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Ministers only want to protect freedom of speech that they agree with, claims former Oxford vice-chancellor

MPs¡¯ vision to cut student numbers may signal future direction of party, but experts question its appeal to voters

Union condemns Maynooth¡¯s claim that ending elections will improve diversity

Nearly one in three UK university applicants had mental health-related school absences, survey finds

All 44 members of Critical Public Health board resign over Taylor & Francis¡¯ article processing charges and alleged push for minimum paper counts

Trial ahead of LLE failed because of ¡®utilitarian¡¯ course offer while ¡®top university¡¯ prestige harms credit transfer prospects, says leader

A Labour government would be ¡®constrained¡¯ by ¡®badly damaged¡¯ economy left by Conservatives, warns leader, who says funding policy will be outlined ¡®in due course¡¯

Labour leader says he feels ¡®very uncomfortable¡¯ about industrial action leaving students unable to graduate

Party urged to commit to reversing long-running decline in university funding, after signs its focus is on tweaking status quo

Studying flocks of starlings helped Giorgio Parisi crack some of physics¡¯ deepest mysteries. The Nobelist talks to Matthew Reisz about his unconventional methods, missed eureka moments and being Italy¡¯s most in-demand scientist

The new REF rules allow greater scope to aim for the (four) stars. But who will embrace the risk of crashing to Earth, asks Matthew Flinders

Universities could be marked down on research culture if a handful of researchers dominate submissions, says research assessment officials