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David Willetts, the former universities minister, ranks among “34 leading social scientists” awarded fellowship status by the Academy of Social Sciences

Universities have set out their plans to reform the sector’s largest pension scheme.

A French academic has won the Nobel Prize for economics for his work on market power and regulation

Four PhD students from UK universities have made it to the final of a competition that challenges them to present their research in three minutes

A new approach to teaching economics being piloted at eight leading universities has been criticised by campaigners

Labour’s Chuka Umunna wants to “hold universities’ feet to the fire” on the “unacceptable lack of diversity in their leadership and their senior staff”

Nearly two-thirds of higher education staff say their work performance has suffered as a result of mental health problems, according to a survey

Shadow education secretary tells conference of party’s ‘direction of travel’ ahead of 2016 elections

Vince Cable is announcing a new set of measures designed to stem the fall in Indian students choosing to study in the UK

University College London has apologised after its email system was hacked, leaving students with thousands of spam emails in their inboxes.

Flexible model at West Midlands institution providing ‘budget’ higher education means students can balance their study, work and care commitments

Hefce move could signal the end of single regulatory body

MP attacks Labour’s plan and urges his own party to spend spare public funds on bursaries

Tribunal ruling against pay transparency will not extend to senior managers at King’s College London

Positive feedback as agency makes recommendations after controversy over student grades at the School of Management

The combined results of this year’s three main UK university league tables are in

Physical sciences students from southwest England travel almost five times further to study than those originally from London who read education, according to data highlighted by the Higher Education Funding Council for England

UCU wants answers to questions about campus location and job losses if proposal goes ahead

New powers for the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales are ‘disproportionate’, say Assembly members

OXI: An Act of Resistance, a documentary film made by Kingston University scholars, views austerity-era suffering through the lens of Sophocles

UCU warns that academics at older universities could be up to £21,000 a year worse off in retirement than those at newer institutions

Women find cultural attitudes impede their career advancement, says university leader

MEPs reject candidacy of right-wing Hungarian Tibor Navracsics to education, culture, youth and citizenship portfolio

Glyn Maxwell, whose departure follows Marina Warner’s exit, claims the importance of high-profile academics is ‘lost’ on Essex

World Bank report says countries of sub-Saharan Africa need more and better postgraduate qualifications

In a shifting employment landscape, academics are urged to drive their own progress rather than letting it happen by accident. Plus the latest higher education appointments

Could training schemes for teachers help to improve student learning? asks Graham Gibbs

The University of Glasgow has become the first university in Europe to commit to divesting from the fossil fuel industry, campaigners have said.

Watchdog responds after business secretary’s ‘dross’ remark

The 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been shared by three scientists for their work on the development of nanoscale microscopy.

Plymouth University has appointed a new chair of governors after the previous post-holder stepped down amid ongoing controversy at the institution

The coalition’s move to allow for-profit colleges more access to student loans opened the door to “a lot of dross”, Vince Cable has admitted

Vince Cable has predicted that the Conservatives could raise fees “significantly” and abolish student grants if they win power at the election

The head of the University of Oxford has said he is “baffled” by the UK’s “hostile” student visa system, and called for a shift to evidence-based policymaking

A consultation has been launched on the future of quality assurance in UK higher education

Three Japanese-born researchers have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes

Two vice-chancellors of Yorkshire institutions have announced their retirements

A US neuroscientist based at a UK university and married scientists from Norway have won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

British Council report warns of overreliance on Chinese market in coming decade

Head of project to increase female numbers attacks ‘patronising’ marketing tactics

US-based scientists and economists dominate a list of Nobel Prize predictions derived from their high citation counts

Fees paid by growing numbers of overseas postgraduates studying in the UK have helped to subsidise additional places for domestic learners

The University of Huddersfield has been tackled by HM Revenue and Customs over a £600,000 “abusive tax avoidance” case dating back more than 10 years.

A research council has announced £125 million of funding for doctoral training partnerships in the biosciences.

Eight people at Imperial College London were sanctioned by the Home Office for failings in animal welfare standards, it has emerged

In-year higher education funding is hit after Northern Ireland government protects welfare bill

Funding burden will shift from ��ä�Ի��r to federal government in €825m overhaul. Frances Mechan-Schmidt reports

After a troubled recent history, the new university has a former diplomat as its new vice-chancellor

Plans for a car park permit system at Bath Spa disputed by unions

ÜberResearch unveils Dimensions for Funders, a digital tool detailing grant awards from 66 major funders

British Library and Qatar Foundation digitisation project to unlock a treasure trove of source materials for researchers

Eminent sociologist Ken Plummer captures 50 tales of a groundbreaking department

Revised system is close to exceeding cost of its predecessor, Tory policy adviser Margot James tells event at party conference

University of West London conference on the work of Roger Brown hears of the drawbacks of higher education marketisation

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