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Simon Marginson tells SRHE conference that multiplicity of factors affect graduate outcomes

Donald Braben looks at the implications of Sir Paul Nurse¡¯s review of research councils

SRHE conference told that universities are at centre of ¡®a race between competing social groups with unequal resources¡¯

Responses of more than 24,000 undergraduates indicate limited development in areas such as creativity and citizenship over course of degree

The powerful message that maintenance grants send to students will be lost in the shift to loans, says Carina Buckley

Half of money cut to be reallocated to tuition fee grants, which Plaid Cymru says will end up in English universities

Freeze on tuition fee increases does nothing to counter inequality, writes Martin Hall

Jennifer McCoy looks at how a ¡®political earthquake¡¯ in Venezuela might affect the country¡¯s universities

Universities minister also tells BIS committee that TEF will look at graduate employment rather than salaries

Scholars call for open dialogue with Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement supporters

There is ¡®often ill-informed reverence for the US system¡¯, claims the director of the Observatory on Borderless ÖйúAƬ 

Fair access tsar warns ¡®top-down meddling¡¯ would be a ¡®costly, bureaucratic exercise¡¯

I had assumed stories about campus political correctness might be overblown. But the experience of my friend is an example of how deeply it permeates universities

Government¡¯s moves to lower student loan write-off ease path to postgraduate and part-time lending

The furore about trigger warnings and no-platform campaigns reveals not a timid generation but rather one unafraid to tackle reality head-on, argues Tom Cutterham

David Price, Graeme Reid and Andrew Clark applaud the wisdom of creating Research UK

Senior figures in UK science fear that culture leading to research misconduct has not been changed

A qualified welcome for George Osborne¡¯s real-terms protection of research, but uncertainty over how new overseas aid spending will operate

Open letter calls for ministers to support academic research on sustainability during week of United Nations climate change conference in Paris

David Lloyd, vice-chancellor of the University of South Australia, on an erratic period of change for universities

Giving evidence to a BIS committee inquiry on assessing the quality of ÖйúAƬ provoked questions about how teaching might be measured, writes John Gill

Birmingham v-c among those warning BIS select committee against Green Paper proposals

An aggregated university score would be designed to serve government bean counters, not students, says Athene Donald

Hepi says survey findings support UUK¡¯s decision to campaign for ¡®in¡¯ vote

Global Challenges Fund could be enabler of world-class science tackling global issues, says Malcolm von Schantz

Vice-chancellors say funding should be redirected to means-tested maintenance grants

Durham pro vice-chancellor warns that institutions would be forced to challenge a worse-than-expected judgement

Unexpected creation of a ¡®Global Challenges Research Fund¡¯ means that if they want more money, academics may have to contribute to international development

Anarchist academic reflects on what her recent brush with the law says about threats to academic freedom

The media¡¯s sneering attacks on the Labour leader¡¯s limited tertiary study fail to recognise that academic qualifications are not political science, says Martin McQuillan

Involvement in global quality assurance is crucial to signing up more overseas students, says Fiona Crozier

Some key points to take away from George Osborne¡¯s speech today and the Treasury¡¯s spending review document

Money Saving Expert founder fuming on decision to press ahead with controversial policy

Government relaxes student loan eligibility rules but confirms plan to freeze repayment threshold, as student opportunity funding also targeted

Savings include cuts in funding for poorest students and forcing existing students to pay more for loans

However, there is confusion over the final value of the settlement, which may include 'tucking in' of Global Challenges fund

There¡¯s a choice to be made on R&D investment, says Richard Jones, and we must get it right

Director for education praises system for allowing country to raise spending in ¡®difficult times¡¯

Labour ex-minister criticises the view that UK ¡®can¡¯t afford English identity¡¯

Move follows objections to Woodrow Wilson references on campus

John Morgan on the Green Paper's plans to make universities exempt from FoI

Commitment not to merge the research councils appears to contradict plans for a bonfire of the quangos in BIS

Matthew Feldman reflects on academics¡¯ place in the insatiable 24-hour news cycle

Merger ¡®inappropriate¡¯, but seven councils would be overseen by new chief executive

Higher education expert who died in February asks in paper what might replace strengths of the polytechnic system

Higher education Green Paper says director of fair access to ÖйúAƬ could be given power to set entry goals for universities

Student opportunity cuts could worsen part-time crisis, warns Open University v-c, while research concerns focus on ring-fence and ¡®tucking in¡¯

It is wrong for universities to ignore learning, says Anthony Seldon

Simon Gaskell says Queen Mary University of London would be ¡®crucified¡¯ on graduate salary score because of diverse intake

GuildHE¡¯s chief executive, a former BIS official, warns that Hefce¡¯s expertise on teaching grant should not be lost

Liang Xinsheng removed from deputy chair post after writing ¡®radical opinions¡¯ that had a ¡®bad social influence¡¯

Ed Byrne warns institutions¡¯ finances could be ¡®undermined¡¯ in the name of policy initiatives

¡®Concatenation¡¯ of financial pressures could create serious risks, Madeleine Atkins says

We talk Whitehall, tuition fees and Sunderland FC with the veteran Daily Mirror journalist

A. C. Grayling says private college plans offer ¡®greater choice and improved quality¡¯ 

TEF seen as paving the way to a market in price by a supporter of differential fees

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Consultation is good, but universities must respond robustly, he says

Going to university ¡®influences outlook on life¡¯, research for UK government suggests

Representative bodies sign up to new code of practice on course closure and institutional collapse