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Appointments watchdog also explains how Downing Street advisers vetoed proposed Office for Students student board member

Achieving the prime minister¡¯s goal of reshaping post-18 education will require another shake-up of sector regulation, warn experts

Group of Eight chair aims to demonstrate that the benefits of higher education outweigh the costs

Legislation would require university presidents to review all incidents of sexual misconduct perpetrated by employees

Labor wants further and higher education to be ¡®equally attractive¡¯ to prospective students

Survey results emerge amid mounting criticism of government¡¯s hopes of delivering greater price competition

Our annual pay review details v-cs¡¯ remuneration, explores the make-up and workings of the governing bodies that set it, and compares the rewards on offer with those of other sectors

Canadian universities¡¯ recruitment of teachers must be done purely on academic merit, say Rodney Clifton and Alexandra Burnett 

Employers and workers want higher-level skills but apprenticeship infrastructure is still built around further education, says Adrian Anderson

Market forces unleashed on the UK university sector have pushed up senior pay, fuelled the rows over it and posed questions about ¡®value for money¡¯ that are shaping the future of universities

Andrew McRae explores what effects the value debate could have on the structure of the sector

MPs on education select committee suggest vice-chancellors should not be paid more than the prime minister

The prime minister¡¯s review of higher education is an exercise in self-harm that will also inflict damage on universities, says Patrick McGhee

Academic exemptions to legislation threatening those who say Poles played any part in Second World War genocide may not go far enough

Despite fears that a new generation of graduates will find themselves serving coffee, Germany¡¯s university leavers have fitted successfully into the economy, analysis finds

Anti-corruption agency charges head of University of Zimbabwe with abuse of office over former first lady¡¯s doctorate

The Times Higher Education editorial team discusses the UK's long-awaited higher education funding review 

Launching the post-18 education review in Derby tells you all you need to know about why yet another look at HE is vital for the prime minister¡¯s political future

The University of Essex¡¯s vice-chancellor explains why he disagrees with Universities UK¡¯s position on USS pension reform

Aim is to preserve 'the best of the system we have' while making funding fairer, universities minister tells THE

Students unlikely to be won over by tweaks to current funding arrangements, says sector leader

Making all graduates contribute for 30 years could allow cost of higher education to be 'spread more thinly', says former education secretary

London Economics modelling suggests that higher earners would be the primary beneficiaries of many potential reforms

Prime minister to express concern that England ¡®has one of the most expensive systems of university tuition in the world¡¯

Damian Hinds says he would like to see degree ¡®options available which have different costs¡¯

Treasury Committee says government has failed to justify why student loan interest rates should exceed those prevailing in the market

Sarah Stevens looks at how universities are endeavouring to deliver the skills and learning the UK needs

Analysis of government data reveals that Australian universities¡¯ surpluses have effectively halved over the past six years, says Conor King

The UK Border Agency¡¯s treatment of non-EU musicians is undermining vital cultural exchange, says Michael Edwards

US universities¡¯ public approval is best guaranteed by boldly defending non-partisan values such as tolerance and free speech, says Darren Linvill

Lower sticker price for degrees would do nothing to help poorer students, says London Economics analysis

New legislation will extend Israeli law to academic institutions in the West Bank

Compound interest rates of 6.1 per cent on student loans are unfair and create a debt trap responsible for today¡¯s worsening mental health crisis, says Estelle Clarke

A law graduate¡¯s attempt to sue the University of Oxford for ?1 million over ¡®inadequate teaching¡¯ sheds far more light on how students learn than current TEF metrics, says Gill Evans

New research challenges narrative that in recent political battles, university leavers have tilted to the left

Attending the criminal trial of a dissident scholar brings home the inhumanity of Turkey¡¯s academic purge, says Masi Noor, and underlines the importance of showing solidarity

The former Soviet state¡¯s National Academy of Sciences is too focused on its own survival to improve its research performance, says Ararat Osipian

Accepting that your doctoral studies will sometimes take second place to family commitments is part of the journey of a PhD student mother, says Annabelle Workman

Union fears changes will increase selectivity in university system

Committee chair Robert Halfon calls for universities to offer more technical degrees or lose state funding

French president is credited with being behind boom in applications to study at Sciences Po

As Theresa May concludes her trade visit to China, Tim Bradshaw reflects on how research-intensive universities have paved the way for increased East-West trade

Devolved administration¡¯s move puts pressure on Westminster government to confirm post-Brexit arrangements in England

Scholar says universities must take responsibility for ¡®polemic debate¡¯, while other experts reject idea that cap on international recruitment is needed

But sophisticated New Zealand analysis also belies assumption that highly educated international students are most likely to find local employment, says Roger Smyth

India has made clear that education is key to a future trade deal; the UK must take note, says Lord Bilimoria

Better policy would result from improved global scrutiny of student migration, says Rajika Bhandari

In survey of 15,000 university staff, just 2.6 per cent supported the government¡¯s higher education policies

Higher education minister questions future of $1 billion scheme, as focus shifts to three other new institutions

Ana Mari Cauce says collaborations allow universities to be ¡®less solely dependent¡¯ on the federal administration

Institutes could be labelled ¡®political campaigners¡¯ in new law, warns industry body

Universities South Africa head says it is too early to say whether institutions will successfully roll out new system

Not every course takes three years to complete, says Charles Prince, so we must look at ways to deliver accelerated programmes

Dorothy Bishop wishes people would stop reinforcing the idea that universities are places of privilege where the staff sit idly around thinking ¡®great thoughts¡¯

Mary Curnock Cook says universities are paying the price ¡®for not demonstrably shifting their priorities from research¡¯

The leading lawyer and wife of the former British prime minister on why she applied to the LSE over Oxbridge, tuition fees and the importance of international students

New legislation would bring higher education institutions in the West Bank under Israeli law

Canadian scientists¡¯ impressive campaign for increased basic science funding risks splintering as victory looms, says Jim Woodgett

Barring controversial speakers has a long heritage and the Office for Students should be very wary of cracking down on it, argues Evan Smith

Collaboration within the Gulf region was rare but now the few oases in the desert risk running dry, says Hilal Lashuel