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During THE podcast, universities minister points to Robbins’ example

But employers dismiss potential impact of one-day strike

‘In beta’ UK platform advances cautiously into global Mooc marketplace

Domino theory may explain out of favour Blairite’s appointment

Some in the academy believe it could

Internal papers show 3 per cent decline in firm acceptances for University of Central Lancashire

Massive open online courses: new horizon or redundancy tool? Experts fight it out

KwaZulu-Natal leader unveils controversial ‘equity index’ measuring universities’ performance on ethnicity and gender equity

More than half (57 per cent) of all European research papers are written by authors with collaborators outside their institution, a study has found

The Women’s Library, based at the London School of Economics since the beginning of this year, is the UK’s leading resource for the study of women’s history and the women’s movement

Only fees subsidies can arrest alarming decline in numbers, experts warn

David Willetts has been challenged over his assertion that university class sizes are the same as they were 50 years ago

Students taking part in a huge nationwide debate have overwhelmingly disagreed with the notion of a full ban on animal testing in research

By Colleen Flaherty,

The London School of Economics is “attempting to establish the facts” over the expulsion of an academic from Peking University, one of its partners.

The Office of Fair Trading is to examine England’s universities, including how they compete for students and set fees under the £9,000 regime.

UK universities have the equivalent of £2,083 per student invested in the fossil fuel industry, a new report has claimed.

David Willetts has warned of the need to expand the number of higher education places between the end of this decade and 2035 to cope with a growing young population

If the UK were to leave the European Union, the nation’s universities would be left in even greater “ideological thrall” to the US.

The extraordinary forgotten story of a university science club which put the first Arab rockets into space is the focus of a new documentary film.

Student activists have tried to occupy Vince Cable’s constituency office in protest at Liberal Democrat backing for the sale of the student loan book

The University of Birmingham is returning to New Zealand its collection of Toi moko, tattooed heads preserved by Maoris to venerate a loved one or mock a defeated enemy.

State school pupils do better at university than those from private schools with the same grades, according to a new report which recommends the increased use of contextual data in admissions.

Students across the UK are this week taking part in what organisers believe will be the biggest public debate on animal research ever held.

Cut wages at top to underwrite living wage to all, say Young Greens

Reasons for withdrawal of legal action on eve of hearing remain unclear

University hails no-strings pilot’s success

How does the university calculate the real cost of undergraduate education?

These images form part of a forthcoming exhibition about the Victorian magazine Punch taking place at Liverpool John Moores University in celebration of the opening of the institution’s new Special Collections and Archives reading room

Report warns of ‘market failure’ but critics say it doesn’t go far enough

Minutes suggest the pros and cons of strategies for submission

Credit transfer system could give Continent advantage over US

Legal training overhaul would promote diversity and cut costs, regulator says

Faculty-in-residence keen to offer advice and a listening ear

Sunderland and Ulster introduce fingerprinting systems

Vital academic work still missed by impact criteria and civil servants, forum hears

Save ‘outstanding’ programme, university told

Original vision lost in scramble for profit and repackaging of old ideas, say pair

Witty recommends more collaboration, more funding and more weight for impact in REF

Plans to overhaul A-levels will have “tragic consequences” on fair access efforts, the University of Oxford’s admissions head has said.

Seventy-five institutions have been awarded funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s new PhD funding scheme.

University staff will hold a one-day strike on 31 October in a row over pay

The dramatic decline in part-time students will continue this year, according to a report that calls for an “urgent push” to promote such study.

The UK is the “biggest biosciences cluster in Europe” a report by the BioIndustry Association has said.

Impact should be given a weighting of 25 per cent at the next research excellence framework, the author of a government-commissioned review has said

By Scott Jaschik, for

The UK has overtaken Japan to become China’s second most prolific research collaborator.

Scientists need to lose their “excessive fastidiousness” to make London the scientific capital of the world, the city’s mayor Boris Johnson has said.

Universities are not producing enough science graduates to meet the needs of the UK economy, business leaders have claimed.

The University of Central Lancashire is to begin offering academic credit for courses that students complete for free online.

Queen’s University Belfast has announced that its dean of medicine, dentistry and biomedical sciences will take over as its president and vice-chancellor