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A total of 27 universities and colleges have applied to lower their tuition fees in 2012-13 so they can compete for some of the 20,000 cut-price places being created by the government.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Graduate unemployment has fallen for the first time since the start of the recession, according to a report published today.

A report into allegations that Saif Gaddafi's London School of Economics doctoral thesis was plagiarised may never be made public.

A substantial collection of material relating to New Jersey-born rock legend Bruce Springsteen has been acquired by Monmouth University in West Long Branch, US.

The gap between the salaries of workers with postgraduate degrees and those holding only undergraduate degrees has grown significantly, a study has shown.

Old arguments greet Curnock Cook's appeal for new look at admissions overhaul, Simon Baker writes

Early-application data show reduced inter-regional movement of students. David Matthews writes

Applicants for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council grants will have to identify the national importance of their research for up to 50 years in the future.

Observers have welcomed the news that women will be permitted to submit one fewer output to the 2014 research excellence framework for each period of pregnancy they have during the census period.

Students pass a motion of no confidence as provost takes on health service role. John Morgan reports

Teaching with the aid of notebook PCs is given a cautious thumbs up by lecturers. Jack Grove writes

Universities wishing to improve the "student experience" have been warned they are placing too much emphasis on satisfaction scores despite their limited usefulness.

France moves away from grandes écoles model in bid to foster new elite. Jack Grove reports from Paris

French elite protest harsher attitude to foreign graduates' post-study status. Clea Caulcutt writes

State should fund one-off extra recruitment to cope with 'crisis', David Blanchflower tells John Morgan

The head of outreach programmes at the University of Cambridge has said that students at the institution are "appreciably better" than they were 20 years ago.

Respondents deliver resounding 'no' to proposals floated in HEA consultation. Jack Grove reports

New humanities head calls for scrutiny of teaching practices ahead of fees rise. Simon Baker reports

Universities will have to ditch the conservatism that has allowed them to survive in the past and change at a much greater pace if they are to prosper in the future, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has argued.

A campaign has been launched to save the University of East Anglia’s School of Music after an internal review recommended its closure.

More than 450 private colleges have been stopped from recruiting international students after most of them failed to sign up to the Home Office’s new rules for inspection of the sector.

Governments are often right to be sceptical about the over-ambitious claims of social scientists, a leading sociologist has argued.

Lancaster University has announced plans to collaborate with Guangdong University of Foreign Studies to build a new university campus in Guangzhou, China.

An academic involved in the scandal over links between the Gaddafi regime and the London School of Economics is to leave the institution ahead of a report into the affair.

Top researchers in biology have yet another publishing option following the launch of a major open-access journal by the Royal Society.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Funding chiefs in England have told the government they have “concerns” about the timetable for implementing a new regulatory framework for higher education, warning the challenge of bringing in some reforms by 2013 should “not be underestimated”.

Proposals have been published for the biggest shake-up in university admissions for 50 years.

A businessman and cross-bench peer has criticised government plans to dramatically reduce the number of student visas.

Employers have agreed to hold fresh talks with the University and College Union over the sector’s biggest pension fund, following the start of industrial action.

Two sixth-form students have launched legal action against what they claim is the government’s “unlawful” decision to treble the tuition fee cap to £9,000.

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has declined to mothball its controversial shaping capability policy but agreed to work more closely with learned societies on implementing it.

Most stained-glass windows feature scenes from the Bible or the lives of saints.

The sector's main pension fund is likely to be judged as having a £2.9 billion deficit, potentially requiring an injection of funds from universities and damaging the case for the University and College Union's industrial action against changes to the scheme.

Plans to involve three bodies in resolving student complaints are "a recipe for confusion", the government has been told.

Effort to mitigate AAB and core-and-margin effects spells trouble for post-92s. Simon Baker reports

Ahead of Lord Woolf’s report on the scandal of the LSE’s links with Libya, Christopher Davidson examines the issue of UK university funding by Gulf autocracies in the light of the Arab Spring

Watchdog says institutions may suffer for selling what they can't provide. David Matthews reports

Differential offers are a legitimate means to 'control market', Ulster v-c says. David Matthews writes

Sector can use toolkit to gauge whether it is worth investing in coaching. David Matthews reports

The new head of the Science and Technology Facilities Council has "an understanding of academic research, which his predecessor sadly lacked", a senior academic has said.

Lack of language skills hampers UK graduates' efforts to find employment. Jack Grove reports

When in China, don't mention Tibet but do wash well, firm's code advises. David Matthews reports

"No one would want to be a shambling, rotting corpse," said Marcus Leaning, senior lecturer in media studies at the University of Winchester. "Yet since the early 2000s, there has been a proliferation of zombies expanding out of traditional media. I am interested in the meaning of zombies to producers and fans."

'Abysmal' Australian provision may isolate nation as East rises. Phil Baty reports from Adelaide

A survey showing that one in 10 British students has no interest at all in visiting, working or volunteering overseas has been described as "truly shocking" by the chief executive of the British Council.

Movement demands increase in low levels of state investment in the academy. Paul Jump reports

Dracula, extraterrestrial bugs and the undead are aiding the study of microbiology. Jack Grove writes