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Settlements and legal fees are high compared with other sectors, says lawyer

Criticism follows latest vacancies for controversial contracts

Inquiry into 24 private institutions is triggered by ‘potential irregularities’

Minister predicts that in 2050 no one will understand today’s anxiety over ‘strange figures’

Oxford students are set to stay affiliated to the National Union of Students after vote-rigging allegations over the referendum that broke the link.

Photographs of the interior of the Mackintosh library at the Glasgow School of Art reveal the extent of the damage done by a fire that tore through the building

Colleen Flaherty reports for from the Modern Language Association conference 2014

The Student Loans Company has been criticised after sending medical details and even a psychological assessment of applicants to the wrong people

The National Union of Students and the 51�Թ� Office have launched a scheme tackling student binge drinking, including initiations and pub crawls

Imperial College London will build a new biomedical engineering centre on its White City campus thanks to a £40 million donation

Former Indian TV star Smriti Irani will be the minister responsible for the nation’s universities and colleges in Narendra Modi’s new government

Scheme offers young researchers the chance to build media profile

Government intervention after study suggests lack of language skills costing UK billions

Melissa Terras to call for ‘better communication’ of benefits

The University of Cambridge has opened a new postdoctoral centre for early career researchers.

But also emerges that watchdog passed LSST for educational oversight last September

Report identifies emerging technologies likely to have an impact on teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in tertiary institutions across Australia

There has been widespread dismay from artists, students and politicians after the listed Mackintosh building of the Glasgow School of Art caught fire

‘Wider range of options’ to be explored by University of London

A publisher has launched a pilot with 21 UK universities to reduce their subscription costs in proportion to the amount of open access fees they pay

The University of Nottingham has had to apologise for accidentally releasing personal data to around 13,000 people.

Oxford academic at centre of case says ‘clearly punitive investigation’ undermined ethnographic research   

The UK’s public spending watchdog has been asked to investigate possible misuse of public money in the student loans system by for-profit colleges.

The University of Oxford has become the latest higher education institution to disaffiliate from the National Union of Students.

Governing councils give the green light to look at detail of deal

A Canadian university president at the centre of a row about the sacking of a professor who spoke out about planned cuts has been dismissed.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls for ‘globalisation’ and more exchanges at university leaders’ summit at University College London

The venerable term is now used by three universities and three institutional clusters in Paris

Life sciences ecosystem may lose out if US firm was ever to take over Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca

Tim Draycott, who led the development of the PROMPT course, on the fellowship that gave him three years’ precious thinking time. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

Courses with ‘de facto’ accreditation might address frustration at lack of graduates’ skills, minister says

Poll reveals a cut in fees and more hours of teaching top student wishlist

Petition to oust head follows Twitter hoax set up in her name

The amount of research council funding universities receive has increased in real terms by about half since 2002-03, according to a new report

Welsh Assembly committee says institutions should receive minimum award regardless of quantity of world-class research

Derecognising Unite and Unison has led to greater employee engagement with the university, says the University of Reading’s John Brady

Some fear plan to streamline approvals from trusts will not end local roadblocks

First module of digital resource, covering 1920 to 1979, shines light on colonialism’s end, communism and Cold War

UK government urged to assess financial fallout before embracing similar system

Bright Blue modernisers warn Conservatives to differentiate their university agenda to avoid possible inroads by the UK Independence Party

Unhindered by league tables, a for-profit business-focused institution says it is happily widening participation

University of London proposal will have negative impact on the discipline and postgraduates, academics warn

Proposal to shift all active members to career average system to tackle £13 billion deficit

Scholars at Risk Network warns of threats to academic freedom after the killing of a lawyer defending a scholar

A postcolonial scholar began a troubling quest after learning about his father’s role in counterinsurgency in India

Private providers should be monitored more closely to ensure they are delivering similar quality to universities, a mission group has argued.

Students’ hours of study can vary by up to 25 hours a week depending on their course, a survey of undergraduates has found.

There are fears that new higher education legislation in Wales could make universities subject to “micro-management” by the Cardiff government.

The Russell Group will spend £9 billion on capital projects over five years, “comparable” to the UK’s spend on hosting the Olympics, a report claims

Scott Jaschik writes for on a row that has captivated Canadian higher education

Open letter from UUK board members points to research funding and mobility as being ‘central’ to success

A climate scientist has distanced himself from newspaper suggestions that his paper on global warming was rejected by a journal for political reasons

Proposal prompts resignation of advisory board chair

The chief executive of the National Union of Students has left the organisation after less than a year in charge