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Giving evidence to a BIS committee inquiry on assessing the quality of higher education provoked questions about how teaching might be measured, writes John Gill

Birmingham v-c among those warning BIS select committee against Green Paper proposals

An aggregated university score would be designed to serve government bean counters, not students, says Athene Donald

Hepi says survey findings support UUK¡¯s decision to campaign for ¡®in¡¯ vote

51³Ô¹Ï Challenges Fund could be enabler of world-class science tackling global issues, says Malcolm von Schantz

Vice-chancellors say funding should be redirected to means-tested maintenance grants

Durham pro vice-chancellor warns that institutions would be forced to challenge a worse-than-expected judgement

Unexpected creation of a ¡®51³Ô¹Ï Challenges Research Fund¡¯ means that if they want more money, academics may have to contribute to international development

Anarchist academic reflects on what her recent brush with the law says about threats to academic freedom

The media¡¯s sneering attacks on the Labour leader¡¯s limited tertiary study fail to recognise that academic qualifications are not political science, says Martin McQuillan

Involvement in global quality assurance is crucial to signing up more overseas students, says Fiona Crozier

Some key points to take away from George Osborne¡¯s speech today and the Treasury¡¯s spending review document

Money Saving Expert founder fuming on decision to press ahead with controversial policy

Government relaxes student loan eligibility rules but confirms plan to freeze repayment threshold, as student opportunity funding also targeted

Savings include cuts in funding for poorest students and forcing existing students to pay more for loans

However, there is confusion over the final value of the settlement, which may include 'tucking in' of 51³Ô¹Ï Challenges fund

There¡¯s a choice to be made on R&D investment, says Richard Jones, and we must get it right

Director for education praises system for allowing country to raise spending in ¡®difficult times¡¯

Labour ex-minister criticises the view that UK ¡®can¡¯t afford English identity¡¯

Move follows objections to Woodrow Wilson references on campus

John Morgan on the Green Paper's plans to make universities exempt from FoI

Commitment not to merge the research councils appears to contradict plans for a bonfire of the quangos in BIS

Matthew Feldman reflects on academics¡¯ place in the insatiable 24-hour news cycle

Merger ¡®inappropriate¡¯, but seven councils would be overseen by new chief executive

Higher education expert who died in February asks in paper what might replace strengths of the polytechnic system

Higher education Green Paper says director of fair access to higher education could be given power to set entry goals for universities

Student opportunity cuts could worsen part-time crisis, warns Open University v-c, while research concerns focus on ring-fence and ¡®tucking in¡¯

It is wrong for universities to ignore learning, says Anthony Seldon

Simon Gaskell says Queen Mary University of London would be ¡®crucified¡¯ on graduate salary score because of diverse intake

GuildHE¡¯s chief executive, a former BIS official, warns that Hefce¡¯s expertise on teaching grant should not be lost

Liang Xinsheng removed from deputy chair post after writing ¡®radical opinions¡¯ that had a ¡®bad social influence¡¯

Ed Byrne warns institutions¡¯ finances could be ¡®undermined¡¯ in the name of policy initiatives

¡®Concatenation¡¯ of financial pressures could create serious risks, Madeleine Atkins says

We talk Whitehall, tuition fees and Sunderland FC with the veteran Daily Mirror journalist

A. C. Grayling says private college plans offer ¡®greater choice and improved quality¡¯ 

TEF seen as paving the way to a market in price by a supporter of differential fees

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Consultation is good, but universities must respond robustly, he says

Going to university ¡®influences outlook on life¡¯, research for UK government suggests

Representative bodies sign up to new code of practice on course closure and institutional collapse

Alexis Weedon unveils a computer game for the post-Green Paper era

Panelists call on government to avoid making TEF a ¡®bureaucratic exercise¡¯

Richard Black on the ¡®lazy and self-serving argument¡¯ that research and teaching are in competition

Science and Technology Committee raises fears that resource spending has not kept up with new infrastructure

Adam Afriyie urges policymakers to test their preconceived ideologies against evidence

What Fulfilling Our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice means for the higher education sector

Government proposals will be detrimental not just to scholarship but to quality teaching in higher education, says Joanna Williams

Much is to be decided on who will distribute research funding, but a metrics-based ¡®mini-REF¡¯ may raise eyebrows, says David Matthews

Some of the key points to take away from the government¡¯s consultation on the future of universities

Most institutions likely to be able to increase fees in 2017-18, with subsequent awards to allow for further rises

Hefce and Office for Fair Access would be merged into new body under government proposals, while Green Paper also suggests ministers could set fee caps

John Morgan looks at plans to make it quicker for private colleges to access public funding and become universities

The UK¡¯s female academics are paid ?6,146 less on average than men, with lack of women in leadership and management roles a factor, says new report

International competitors will be ¡®licking their lips¡¯ if the UK labels some universities as weaker on teaching, says Andrew Hamilton ahead of his departure

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

More exchange with the policymaking world will only further academia¡¯s vital role in shaping ideas in society, says Nick Pearce

Varying tuition fees by graduate earnings is fair and transparent, argues Dean Machin, and will ensure everyone shares the financial risk

John Morgan reports from today¡¯s protest in London, which saw a flashpoint between protesters and police at BIS

Mike Ratcliffe looks at why institutions have traditionally had to serve an ¡®apprenticeship¡¯, ahead of Green Paper set to change the rules

MoneySavingExpert.com founder who chaired student finance task force opposes government plans to freeze repayment threshold