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Independent Commission on Fees concerned by high write-off rate and impact on ¡®squeezed middle¡¯

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

Council member accused of ¡®diving like a cheating soccer player¡¯ as continued delay in decision on pro vice-chancellor candidate sparks chaotic scenes

Labour's shadow business secretary warns that universities should not be 'muzzled' in EU debate. John Morgan blogs from the UUK event in London.

Dame Julia Goodfellow, Universities UK president-elect, calls for higher education to ¡®stand up and be counted¡¯ in EU referendum debate

Reducing burden of student debt is top of shopping list as candidates jockey for position

Government attacked by Hepi president for backtracking on pledge to increase loan repayment threshold

Lee Jones reacts to the ?150 million cut to Hefce's budget

Epigram editor Zaki Dogliani explores whether students would accept different prices for different courses

Plunging MoD research spend compensated for over past decade by rising research council budget

Funding council details how cash will be saved from English universities¡¯ 2014-15 and 2015-16 budgets after George Osborne demanded extra cuts

Institute for Fiscal Studies says George Osborne¡¯s Budget changes will also hit middle-earning graduates by more than ?6,000 on average

Researcher charts shift from racial to class segregation

Institutions expected to assess where and how students might be at risk of being drawn into terrorism

Sir Keith Burnett responds to home secretary Theresa May¡¯s letter about university funding

Ex-European Commission president speaks to THE for feature that also looks at the fist fight UK universities can expect in return for pro-EU campaign

Policies announced in the Budget mean more cash today for the poorest students, but what about tomorrow¡¯s debts? asks Wes Streeting

Sector questions how government will decide which universities can raise fees on 2017 timescale

The UK is falling short on technical and professional skills, and failing young people in the process, warns Rod Bristow

After Tory victory in the general election, an EU exit could become reality. We hear from both sides of the debate

Academic Victoria Fontan has borne witness to Iraq¡¯s unfolding tragedy. She discusses encounters with Islamic State and US troops and her fears for the country¡¯s future

But universities and science minister says focus should be on outputs, not inputs

Doubts now raised over future of project billed as having potential to shake up hierarchy of world higher education

Future of Welsh sector's oversight to come under examination, education minister Huw Lewis announces

Proposals amount to 41 per cent increase in minimum salary threshold for new researchers to gain visa, Universities UK and Russell Group warn

An open letter sounding the alarm hit a nerve among academics ¨C it¡¯s time for managers to listen, argues Kar¨ªn Lesnik-Oberstein.

Changes to degree-awarding powers that will step up competition for universities heralded in Productivity Plan

Business secretary answers ¡®no¡¯ when asked if non-EU students should be allowed to stay on for work post-graduation

Nitpicking the TEF to pieces would be a mistake, says Derfel Owen. Far better to engage ¨C and here¡¯s how

Department confirms work to find savings is ongoing, but offers no details on George Osborne¡¯s Budget pledge to bring in ¡®new entrants¡¯, says John Morgan

Members include experienced higher education campaigner Paul Blomfield and medical doctor Tania Mathias

Green encyclical ups pressure on Catholic universities to show moral leadership on climate change. Will more make an ethical shift?

Debate may also consider efficacy of running new framework in tandem with REF

But chancellor¡¯s move to change student loan repayment rules presents risks

Chancellor George Osborne also announces scrapping of student maintenance grants and plans to make graduates pay more for loans through repayment threshold freeze

Republican presidential hopeful wants radical reform of university system

Government reductions could leave universities to fund most help for disabled students

Labour leadership candidate calls for 'revolution in science' and increased research and development spend

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz draws on his own background as the child of Polish immigrants to counter ¡®negative¡¯ rhetoric on immigration

With Hungary accused of ¡®undermining democratic values¡¯, Malcolm Gillies considers to what extent universities with a liberal mission can flourish in ¡®illiberal¡¯ societies

Teaching Shakespeare in Palestine was intense, disturbing and unforgettable, a University of Bristol lecturer says

David Willetts is wrong: the sector is put at risk by the student loans system¡¯s structural flaws, warns Andrew McGettigan

¡®Build stronger mass higher education institutions,¡¯ professor tells Society for Research into Higher Education meeting

Universities face having to navigate two quality frameworks as Jo Johnson makes teaching excellence framework a priority amid Hefce reforms

Former University of Bedfordshire vice-chancellor to continue in widening participation post

Deputy news editor John Morgan braves the hottest day of the year to take in the new minister's inaugural higher education address

But minister appears to drop reference to teaching excellence framework carrying 'financial' incentives

Universities minister raises concerns about increasing number of students receiving top grades

Board of main v-c body says inflation has eroded value of 2012 settlement

Navitas says enrolment down by 13 per cent in second semester of 2015

Minister avoids direct answers to Labour questions

In this blog, news editor Simon Baker considers whether we¡¯ve seen it all before with Hefce¡¯s proposals

Excellent teaching  ¡®key priority¡¯ for government

Possibility of body to grant higher vocational awarding power suggested in BIS consultation paper

Funding crisis could spell the end for colleges, claims Alison Wolf study

Proposals follow recommendations in independent report

Open University vice-chancellor calls on government to arrest drop in enrolment

Lack of safeguards raises ¡®fundamental issue of academic freedom¡¯

Edinburgh principal Sir Tim O¡¯Shea warns such a system would distract from real mission

Debate over the RAB charge is misleading. England's higher education funding system is sound and flexible, argues the former universities minister