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Losing on the political stage has prompted public intellectual to change how he teaches

Academics taken aback by consequences of coalition policy

The number of postgraduates applying for career development loans fell by 43 per cent between 2011-12 and 2012-13

Initiatives must reach out to wider audience with success stories and ‘risk-taking’, according to Graeme Atherton

Research councils show value of restraint

Effort to improve quantitative skills in social sciences must go farther, John MacInnes says

Australia’s universities don’t consider data burden for ‘traffic light’ reports to be excessive, forum hears

Scrapped mission group was close to high-profile rebrand

Private universities will keep US system ahead of Asia for decades yet, conference hears

London research giant attributes success to interdisciplinary approach

Some firms want only the ‘people their sons and daughters go to school with’

UCU protests over sacking of free speech champion

Vince Cable has criticised the “qualification inflation” that means entrants to “very standard” professions such as nursing require a degree.

The Open University is to withdraw its postgraduate teacher training programme after its January and March 2014 intakes.

At least a quarter of the “access gap” for “top” universities in three countries cannot be explained by academic achievement, a new report says

The immigration minister has accused universities of creating “a self-fulfilling prophecy for bad news” on student visas

A second university has threatened academics with a loss of pay over working to rule, 51�Թ� has discovered. 

Major philanthropists are more generous to higher education in the US and UK than they are in other regions, according to a new report.

Unions representing higher education staff have announced a second nationwide strike for 3 December.

“Right-on” lecturers and student campaigns cited as among the reasons, Commons event hears

Scotland risks losing its thriving research base if it becomes independent, analysis by Department of Business, Innovation and Skills has claimed

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The number of international students in US higher education has reached an all-time high according to an authoritative report

A university threatened staff that it would dock them a day’s pay if they did not work unpaid overtime, it has emerged.

The 1994 Group of small research-intensive universities has decided to disband 19 years after being set up.

The president of South Korea has visited Imperial College London to mark a series of agreements between the institution and Korean universities.

The new EU-funded ranking system has secured involvement from around 600 institutions and will see users choose their own indicators.

Only threat of further strikes will force Ucea to renegotiate pay, unions say

Inflation means ‘something has to give’, leader tells 51�Թ� podcast

Report calls for overarching body to fill gaps in national ‘framework’

Preliminary findings of major study revealed

In Cara lecture, Iraqi-born physicist calls for revival of region’s thirst for knowledge

Reading v-c finds government attitudes ‘puzzling and troubling’

Pair aim to offer English language support in war-torn areas

IFS: places, grants or remaining direct funding will have to be cut

Privatisation of debt dubbed a ‘silly idea’ by critics

Despite government optimism over UK’s future role, university provision remains limited, forum hears

2013-14 figures assuage fears of course closures

New rector Jörg Monar discusses the unique institution’s mission and challenges

Sport’s on-campus growth reflects rising number of overseas students in country

Bill Galvin optimistic about future despite massive deficit

Students work with female prisoners on The Beauty’s Inside project

International Programmes analysis points to courses’ marketing benefits

Birmingham receives £15 million from former student

The University of Oxford has named a new building after the late Baroness Thatcher

UK researchers should be permitted to publish in top international journals even if those journals are not compliant with open-access mandates.

The government has been accused of preventing a “timely and legitimate analysis” of data on next year’s teacher training places.

Edinburgh University Press has bought Dundee University Press for an undisclosed sum.

Research council reveals details of its scheme for PhD provision

The accuracy of predicted A-level grades may be much worse than feared, research suggests.

A course designed to prepare students for their time at university is among nine new offerings from massive open online course provider FutureLearn

51�Թ� is to publish the world’s first global ranking of universities in Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and other emerging economies