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Nearly two-thirds of University and College Union members voting in a ballot have backed strike action in a row over pay.

London Metropolitan University has agreed to end legal action against the Home Office over the revoking of its licence to recruit overseas students.

Measures to tackle illegal immigration are “discriminatory” to international students and send the message that they are not welcome in the UK.

The last three universities to benefit from the current round of the government’s Research Partnership Investment Fund have been announced.

Academic project aims for truth and reconciliation after the bloodshed

On 13 November 1967, Newcastle University became the first and only British university to give Martin Luther King an honorary degree during his lifetime

Combined figures show top five the same as last year

Backing winners can lead to poor-quality research, warns Royal Society head

English system left vulnerable by lack of regulatory structure, commission warns

Offerings of master’s courses in English tempt students away from UK, study suggests

Book celebrates centenary of the first global higher education network

Michael Arthur is ‘not a fan’ of overseas campus approach

Scottish glossary breaks down communication barriers

Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study finds

Brussels ‘to close file’ on foreign scholars battling ‘xenophobic’ law

‘Callous’ Home Office refuses leeway for applicant hit by currency drop

World Education Services report stresses diversity of applicants

Former Tory minister Baroness Bottomley questions need for academic leadership

Piaac survey also calls comparability of degree standards into question

Dedicated funding and support for UK scientists

The scheme to boost women in science is widening its impact

Move would level playing field for state school applicants

Perma CC consortium aims to host primary source material for ever

The Russell Group has backed the University of Oxford vice-chancellor after he urged the government to allow a rise in tuition fees.

Internet giant Google has signed an agreement with Jisc, the higher education technology consortium.

Three scientists have won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for laying the foundations for the computer modelling of chemical processes.

Private providers, including universities’ own offshoots, have been pinpointed as a major risk to English higher education in a new report.

The real cost of a University of Oxford education is £16,000 a year and the fees system should be better related to such an amount.

Scientists who developed a theory describing the origin of mass have won the 2013 Nobel Prize for physics.

The number of international students coming to UK universities will grow at a slower rate over the next 13 years than is hoped for by the government.

The UK scores poorly in a major study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on adult literacy, numeracy and other key skills.

Liam Byrne has been made shadow higher education minister in a reshuffle unveiled today by Labour leader Ed Miliband.

Three scientists who elucidated a fundamental process in cell physiology have been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

A new monthly online magazine of social research and policy analysis has been launched.

Physicist Peter Higgs is prominent among this year’s list of Nobel Prize predictions by Thomson Reuters citation analyst David Pendlebury

Disabled students are calling on universities to do more to help them to access campus facilities.

This year’s ̽����Ƶ World University Rankings have sparked reaction from some of the most widely-read news outlets across the globe.

Schools should teach the limits of scientific certainty so the public better understand scientific debate, says president of the Royal Society

São Paulo announces further tie-ins at three-day symposium

Poll respondents threatened with redundancy for non-submission

High tuition, bad press and recovering economy cited in falling student numbers

Academics still hidebound by national rules, Commission finds

OU report dubbing 2013 the ‘year of the crowd’ pinpoints emerging technologies set to revolutionise sector

Critics brand figures for post-study replacement ‘disappointing’

New government also aims to cut red tape

Religious body seeks secular redress for ‘trademark infringement’

Good news for capital, but fears grow that data reflect growing UK inequality

Born Global research looks to bridge gap between supply and demand

Minister points to ‘incremental’ removal and sounds warning over Labour fees policy

Q-Step programme at 15 universities set to improve social science students’ expertise

The growing importance of tuition fee income for UK universities has been highlighted by Higher Education Statistics Agency data

The insider’s outsider reflects a career at the heart of the higher education sector