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Soas conference discusses building a network of groups fighting for fair pay and conditions for casual teaching staff

Glasgow Caledonian to reduce financial and other backing for work that falls outside three ‘societal challenges’

George Freeman says public will back government’s ‘brave decision’ to open up healthcare records to medical research

Viral Thakerar dissatisfied with an OIA judgement restricted by university’s destruction of relevant exam documents

The UK’s capital is the most searched city by US students looking to study abroad, a new analysis shows

Funding of £3.2 million has been awarded to eight major new Anglo-Israeli research collaborations in regenerative medicine 

Wikipedia is now an embedded feature of most students’ study and universities must do more to help them to utilise the user-generated encyclopaedia

A future government should avoid pitching ‘complementary’ teaching and research funding against each other if it wants to boost higher education

The battle to protect academic freedom in the government’s counter-terrorism bill appears to be nearing a conclusion after final amendments were agreed

Women in higher education in South Asia are not being identified and prepared for leadership roles in universities, a new report suggests

Tributes made to eminent professor of higher education, former Brighton v-c and head of Oxford college

A teacher education system based on “ideologies or prejudices” will hinder those wanting to improve standards, a conference has heard

A night-time safety campaign has been launched by Durham University after three students died in the River Wear in the space of 14 months

A London comprehensive is to offer a degree to encourage more students to pursue higher education and a career in teaching

The government has reversed a decision to offer extra teacher training places to schools at the expense of universities

Hefce chief Madeleine Atkins also says counter-terror role for funding council was ‘gift not asked for’

Peers also slam government figure on student terrorists used to persuade Lords of need for new laws

Minister also uses Hefce speech to draw comparisons with Labour over HE funding

Many universities are using “unlawful” terms allowing them to make “unfair” changes to courses midway through a degree, a consumer watchdog has said

The next parliament is likely to include a disproportionately high number of MPs who graduated from Oxbridge, new research suggests.

Move described as ‘early job application’ for council to be chief regulator after the election

Left impugns tactics in Universities Superannuation Scheme dispute but negotiators claim improvements were achieved

Report into ESRC network recommends careful monitoring before next stage

HEA study offers tips drawn from first-hand accounts of both participants and course creators. Plus the latest higher education appointments

Aberystwyth University will run voluntary severance scheme despite having already spent millions on restructuring

31 per cent of scholars think international students’ English skills are not up to scratch

Polina Bayvel of University College London says investment strategy missed the transformative potential of communications technologies

Compilers of a league table say fear of offending students has gone too far

Chief scientific adviser is ‘amused’ by funding conspiracy theories but dismisses them as ‘complete invention’

‘Culture change’ needed to avoid job losses

Writing may be on the wall for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, according to policy thinktanks

Prison Service is stopping critics from accessing UK jails, scholar claims

Kevin Spacey to play a key cameo in new home for fashion, fine art, film and theatre students

Anshuman Mondal, author of Islam and Controversy, deplores ‘impoverished’ discussion of rights and obligations

Elite claim ever-greater share, while 11 institutions fight over remaining 11%, says NUS Scotland analysis

Iraq region’s bid to fix ‘dysfunctional’ sector included ‘huge investment’ to send postgrads to Britain, but payoff fell short, says minister

From post-Taliban Afghanistan to quality control: Global Education Dialogue offered insights on topics such as access for women and private providers

Board claims in public letter that Labour has ignored the ‘legitimate concerns of vice-chancellors’

Russell Group’s review body on ice after education secretary hits pause button

More than two-thirds of all graduates stay close to home for their first job, a new report reveals

The European Commission’s former chief scientific adviser has spoken out about the ‘push back’ she said she received against her role in Brussels

University admissions should be anonymised to prevent a bias against black and ethnic minority students, a thinktank has said

Proposed amendment seeks to emphasise importance of freedom of speech

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English vice-chancellors have warned Labour not to commit to lowering fees to £6,000, saying the policy would lead to funding cuts for universities

A new study has found restrictions on freedom of expression at four out of five UK universities

A selection of impact statements submitted by medical schools to the 2014 research excellence framework has been published in a new report

In the 21^st century digital age, many universities are falling over backwards in a bid to attract students through their technology offering.

Royal Society professor for public engagement sets out his goals for new role

Move follows row over ‘shadow’ disciplinary panel set up in reaction to institution’s performance management

Fewer than four out of 10 MPs think that UK universities do a good job of using their funding efficiently, according to a new poll

The government has effectively confirmed that England’s quality-related research budget will still be distributed on the basis on 3* and 4* research.

University funding levels will remain broadly similar next year to those announced in 2014, the government’s annual has today confirmed

But experts warn numbers are disguising fall in part-time and mature applicants

The government has announced a series of new restrictions on private colleges, including “rapid response” investigations of fraud allegations.

Part-time students are much less likely to secure an upper second-class degree than their full-time peers, data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency reveal

Alumni expected to become lifelong investors in higher education, UUK and CASE Europe conference hears