Politics

Critics question Jeremy Corbyn’s £10bn policy to scrap fees, but student activists applaud him for putting free education on agenda

Debate hears differing perspectives on whether students should have warnings or be sheltered from certain points of view

Brazil’s flagship scholarship programme likely to suffer as government looks for savings. Donna Bowater reports from Rio de Janeiro

As the vote closes, John Morgan looks at what Jeremy Corbyn, Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall have to say on higher education and research

Research councils thought to be under review as BIS aims to be ‘sharper, smaller, cheaper’

In a special report from the territory, David Matthews hears concerns that scholars are paying the price for ‘politically incorrect’ talk

Martin Paul Eve considers the implications of the universities and science minister’s address at the Universities UK conference

‘We don’t need Nobel physicists running car parks. We want the scientists focused on science,’ says universities minister

First female president of Universities UK jokes that ‘it’s only been 100 years’ before a woman filled the post

Ministers respond to concern about violence against women on campus

University of the Witwatersrand vice-chancellor says research excellence can still be pursued while professoriate is reshaped

Luister details alleged discrimination against black students at leading institution

Universities fear new higher education bill will force reclassification

How will the complexion of Israel’s coalition government affect its universities?

The ineffectiveness of the Mogadishu government is not stopping university leaders from trying to drive up standards

Lincoln Allison argues that it is becoming harder for academics to share controversial ideas

Ali Bongo Ondimba donates property in Libreville to state, free of charge

One in 20 respondents to NUS survey say they would have been better off not going to university 

BIS confirms it is looking at how to cut costs, after news emerges of ‘quick and dirty’ McKinsey review

Three academics examine buildings, art and statues that arguably have no place on a campus in 2015

Keep watching the skies…

Labour leadership hopeful would also extend student finance to apprentices

We talk to the Labour MP for Barking and former chair of the Public Accounts Committee

US-owned institution becomes Arden University

New College of the Humanities and Pearson are seen as potential beneficiaries of Productivity Plan

Course looking at ‘key security issue for East Asia’ part of major University of Central Lancashire investment in Korean studies

Asking R&D-heavy companies to help plug gaps in the science budget has implicit appeal but, in reality, only increased public spending is likely to keep global firms in the UK, says Paul Jump

Cuts will “hurt the country’s competitiveness and citizens’ well-being”, says rector

Concern that quantity, not quality will be prioritised as higher education marketplace opens up

Madeleine Atkins calls for ‘alignment and synergy’ between assessment regimes

Independent Commission on Fees concerned by high write-off rate and impact on ‘squeezed middle’

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

Council member accused of ‘diving like a cheating soccer player’ as continued delay in decision on pro vice-chancellor candidate sparks chaotic scenes

Labour's shadow business secretary warns that universities should not be 'muzzled' in EU debate. John Morgan blogs from the UUK event in London.

Dame Julia Goodfellow, Universities UK president-elect, calls for higher education to ‘stand up and be counted’ in EU referendum debate

Reducing burden of student debt is top of shopping list as candidates jockey for position

Government attacked by Hepi president for backtracking on pledge to increase loan repayment threshold

Lee Jones reacts to the £150 million cut to Hefce's budget

Epigram editor Zaki Dogliani explores whether students would accept different prices for different courses

Plunging MoD research spend compensated for over past decade by rising research council budget

Funding council details how cash will be saved from English universities’ 2014-15 and 2015-16 budgets after George Osborne demanded extra cuts

Institute for Fiscal Studies says George Osborne’s Budget changes will also hit middle-earning graduates by more than £6,000 on average

Researcher charts shift from racial to class segregation

Institutions expected to assess where and how students might be at risk of being drawn into terrorism

Sir Keith Burnett responds to home secretary Theresa May’s letter about university funding

Ex-European Commission president speaks to THE for feature that also looks at the fist fight UK universities can expect in return for pro-EU campaign

After Tory victory in the general election, an EU exit could become reality. We hear from both sides of the debate

Academic Victoria Fontan has borne witness to Iraq’s unfolding tragedy. She discusses encounters with Islamic State and US troops and her fears for the country’s future

Policies announced in the Budget mean more cash today for the poorest students, but what about tomorrow’s debts? asks Wes Streeting

Sector questions how government will decide which universities can raise fees on 2017 timescale

The UK is falling short on technical and professional skills, and failing young people in the process, warns Rod Bristow

But universities and science minister says focus should be on outputs, not inputs

Doubts now raised over future of project billed as having potential to shake up hierarchy of world higher education

Future of Welsh sector's oversight to come under examination, education minister Huw Lewis announces

Proposals amount to 41 per cent increase in minimum salary threshold for new researchers to gain visa, Universities UK and Russell Group warn

An open letter sounding the alarm hit a nerve among academics – it’s time for managers to listen, argues Karín Lesnik-Oberstein.

Changes to degree-awarding powers that will step up competition for universities heralded in Productivity Plan

Business secretary answers ‘no’ when asked if non-EU students should be allowed to stay on for work post-graduation

Nitpicking the TEF to pieces would be a mistake, says Derfel Owen. Far better to engage – and here’s how

Department confirms work to find savings is ongoing, but offers no details on George Osborne’s Budget pledge to bring in ‘new entrants’, says John Morgan