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These formidable Victorian women all appear in a photograph album which forms part of the archives of the Association of Head Mistresses (AHM), now held in the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick.

The vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University has defended his decision to cut the number of courses at his institution by two-thirds, and set out lessons for other universities that embark on similar overhauls.

Controversial plans to force Russell Group universities to show they are in touch with ordinary Brits have been condemned by academics.

1 April

This glass brain and spinal column, which pulsates electromagnetic light and reacts to human contact, is part of an exhibition currently taking place at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland.

29 March

This 19th-century stuffed cyclopic piglet and plaster cast of a rattlesnake - brought to Scotland by Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1904 - are among the strange and sometimes shocking natural history treasures of the Bell Pettigrew Museum at the University of St Andrews.

29 March

Plans for students to apply to university after getting their grades have been abandoned in the face of opposition from schools and universities.

28 March

The National Audit Office has called for tougher action against overseas students who are breaking visa rules, prompting Universities UK to warn that legitimate concerns about immigration should not be allowed to cause irreversible damage to the nations higher education export industry.

27 March