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State schools need to move beyond a “narrow focus” on exams in order to help increase aspirations for pupils to attend university

The Association of Business Schools has called on the government and funding councils to reverse the decline in funding for management research

Growing numbers of A-level students are failing to achieve their predicted grades, posing a challenge for university admission tutors

We reveal the stories that have topped the THE website’s most-read lists over the past twelve months

Disabled students and those from disadvantaged groups are to benefit from £50 million of support to continue their studies at postgraduate level.

David Willetts has criticised “mean-spirited” plans by his Tory colleague Theresa May to put further restrictions on overseas students

Theresa May is reported to be drawing up plans to send all overseas students back home once they finish their courses.

Paper from Science Europe says not enough done at EU level for fundamental interdisciplinary research

Teaching postgraduates costs £11,300 on average while the figure for undergraduates is £7,700, according to a study for England’s funding council.

Nearly one in three English further education colleges offering higher education that were reviewed last year have been told to make improvements

Alternative ranking of REF results maps university performance against the proportion of eligible staff submitted.

The proportion of university applicants entering the most selective institutions with the highest grades has continued to fall, a new report says

More academics were employed on teaching-only contracts around the time of the research excellence framework deadline, new figures show

Graduates of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge start on salaries that are £7,600, or 42 per cent, higher than those from post-92 institutions

The results of the research excellence framework have triggered claims that London universities are challenging the longstanding dominance of Oxbridge

All the reaction to the research excellence framework as we get it

Rising quality leads to questions about future QR formula

Devolved countries claim proportion of 3* and 4* submissions above average

Union claims that conflict of interest means leader of a government body formed to help students caught up in a visa crackdown must go

Universities told to help doctoral students explore wider career opportunities

‘Ethical and moral’ focus aids University of Notre Dame’s collaborative ambitions in officially atheist state

Appeal tribunal overturns dismissal of case brought by Stephen Games over university’s PhD requirement

Some post-92s gain, but traditional research powers dominate 2014 research excellence framework rankings

King’s College London raised its GPA while submitting more staff. Who were the other notable achievers and underachievers?

Coalition partner’s fees ‘betrayal’ could bring 2015 poll shifts in student-heavy constituencies. The campus political landscape assessed

Upper-level turbulence hits another institution in a rough year for university leaders

New hilltop facility’s made-to-measure features aim to help biological research achieve liftoff

More than half of academics have felt maltreated by journal editors, survey finds

Sheffield lecturer’s production of Hazel Flagg with its Jule Styne score combines research, teaching and outreach

An inquiry has appeared to dismiss claims that student visa abuse is taking place at London branch campuses

Treasury also announces review of research councils to ensure ‘maximum impact’ from investment

Worries about funding do deter final-year undergraduates from progressing to postgraduate study, according a new analysis

Students and alumni of King’s College London have reacted with horror after the university announced it will change its name to “King’s London”.

University staff reveal their concerns ahead of research excellence framework

A new code for UK university governing bodies aims to be a “bulwark against over-regulation”, as governance tensions rise in the sector

Chair of PAC tells civil servant he is ‘failing’ to account for public money and says situation is ‘nothing short of a scandal’

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The impact of the introduction of £9,000 tuition fees at English universities is detailed in a new report

A London university has created a website to give the public information about its research on animals

Cherie Blair has been appointed a visiting professor of law at a Catholic university

The budget of the European Union’s flagship research and innovation programme should be ring fenced, an association of research funders has said.

Business secretary Vince Cable has called for an increase in funding for science in a speech at the Royal Academy of Engineering

Private providers have been asked to help prepare the government for a key hearing on private higher education just days before it happens

Manchester Metropolitan University has appointed a new vice-chancellor – at the second time of asking

The Welsh government has said it will “look at all the options” before deciding whether to follow England’s lead in introducing postgraduate loans

̽����Ƶ reporters have won plaudits for their agenda-setting journalism at a national awards ceremony

The next vice-chancellor of The Open University will be Peter Horrocks, currently the director of the BBC’s World Service.

University claims exemption from releasing details of board of governors meeting, citing ‘commercial interests’

Plans to raise researcher numbers at risk if study is unaffordable, universities warned

Fears rise in the US that talented early career scientists are being driven out of the sector because of lack of opportunities

Seminar debates conflicting trends in the discipline as industry figures look beyond fluency

UCU argues that a rise in project-based grants fuel job insecurity and deter postgraduates from working in academia

Florey Institute for Host-Pathogen Interactions and Imagine: Imaging Life project combine forces to tackle deadly bacteria

James Pickering, named 2014’s most innovative teacher at the ̽����Ƶ Awards, discusses making content accessible. Plus the latest higher education appointments

UCU official attacks redundancy criteria at the university amid calls to reverse ‘dangerous’ process

Little change in uptake over past 10 years despite millions spent on initiatives to widen participation in STEM subjects