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UUK president calls for guarantee that EU students can access loans for 2017 entry

Government’s reliance on ‘dubious evidence’ has damaged UK’s reputation and economy, says IPPR

Taiwanese universities are already under pressure from an ageing population

Social Market Foundation research dismisses claim that widening participation hampers improvements

Thirty-six higher education institutions to charge maximum for all their programmes

The move is one of several measures aimed at atoning for the US university’s history 

The Netherlands’ university association says courses taught in English ‘improve the quality of teaching’

Those reporting mental health issues are markedly more likely to consider quitting, survey finds

As Ipswich institution gains independence, Richard Lister says it is ‘absolutely right’ that new providers go through ‘proper level of scrutiny’

Institutions should also appoint ‘hate incident champions’ to encourage students to report abuse, says study

Banning ghostwriting services from advertising won’t stop students cheating, but four simple steps could hobble them, says Geoffrey Alderman

Study in US suggests that institutions do take a hit from adverse media coverage despite a scandal likely leading to improved policies and procedures

London South Bank's chief operating officer says students deserve to receive the best service after institution wins recognition for customer satisfaction

Chicago ‘does not condone intellectual safe spaces’, dean tells new students

ONS figures will raise fears of further drop in non-EU student enrolment

Jack Grove learns how sites have been reinvented for the 24/7 digital age, while Donald Brown reflects on the role libraries played in his journey from the Mississippi Delta to Oxford

Treating students as consumers has precipitated a rush to the bottom to give them exactly what they want, says John Warren

Democratic nominee's policy leaves 'broken' system intact, experts fear

Walking supervision sessions around Birmingham and pub-based academic chats have won praise from PhD candidates

Senior management do not recognise support staff’s pivotal role in achieving positive student outcomes, administrators say

Maxine Joselow, for Inside Higher Ed, looks at two colleges that are going for tiny living in terms of student accommodation 

New book makes the case for academics to be far more open to the perspectives of others

Group of Eight also warns of ‘policy drift’ and ‘risk to a major export industry’

The University of Exeter has confirmed that fees will go up with inflation for current students, and Sorana Vieru is not impressed

Sir Steve Smith says it would be ‘odd’ to charge some Exeter cohorts less than others

Despite many advances, online programmes suffer from technical faults and a dispiriting lack of interaction, as two scholars found

Post-Brexit, will EU students still see English HE as value for money, and what are the pros and cons of charging them international fees?

V-c says overseas students feel UK is ‘diminished country’ post-referendum

Results of NUS survey appear to reflect university leavers’ experience in job market

Compared with 20 years ago, young graduates face a much greater struggle buying flats, which some fear could stall social mobility

As institutions battle crippling deficits, there are hard and volatile times ahead, writes Martin Hall 

Bugewa Apampa becomes one of just 18 black women with UK professorships

Advert placed by students at Pitzer College leads to national discussion on racial mixes in accommodation 

UK should introduce ‘much tighter regulations’ on private colleges, say CGHE researchers

Students think it ‘unfair’ to be punished for unintentional plagiarism

Dutch researchers find female academics 11 percentage points less likely to hit promotion threshold in course evaluations

Undergraduates may be urged to answer ‘definitely disagree’ to NSS questions

‘Learning gain’ test could be used in TEF if pilot a success

Author of research into e-learning suggests faculty are eager to adapt their teaching to meet new demands

A lawyer and a clinical psychologist in the US explain how America’s universities are becoming more ‘trauma-informed’

Pilot easing rules for four universities ‘dismissive’ of others’ contribution

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world's media

Pro-gun group tries to block policy allowing concealed weapons ban in offices

Sector bodies and institutions respond to latest NSS results

Scores that will inform teaching excellence framework may herald rise of ‘new elite’

Guild of European Research Intensive Universities also calls for minister to guarantee Erasmus funding for UK students 

US ranking will focus on student experience and outcomes

It is heartbreaking to see idealistic youth attach itself to clueless old sectarians, writes Martin McQuillan

Most selective universities under fire for ‘glacial’ progress on widening access

Move by Hamilton College in New York sparks discussion about prescriptive attempts to change curricula

Bath, Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford chosen for two-year master's student pilot

Vic Boyd was on the lookout for academic writing opportunities. What she found was somewhat less appetising...

However, dean at Asian University for Women in Bangladesh says the number of female leaders on the continent is rising

De Montfort University is asking staff to record their lectures to help students with disabilities

Westminster looks to new ways for students from 150 countries to explore their differences

Six months after the PhD student’s murder in Egypt, John Elmes looks at the case and talks to those who were close to the promising young scholar

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Beefing up the independent adjudicator’s role would benefit the sector and students alike, says Matthew Wyard

Scholar says overseas outposts cannot compete with universities abroad without delivering a ‘superior’ service

Call for universities to stamp out 'last acceptable' form of discrimination