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A physics/teaching degree has produced its first graduates

Development programmes can make for speedier submission of theses, research suggests

Blog calls for state to give scholars opportunity to influence policy

Amended policy accepts £9,000 charges in short term

Academics at Avans University in the Netherlands revamp seminars to promote student engagement

UK platform aims to make up for late start via ‘social architecture’

OIA orders Warwick to pay £1,000 but finds no evidence that Smadar Bakovic was marked down unfairly

Universities may need to do more to integrate part-time students into their research culture, a survey suggests

Toni Pearce confident BIS negotiations will pay dividends for students

‘Stable’ figures raise question: where has the money gone?

Scholars say culture of deference stifles development

Barts Pathology Museum prepares the specimens for autumn lectures

Lecturer says profession should widen its global outlook

Union members in higher education will be balloted for industrial action over the employers’ 1 per cent pay offer

Registration on the UK’s first massive open online course platform has opened following a launch at the British Library.

A current lack of transparency in clinical trials is “unacceptable”, a cross-party group of MPs has said

The UK’s first massive open online course platform will allow students to set their own targets and escape rules set by “The Man”

Universities’ borrowing could come under more scrutiny with the form and extent of debts being part of risk assessments by England’s funding council

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An attempt by senior Liberal Democrats to endorse £9,000 fees as official policy has failed, after members clung on to an aspiration to abolish fees

A leading sociologist has attacked the application of so-called “‘evidence’-based policy” – and much of the research lying behind it – to education

Involving patients in research programmes increases the likelihood of recruiting a target number of people, a study has found.

A cross-party group of MPs has launched an inquiry that will look at the black and minority ethnic community’s interaction with higher education.

Cows may have an unfortunate reputation for being slothful, but even long hours on their pins do not increase the likelihood of them lying down.

Student recruitment could be jeopardised by “public paranoia” over immigration among the UK’s “xenophobic” population, vice-chancellors have said.

Vice-chancellors should take up more prominent public roles as forces for good in society, the National Union of Students president has said.

US academics are more likely to work with peers outside the US than European researchers are to link up with those outside Europe, a new study says.

Vince Cable has predicted that Labour would not change the £9,000 fee system, while also forecasting that David Willetts would be safe in a reshuffle.

Winners emerge in tug-of-war for ABB students

But Hesa data offer signs of hope for shorter courses

Committee points to ‘gaps in qualitative and quantitative evidence’ for Finch report recommendations

Hip programme targets the groups others cannot reach

Leader hopes for cooperative, ‘values-driven’ federation

University rethinks stance after claim that the demand discriminated against poor students

Fewer than half of those new to research can expect long-term academic careers

Schools can add much to training, says the head of new Sheffield Institute of Education

Sterling’s strength may mean weak recruitment, higher education sector warns

UK and US universities could profit from growing appetite for study abroad, says report

World Bank study weighs strengths and flaws of universities in wake of Arab Spring

Minutes reveal huge write-off and continuing dispute with LSBF

Higher Education Academy chief executive Stephanie Marshall explains her plans for institutions to have autonomy over staff CPD

Social network offers comparative information for potential undergraduates

Malcolm Press withdraws claim to have ‘managed out’ under-performing staff at university

Response to consultation says change to company name restrictions could aid bogus institutions

Opposition grows over motion to ‘retain current system of finance’

Almost one in three senior female academics feels their institution treats staff unfairly in relation to gender, a survey has found

Independent Commission on Fees sounds warning over applicant numbers

Almost two-thirds of students who graduated in 2008-09 still thought their courses were good value for money three and a half years later, a survey has found

A new government-commissioned study has championed the cultural and diplomatic benefits to the UK of educating overseas students.

Academics visiting Istanbul for a major conference were among those caught up in student-led protests sparked by the death of a demonstrator.

Universities in the North have the most varied nightlife while London institutions are rated highly for their political scene, a new survey suggests.