for the first time

President of free online university says universities will be forced to change either their price structure or their offering 

Education minister Simon Birmingham signals potential funding cuts to universities but fee rises plan could also be revived

LSE academic finds link between education and extremism is most pronounced in Muslim world, but extends to the West too

Monthly sessions at Nottingham Trent University aim to prepare asylum seekers for higher education

As the social media platform celebrates its 10th anniversary, Jack Grove examines how it has changed doctoral study