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Collection could be broken up in legal action over 1944 deed of trust

Vice-chancellor claims that removing the cap on fees and subsidising poorer students would work but is a ¡®toxic issue politically¡¯

User data for initial online offerings show that 13% of those who sign up finish their courses

Suspended professor prevented from speaking at conference

Sir Roderick Floud, former UUK president, criticises duplication and waste in ¡®muddled non-system¡¯

Fears that Beijing¡¯s ¡®red zone of forbidden knowledge¡¯ is spreading in the wake of partnerships

Dame Judith Rees, former LSE interim director, warns of problems as students¡¯ awareness of value increases

Journal¡¯s editors withdraw threat to resign after publisher apologises for obstructing report critical of industry practices

Report points to prevalence of plagiarism and low awareness of academic integrity and referencing conventions

Japan is still the number one nation but the balance of power is shifting as Beijing increases research funding

The University of East Anglia scooped the top prize last night at the 51³Ô¹Ï Leadership and Management Awards 2014

A group of students has delivered a petition to Universities UK calling for the sector to stop investing in fossil fuels.

Scottish universities have created a new body to promote themselves to the rest of the world separately from institutions in the rest of the UK

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¡®Brightest and best future¡¯ for HE in Scotland ¡®is to remain in the UK¡¯, they say

Government admits ?8 million paid out to students who had not proved residency

The University of Sunderland has joined a growing list of institutions who have decided to waive fees for language students on a study year abroad

The vice-chancellors of the universities of Nottingham and Birmingham have been knighted in the Queen¡¯s Birthday Honours

Tens of thousands of undergraduates are relying on payday loans or doorstop lending to fund their studies, a new survey suggests.

UK¡¯s only professor in education for deaf children among those winning fellowships

Panel speakers fear v-cs¡¯ silence presages a lack of pre-election policy debate

Universities UK warns that new funding models may create ¡®significant financial risk¡¯ for institutions

Exeter staff bristle at proposed change to teaching timetable to include 9pm finish

Scholar Si?n Lindsay¡¯s research on doctoral completion has yielded valuable insights and practical advice

16-member 51³Ô¹Ï Academy of Liberal Arts aims to help reassert value of non-STEM study

¡®Draconian¡¯ idea to pool universities¡¯ financial resources to rescue failing institutions abandoned

Seminar on strategies to tackle parlous state of discipline in UK told to note recent recovery of Classics

Offering courses without credit afforded City University London more flexibility

Standards watchdog calls on universities to beware misleading students about overseas facilities

Tales of activism and optimism and an eminent scholar¡¯s defence of the humanities aired at Living With the Cuts conference

The head of the online academic social network discusses open goals and communal joys

New mobile app helps a Cambridge press offer free digital monographs even to those without computers

Federal minister blames Catalonia for payment delays in reformed student-aid system

Peter Dobson, former leader of Begbroke Science Park, lays out frustrations with university

Thrill-seekers or pioneers? Scholars operating close to legal boundaries attract both labels

Vice-chancellor to split institution¡¯s four faculties into seven in drive to boost intake and forge new links with industry

Citation in high-impact journals valued more than scholarly assessment

Better university grievance processes may be behind the drop in adjudicator¡¯s caseload

Police have carried out a controlled explosion after finding ¡°suspicious items¡± in a Newcastle University building.

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Just 17 per cent of employers recruit directly from business schools when hiring first-time managers, a new survey has revealed

A cross-party group of MPs is keeping a ¡°close eye¡± on the development of the multi-million pound Francis Crick Institute

A ¡°magic carpet¡± that protects the elderly from falls and clothing that detects cancer risk among ground-breaking higher education research projects

Universities and science minister David Willetts has announced a ?48 million investment in biomedical research.

Libby Hackett is to leave the University Alliance after five years as its chief executive

Brazil will aim to be spend 10 per cent of GDP on education within a decade after a national plan was passed by the country¡¯s main legislature.

DfE report suggests grammar schools appear not to have huge influence on HE path once background taken into account

Which major cities have the best universities, and the most university-educated citizens?

Around 5 per cent of US university presidents hold a permit to carry a concealed handgun, according to a survey of 401 college leaders.

For-profit firms eye tie-ups with regional institutions ¡®desperate¡¯ to boost international intake

The amount of time that students spend in class and studying alone each week on average has increased over the past eight years

UCU congress approves plan to send information-gathering group but cost and safety concerns are raised

Higher education committee censured as call to launch tougher actions against employers is?passed at UCU congress