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The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has been warned that the deadline set for final decisions on its controversial “shaping capabilities” programme may be too tight to allow the necessary consultation with researchers.

Research into eye disease, a ground-breaking creative writing course and work to improve food security has helped 18 universities to win Queen’s Anniversary prizes for higher and further education.

A US sociologist has been named as the new director of the London School of Economics.

Adolphus was the mascot of fighter ace Maurice Leblanc-Smith (1896-1986), winner of the Distinguished Flying Cross, and accompanied him on many missions during the First World War.

Jon Marcus meets the scholarly guides tearing up the Tim Rice lyrics to uncover the real Buenos Aires

Bloomsbury institution's £500 million 'masterplan' includes campus near Olympic site. John Gill reports

The dean of a specialist institution who presided over a controversial decision to merge with University College London has been appointed to a senior role at the large research-intensive university.

Franchised places must not be reclaimed from FE colleges, minister warns. David Matthews writes

Sector doesn't prioritise issue and ignores 'adverse outcomes', scholar argues. Matthew Reisz writes

Competition for 'share' will dissolve institutional difference, Deloitte claims. David Matthews writes

New 1994 Group chair tells Simon Baker that the coalition is sleepwalking into a postgrad crisis

Penn State scandal shows sport's stranglehold on American academy. Jon Marcus reports

Fall in number of research fund applications sees rise in proportion of winners. Paul Jump reports

Student unions, rather than a "state-controlled" agency, should hold the power to ratify university tuition fee levels, the president of the National Union of Students has argued.

Increase in students 'puzzled' by independent learning is fuelling crisis, writes Sarah Cunnane

Universities could increasingly use the same degree programmes as they share services to save money, the vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University has suggested.

Hefce warns of a cross-border exodus that could distort local economies. David Matthews writes

David Willetts was forced to call off a lecture yesterday evening after the event he was due to speak at was disrupted by student protesters.

One of the UK’s biggest private providers has set out bold plans to become a university, more than double in size and takeover or link up with other “complementary institutions” both in Britain and abroad.

The University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit has found itself back in the spotlight with the leak of over 5,000 emails seemingly to and from its academic staff.

A new chief executive has been appointed to the Natural Environment Research Council almost five months after its previous head stepped down.

A “poverty penalty” is restricting access to higher education for poor Londoners, particularly those living in richer boroughs, a new report says.

By Scott Jaschik, for

The University of Southampton’s first overseas campus has begun enrolling students after the project received academic accreditation from the Malaysian authorities.

Academics at Birkbeck, University of London have called for the government to suspend its higher education reforms.

A new Department of Chemistry is to be established at Lancaster University, more than a decade after its old department was closed.

The universities of Dundee and Abertay Dundee have issued a joint statement with the Scottish Funding Council asserting that they will not merge.

British academics working in the UK for wealthy US institutions are being urged to unionise to improve pay and to counter "potential threatening behaviour" from employers.

The most happily international higher education systems aren't the superpowers. John Gill writes

Government reforms challenged as MPs hear all providers face tough times. Sarah Cunnane writes

Off-site store causes problems after Soas Library refurb cuts capacity. Matthew Reisz writes

Judgment rejects narcoleptic's case as it would make OIA a legal 'surrogate'. Jack Grove reports

Study finds class and gender inequality in Ghana's and Tanzania's universities. David Matthews writes

Few scholarly cheers for author's 'branded' vision of accessible higher education. Sarah Cunnane writes

'Transnational' education isn't dying, but it is changing. Jon Marcus reports on Western institutions' moves to mitigate the risks of foreign outposts, thanks to a little help from their hosts

Simon Baker on an analysis that has plenty to say about the government's direction of travel

Asia, India and Middle East are becoming study-abroad destinations of choice, reports Jon Marcus

Majority of staff complain about lack of leadership and guidance in a new survey. Jack Grove reports

English universities enjoy the greatest freedom from state interference in Europe, according to research.

The revelation that four out of five bidders for the 20,000 cut-price undergraduate degree places are further education colleges may be disguising the fact that many are simply bidding to "stand still".

The new head of the 1994 Group has marked the start of his tenure with an outspoken attack on the coalition's higher education policy, arguing that it "lacks ambition".

These "neck pieces" - necklaces made entirely of hair - are the work of Kerry Howley, a recent jewellery graduate from Middlesex University.

Universities could see recent record financial surpluses wiped out if the decline in applications from some sections of the international-student market continues, the chair of governors at a Russell Group institution has warned.

A university that has been on the funding council’s “at risk” list for 12 years – longer than any other in England – has been removed from the register.

By Elizabeth Murphy, for

Five times as many further education colleges as universities have bid for places under the government’s cut-price student numbers margin in 2012-13.

Tuition fee waivers should be scrapped in favour of bursaries, according to a former president of the National Union of Students.

The UK remains the top destination for students from the US looking to study abroad.

A Turner Prize-winning artist has criticised a decision by a university art school to concentrate more on digital-based courses in a restructure that threatens around a dozen jobs.

A professor of English studies at the University of Strathclyde has been named as the new director of research at the Arts and Humanities Research Council.