Higher education is the worst at protecting against fraud of all publicly funded sectors, with the annual cost potentially exceeding 瞿1 billion, a new report suggests.
Fears are growing that new visa rules could expose UK universities to a sharp downturn in demand from Indian students next year, after one university reported a large drop in numbers.
The sectors biggest pension fund gave its chief executive a 瞿50,000 bonus in a year when lecturers went on strike over cuts to their benefits, it has emerged.
A union has warned of massive job loses in Northern Irelands universities unless politicians work out how to avoid a 30 per cent cut in the devolved administrations higher education budget.
The Science and Technology Facilities Council is hoping that a formal consultation on the constitution of its subject-specific advisory panels will help to defuse tensions with academics.
The Northern Ireland Executive has been urged by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service and the Student Loans Company (SLC) to clarify its position on tuition fees for 2012-13 as a matter of urgency.
David Willetts has set out a three-point to do list for the coming months, making it a priority to convince academics in the arts and humanities how much we love them.
The University of Abertay Dundee has reconfirmed the controversial retirement of its suspended principal Bernard King, and said that all legal claims between the two parties have been withdrawn.
A vote by the University of Cambridges governing parliament over whether to back a motion of no confidence in universities minister David Willetts has ended in a dead heat.
The government is making optimistic assumptions about the effect of its student visa policy and must do more to base its plans on evidence, a group of MPs has warned.
The huge risks that are being taken with the future of the higher education sector have been highlighted in a critical review by the president of the British Academy.
The proportion of the population without any educational qualifications is as high as one in three in some parliamentary constituencies, an analysis has shown.
Large scholarships that put cash in students' pockets while they are studying should be offered by universities in preference to fee waivers, the government's advocate for access to education has recommended.
The vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University has warned that the institution is "at risk" if it fails to recruit about 2,000 students in clearing, following a warning from England's funding chief that there will be no university bailouts.
