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As bids are polished for the latest round of university alliance grants, debate is building over where longer-term funding should come from

A widening access alumnus and practitioner on the difficulties of coming into academia from a background of poverty

Academics Peter Mathieson and Vernon Bogdanor among those knighted for services to their disciplines or the sector

Staff will need express permission to fly less than 700km, but subsidies for higher train fees are also being scrapped

Tweaks to assessment processes are designed to broaden assessment and mollify disciplines that felt disadvantaged

Stopgap solution will run out in April, when symbolic deadline for resolving a wider EU-UK dispute over Northern Ireland will present itself

Broader coalition arrives without answers on a missing DKr300 million for humanities and social sciences, as universities prepare to debate lifelong learning reforms with a “gun pointed at us”

Plos puts warnings on almost 50 papers after alleged reuse of ethical approvals, undeclared conflicts of interest and publication rates equivalent to an article every three days  

Institutions invited to host master’s programmes to address skills shortages in areas such as bridge-building

Leaked pitch for gambling hall and online expansion comes after university experts warn majority of income likely to come from addicts

Plea comes as European Parliament pledges new focus on academic freedom