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Scottish universities will be allowed to set tuition fees at £9,000 a year for students from the rest of the UK, bringing them into line with their English counterparts.

University admissions experts have expressed doubts about plans in today’s higher education White Paper to remove student number controls for high-achieving students.

Politicians, vice-chancellors and lobby groups have all given their initial responses to the publication of today’s White Paper on higher education. Here are a selection:

A quarter of all student places are to be open to full competition in 2012-13, in a government bid to force higher education institutions to vie for the brightest and best applicants at one end of the sector, and to compete on price at the other.

For-profit providers are to be given full access to the student loans system on condition that they agree to follow the same rules on standards, quality and fair access as publicly funded institutions, under proposals in the government’s higher education White Paper.

Among international elite, C9 League outshines UK's Russell Group in some areas, Paul Jump finds

Fears of sevenfold increase in upfront fees if NHS stops paying for tuition. Simon Baker reports

EUA study takes aim at increasingly influential university rankings. John Morgan reports

Landmark investigations expose faults but raise questions over limited powers. Simon Baker writes

Reach would-be students via made-in-China sites, UK institutions are advised. Sarah Cunnane writes

Are students being short-changed by a narrow approach to learning? Matthew Reisz reports

Promoting education at local institutions could help to cut costs, Andy Westwood tells John Gill

Jon Marcus reports from Vancouver on the campus project that's taking sustainability to the next level

Despite calls to ban them, America's frat houses continue to court controversy. Jon Marcus reports

US system seen to offer a more continuous scale, say breakaway group. Simon Baker reports

A large-scale survey has revealed a wide discrepancy between graduate earnings and what students expect to be paid after they finish university.

Academics and support staff at London Metropolitan University are to strike next week over job cuts and redundancy terms – but the vice-chancellor has criticised the action for coinciding with a Left-organised protest.

Powerful public universities are manipulating the “desperation of people whose university systems [have been] completely demolished” to make a “fortune” from overseas branch campuses, a senior university leader has claimed.

A university’s process for closing courses was “not fit for purpose” and the restructure of one of its colleges had a “detrimental impact” on students as a result, an investigation has found.

Higher education’s best leaders, managers and administrators have been honoured at an annual awards ceremony, with Birkbeck, University of London taking the top prize.

An independent taskforce headed by the founder of a popular personal finance website has been set up to tackle the “myths and misunderstandings” of the new system of student fees and loans due to come into force in September 2012.

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Just one in seven full-time undergraduate courses and one in 50 part-time programmes will be able to present complete information for prospective students as part of the new standard datasets that universities must publish from next year.

A journal's decision to ditch a paper questioning a law of physics has proved costly. Paul Jump reports

The social impact of universities over and above their direct economic contribution to the UK is worth £1.31 billion a year, a report published as part of Universities Week says.

Coalition follows PR advice over fees and gets caught in a language trap. Simon Baker reports

As complaints rise, watchdog publishes cases of non-compliance by institutions. Simon Baker writes

A survey of more than 500 professors has found that eight out of 10 believe that for-profit institutions should not have access to state subsidies such as taxpayer-funded student loans.

...we just have to explain to the public what it means. Nick Petford tells all to Paul Jump

Research on past rural attitudes to homosexuality informs new film project. Matthew Reisz reports

Efforts to smooth path to new funding regime 'at risk', chief executive says. Simon Baker reports

Rallies, vigils and strikes greet government efforts to 'halve' tuition costs. John Morgan reports

Matthew Reisz and Diana Garrisi on the lettori's long-running struggle for equality and respect

AAUP must stop navel-gazing and form alliances to protect staff, Gary Rhoades tells Jon Marcus

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