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FoI request reveals which institutions have targets of some sort after the suicide last year of a professor at Imperial College London

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Higher Education Academy report into quality assessment recommends creation of a task force to establish guidelines around the 2:1-2:2 borderline

Research can have unpredictable results, but some advance planning will make proving its value much easier

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Inaugural campaign to diversify income streams kicks off with £5m donation for pioneering research centre

UK higher education round-up and highlights from the Twittersphere

When grant managers provide specialised input, approval rates rise, study finds

Japan still ‘king of the mountain’ but balance of power shifts to neighbour

The UK’s only national humanities research festival has announced funding awards to 41 universities and cultural organisations

A Nobel Prize-winning fellow of the Royal Society has apologised after saying he was in favour of single sex laboratories.

But new report reveals that the president was not the highest-paid person on campus at more than half of institutions

Former postdoctoral researchers will now be counted as alumni at the University of Cambridge

A combination of short undergraduate courses and master’s programmes may be attractive to overseas students, Hefce says

Institutional reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency could become a thing of the past in favour of more robust internal monitoring by universities themselves, a draft policy paper suggests.

Union members at the University of Aberdeen have voted to strike in protest at the axing of 150 jobs.

New study suggests using phones in class could actually be beneficial, provided students stay on topic

A new series of short films reveals the often unexpected books that have inspired scientists at Cambridge.

Glyndwr University’s new interim vice-chancellor Graham Upton has said the troubled institution is “on course for financial stability” despite a turbulent few years.

Job losses could be in prospect at Aston University, with the institution saying it has to “look at how we do things” in the light of more higher education cuts.

Lobby group presses the case for UK science in the wake of BIS cuts of almost half a billion pounds

A conference will explore the role of “Universities in Revolution and State Formation” all the way from 19th-century Sicily to the Arab Spring.

The Office for Fair Access is to review how much poorer students benefit from financial support while at university.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced the government department covering higher education will have its budget for this year cut by a further £450 million.

Institution may close one of its engineering schools after a 'disappointing result' in the research excellence framework

GPA degree classifications are coming, but will getting a ‘4.25’ ever match up to a first?

Sir Mark Walport, chief scientific adviser, uses Going 51�Թ� platform to urge academics to remain impartial when delivering results on ‘pet topics’

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

Report reveals spending has almost doubled since £9K fees introduced as universities meet targets and achieve milestones ahead of deadlines

Sector fine-tunes policies aimed at addressing under-representation of female academics. Jon Marcus reports from Copenhagen

Hepi/HEA Student Academic Experience Survey results may intensify pressure on staff to gain formal accreditation

Nafsa conference hears of figures showing that overseas students’ interaction with locals is more limited than generally assumed

Hepi head says £30bn export aim achievable only with cross-government effort

UK higher education round-up and highlights from the Twittersphere

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Higher education news from around the globe

With a focus on raising students’ expectations, Kingston University aims to close the BME attainment gap

Former Tory adviser on how his time at Stanford has transformed his thinking and why Moocs are indispensable

Publisher’s open access policy unleashes public display of disagreement

Naomi Booth’s book The Lost Art of Sinking developed out of her study on literary swooning

Higher Education Academy study reveals development of transferable skills less widespread on overseas courses

A report examines how collaborative research infrastructure could be the way forward for these storehouses of knowledge

51�Թ� Office acts on allegations of fraudulent language qualifications

Universities have confirmed their opposition to any academic boycott of Israel following votes by student and lecturer groups in favour of sanctions.

The UK needs to stop using greater efficiency in research as justification for funding cuts, a vice-chancellor and ex-research council head has said.

The government should lift restrictions to allow British students to use state loans for fees abroad, the former universities minister has claimed

Education is the best possible antidote to radicalisation, the academic set to be the next vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford has said

The National Union of Students will not hold a national demonstration against austerity and student poverty this autumn after outgoing president Toni Pearce used her casting vote to block the action

The University of Warwick has scrapped to use a scheme called TeachHigher to employ hourly paid teaching and research staff

The government says it will help ensure that there is “minimal to disruption to students” at the University of Law and that “its high quality of education is upheld” following the purchase

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Scientific and university bodies have reacted warily to the proposed introduction of student loans for doctoral students

Staff at London Metropolitan University will hold a one-day strike this week in a row over job cuts

The 51�Թ� World Academic Summit 2015 will take place in Melbourne, Australia, in partnership with the University of Melbourne

Jo Johnson has pledged that the UK has “an ambition to grow” its international education activity and has committed to addressing the fall in the number of students coming from India

A well-known author and academic has suggested her students should “go back to the womb” if they can’t cope with the kind of disturbing material literature has always dealt with

Academics at Newcastle University have been matched with members of the public as pen pals.

Study reveals 'international experience' also popular among  leaders around the world.

The Institute of International Education has called on universities to host vulnerable artists. 

Planned cuts to the European Union's research budget have been reduced by €500 million (£357 million) following pressure from scientists, university leaders and MEPs.