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Government warned about a looming crisis in an economically vital area, writes Simon Baker

Chris Husbands hails the institute's niche purpose and big-issue passions. Rebecca Attwood reports

Research councils plan to further concentrate funding on top institutions. Paul Jump reports

Students should help pay for funding injection; scholars must work harder. Hannah Fearn reports

Scientific Reports and success of PLoS ONE spell trouble for specialist journals. Paul Jump reports

The University of Oxford has announced that it will start asking for A* grades at A level.

Health research in the UK is being “stifled” by excessive regulation, a report by the Academy of Medical Sciences has concluded.

The protester who threw a fire extinguisher from the roof of Conservative Party headquarters during a tuition-fee demonstration has been jailed for 32 months.

By Scott Jaschik, for

A former minister for higher education during Labour’s days in power has been appointed deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Plymouth.

The group representing university teacher-training centres has written to Michael Gove, the education secretary, to complain about “inexplicable delays” in the announcement of funding allocations for initial teacher training for the next academic year.

In the middle of the week, downtown Los Angeles was very much its usual self – with teenagers lining up to catch glimpses of the celebrities emerging from this year’s People’s Choice awards.

A lecturer and his work have a starring role in a very novel thriller. Paul Jump gets the backstory

Online magazine aims to bridge gap between journals and journalism. Matthew Reisz writes

Simon Baker hears a headteacher's plans to offer degree courses from her rural secondary school

Report says the city's institutions require help to assert international strength. John Morgan writes

Executive is split over support for fees protest, while officers threaten to strike, John Morgan writes

Observer offers blue-sky thinking in appraisal of global higher education. Sarah Cunnane reports

Lord Bhattacharyya's vision of the future fuels Warwick Manufacturing Group, reports Paul Jump

Lib Dem deputy must move quickly in access role, say senior sector figures. Rebecca Attwood reports

The “academy in crisis” emerged as a key theme on the first day of the Modern Language Association of America conference, as thousands of humanities scholars gathered in California for the annual convention.

Analysis shows that defectors find happiness with Conservatives, not Labour. Simon Baker reports

These cans are part of the brewing collection in the University of Glasgow’s Scottish Business Archive.

The president of the National Union of Students has set out a series of issues that must be addressed by the government’s new advocate for access to education if the role is to be more than “window dressing” for the trebling of the tuition fee cap.

The number of people bidding for a university place in the UK for 2011-12 is up by 2.5 per cent, according to the latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.

By Scott Jaschik, for

Tim Wilson, who retires today as vice-chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire, has been knighted in the New Year Honours.

A senior Liberal Democrat who opposes tuition fees has been appointed to a new post that will see him work to encourage young people from poor backgrounds to go to university.

Pensions ballots at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge saw more than 80 per cent of the staff members who voted rejecting the employers’ plans to cut benefits in the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).

The Scottish Highlands and Islands could soon have their own university after the UHI Millennium Institute cleared a major hurdle on its way to securing university status.

The University of Chichester has appointed its acting vice-chancellor, Clive Behagg, to take over the role permanently.

The number of higher education institutions in Wales is to be cut from 11 to six within the next two years, the Welsh funding council has said.

Joining forces to finance services could yield total near to budget reduction. Simon Baker writes

Provinces agree to work together to promote a 'national brand' abroad. Sarah Cunnane reports

Matthew Reisz on the neurologists probing the social side of clever corvids and teenage dreamers

This handbill alerted Londoners to a rare opportunity to see "two kaamas's" - probably tapirs - "at the sign of the Coach and Horses" in Charing Cross, London.

Aberdeen students buck trend and grab chance to study foreign languages. Hannah Fearn writes

Hepi claims cuts to places revealed in grant letter could push up fees. Simon Baker reports

Founding fathers of 'moral panic' thesis discuss its modern manifestations. Matthew Reisz writes