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Jargon demanded by REF ‘risks isolating universities from rest of society’

As King’s College London drops a controversial name change, Harriet Line details the dos and don’ts of institutional rebranding

Students at college are accessing nearly £96m of SLC funding

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

Picking up professor’s tab for defending himself in tribunal adds £66,000 to university’s expenses arising out of suspension

Apartment block may have had large role in the early Cambridge University Press

Party’s policy announcement awaited as prospect of call for £6,000 fees continues to vex sector

An estate master plan will help the institution equip students for the 21st century, v-c Steve West says

Newcastle scholar Sugata Mitra’s $1 million prize helps fund self-organised learning environments worldwide

Emergency services from around the world come to train at the small village with a unique connection to Texas A&M

Social media can help the literary world come alive for students, says academic Rosie Miles. Plus the latest higher education appointments

Ucas figures show domestic intake increased by 14,000 students in 2014

A cross-party group of MPs has launched a fresh bid to get international students removed from the UK’s net migration target.

School pupils eligible for free school meals are half as likely to go to a Russell Group university after completing A levels, new figures suggest

Qatar and Lebanon are the top performers in a snapshot of what a new ranking for universities in the Middle East and North Africa could look like

Students enrolling at ‘lousy’ private colleges should not be allowed to access public funding, a former education minister and vice-chancellor has said

Twenty-four university leaders have urged the government to exempt universities from the counter-terrorism bill or risk harming academic freedom

Scottish universities have accused the Holyrood government of ‘holding back’ £21.5 million of funding for the sector

The online learning platform FutureLearn has launched two free courses exploring the history of the Holocaust

Glyndwr University has named Graham Upton, the former vice-chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, as its interim vice-chancellor

Papers from Birkbeck master’s research group among ‘an unspecified number’ being looked at by University College London

Graduate vacancies are predicted to rise by almost 12 per cent in 2015, according to a biannual survey of the graduate jobs market

Staff at pre-1992 universities have voted by two to one in favour of accepting plans to end the country’s largest private final salary pension scheme

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London Business School has continued its climb up the Financial Times’ Global MBA Ranking, claiming second place in the 2015 table

As Burns Night is celebrated around the world, the work of Scotland’s national poet is being brought to a new audience

A joint graduate school is to be established in the Chinese city of Tianjin by the University of Glasgow and Nankai University

Pan-Europe organisations attack Commission plans to move money for strategic investment fund

An academic who was set to become interim vice-chancellor at Oxford Brookes University has been confirmed as the institution’s next permanent head

World University Rankings data reveal the most outward-looking institutions

This year’s ̽»¨ÊÓƵ Leadership and Management Awards - more widely known as the Thelmas - have been opened for entries

The director of Soas, University of London, is to step down from his position this year owing to ill health

Geoffrey Crossick, author of the report ‘Monographs and Open Access’, argues that the format is resilient but must embrace open access

Submission patterns reveal how institutions responded to rules

Recommendation in report on teacher training appeared to downgrade the value of postgraduate qualifications

Academics seek to determine role of Sir Mark Walport after announcement of Nurse review of research councils

Endorsement comes after ministers are accused by Labour of misleading Parliament

Angela Constance urges universities to take the lead on access as she decries principals’ pay rises and confirms talks on post-study work visa

A comparison of student-to-staff ratios and spending per student across Europe

Liberal Democrat Julian Huppert decries ‘illiberal’ campuses and ‘selfish’ calls by v-cs to raise tuition fees

Journal prices could rise further if Springer-Macmillan deal goes ahead, some fear

‘Institution level’ designation granted to ifs University College in August makes it first to win the status since 2006

Learning to accept ‘good enough’ as a benchmark can help academics escape a writing rut. Plus the latest higher education appointments

Lecturer agrees an out-of-court settlement after the UCU sought to reclaim its legal costs

Universities denied extra places in favour of schools and SCITTs

Former AAUP head and others aim to sway ‘non-fanatical’ supporters of sanctions with The Case against Academic Boycotts of Israel

Local residents won’t be forgotten amid expansion to boost student experience and strategic research areas, says Anton Muscatelli

University says there are ‘lessons to be learned’ from professor’s tribunal

Professor’s dream as a student is realised as library launches first five volumes in bilingual series

Russia’s Tomsk State University is banking on the region’s natural assets and an English language push to attract foreign students and scholars

Letter urges university staff to reject new pensions offer and renew strike action, despite warnings that success is unlikely

Nothing is out of bounds when it comes to higher education, it seems – with the launch of Scotland’s first degree in professional golf

The University of Sussex should not have suspended four students after a protest and should pay compensation, the sector’s complaints body has found

Figures also show 23 per cent of students now enter HE with BTECs