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Academics and students register opposition to outlawing of overt displays of religious affiliation

Outgoing Hefce captain proud of guiding sector through choppy waters

Analysts accuse organisation of ¡®misrepresenting¡¯ figures

Critics of The Satanic Verses lost the battle but are winning the war, warns Dennis Hayes

Rectors demand more federal support from new government. Frances?Mechan-Schmidt reports

Many universities are ¡°still not focused enough on teaching¡± and are using ?9,000 fees to subsidise research.

England has ¡°too many¡± universities and some are likely to close, the director-general of the Confederation of British Industry has warned.

Amended policy accepts ?9,000 charges in short term

Toni Pearce confident BIS negotiations will pay dividends for students

Minister¡¯s call comes as Lib Dem conference votes to remove students from immigration figures

Reform must go all the way, argues Bill Rammell

The UK¡¯s first massive open online course platform will allow students to set their own targets and escape rules set by ¡°The Man¡±

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An attempt by senior Liberal Democrats to endorse ?9,000 fees as official policy has failed, after members clung on to an aspiration to abolish fees

Some of the world¡¯s most powerful graduates demonstrate the influence of UK universities

A cross-party group of MPs has launched an inquiry that will look at the black and minority ethnic community¡¯s interaction with ÖйúAƬ.

Student recruitment could be jeopardised by ¡°public paranoia¡± over immigration among the UK¡¯s ¡°xenophobic¡± population, vice-chancellors have said.

Vice-chancellors should take up more prominent public roles as forces for good in society, the National Union of Students president has said.

Vince Cable has predicted that Labour would not change the ?9,000 fee system, while also forecasting that David Willetts would be safe in a reshuffle.

Schools can add much to training, says the head of new Sheffield Institute of Education

Opposition grows over motion to ¡®retain current system of finance¡¯

Committee points to ¡®gaps in qualitative and quantitative evidence¡¯ for Finch report recommendations

More government cash is the only way to cut student costs, argue Rudy Fichtenbaum and Hank Reichman

Response to consultation says change to company name restrictions could aid bogus institutions

A further education college offering degrees from three universities has had its licence to sponsor international students suspended.

A preference for gold open access over green is misguided and is due to multiple gaps in the evidence gathered for the Finch Report, MPs have said.

How did David Mould end up teaching journalism in Kazakhstan¡¯s frozen capital? He was a?political pawn, he says

Washington¡¯s ¡®national interest¡¯ restrictions on social science will affect bilateral projects

The policies and realities of monitoring correspondence may vary, but the ethical implications are always significant

The Liberal Democrats are trying to push through legislation to stop the National Union of Students campaigning against them at the next general election, Labour MPs have claimed.

Visa applications from overseas students seeking to study at universities are up 4 per cent despite the government¡¯s toughening of the visa regime.

Anonymous reports of misconduct will be blocked, writes Frances Mechan-Schmidt

Recreating a two-tier system is only benefiting ¡®the best¡¯, says Malcolm?Gillies

BIS applies cap in 2014, but with terms allowing ¡®back door¡¯ expansion

Commemoration of the 1914-18 war should involve critical reflection rather than arouse an inarticulate glow of national pride

Plan to make ÖйúAƬ sustainable requires a simultaneous attack on three big problems, says expert

High fees prove no object to demand, but student standards may invite scrutiny

Higher education could face more cuts after next month¡¯s polls, many fear

Critics say universities are ¡®not playing fair¡¯

BIS study on graduate premium challenges research-intensive claims

Undergraduates ¡®reproduce social inequality¡¯, paper argues

Student numbers at private ÖйúAƬ institutions will be capped from 2014-15, the government has confirmed, while private providers will also be granted unlimited recruitment of high-grade students.

The?University and College Union is among those invited to a Labour Party summit?to discuss the controversial?issue of zero-hours contracts.

A new government-commissioned study says a degree will earn graduates an extra ?252,000 over their lifetime for women and ?168,000 for men.

Olive Tree Programme offers ¡®special space¡¯ for cohort drawn from both sides of conflict zone

Students should not be turned into consumers, sector expert J¨¹rgen Enders tells David Matthews

When employers were freed go global, workers worldwide wobbled, says Ursula Huws

The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) has raised the prospect that universities could ¡°bulk buy¡± annual ?200 health levies for international students.

The University of Law has had its elevation to university status rubber-stamped by the government.

UCU research aims to find figure for academy alone

BPP decision reached despite concerns over US parent firm

Children from the poorest families remain around half as likely to enter ÖйúAƬ than their more affluent peers, new figures show.

Liberal Democrat members will be asked to endorse the current ?9,000 tuition fees system as the party¡¯s official policy and rule out a graduate tax

Some 165 US university presidents and chancellors have called on political leaders in Washington to boost funding for research and education.

Lack of experience of large research budgets won¡¯t harm Hefce chief, say supporters

Government emphasises international students¡¯ economic benefits

Nick Hillman promises to speak truth to power and not toe party line

Research finds woe for squeezed middle, windfall for high-paid graduates

The state must reinstate working rights for all overseas students, argues William Hunt

The system of planning teacher training in England has ¡°broken down¡±, risking a teacher shortage in the future, MPs have been warned.