Politics

Lords committee also becomes sixth Parliamentary group to call for students to be removed from net migration count

If Labour does adopt a graduate tax policy it will be making a grave mistake, says Emran Mian

James Brokenshire, the immigration minister, said that he wanted to ‘underline’ a ‘message of welcome’ to international students

Hiranya Peiris rebuts the Daily Mail’s impoverished worldview of scientists

More students are entering higher education but most places are taken by those from wealthy backgrounds

Big post-92s suffer as Hefce steers allocations towards strong recruiters

Study of the economic impact of graduates recommends universities should be placed at the centre of strategies to boost regional growth

Higher education may be “sleepwalking” towards a new quality control system based on Ofsted-style inspections, a leading sector figure has warned.

Could remark be hint of policy shift towards graduate tax?

Labour on the attack as RAB nears ‘break-even point’

Only one in 1,000 children who claim free school meals make it to Oxbridge, new analysis says.

A £2.5 billion drop in forecast student loan repayments over six years means the government will “massively overrun” on its higher education budget, independent experts have warned

Proposal for scorecard system for US institutions ‘doomed to failure’

Black academics claim they are viewed as ‘outsiders’ and hindered in career advancement

Hitting RAB charge ‘threshold’ will make £9,000 system more costly than old

Munira Mirza lauds universities’ role in improving all levels of education in the capital but decries ‘coercive consensus’

Policy ‘broke mould of segregation’ but problems persist

The government will outline options to increase postgraduate student numbers later this year, according to today’s Budget statement.

The government will not increase the value of the higher education innovation fund, it announced today.

Teaching grants for universities in England are to fall by more than the £45 million announced last month, the country’s funding council has said.

The Office of Fair Trading wants further scrutiny of English higher education to judge if some rules for students may breach consumer protection law

David Willetts highlights possible delay in filling extra undergraduate places

The resignation of a rector is an opportunity to tackle corruption in Kosovo’s academy, says Peter Geoghegan

‘Savage reduction’ in overseas recruitment feared after new minister’s speech

People of Indian and Chinese descent in England and Wales are almost twice as likely to have a degree as white British people, a new study says.

Labour have accused the coalition of “complete confusion” after Vince Cable said the write-off estimate on student loans will be revised downwards.

The government’s new immigration minister has threatened to make it tougher for education institutions to keep their student visa licences.

Parties exhorted to prioritise research investment and internationalisation

We must press politicians to show how a future government will support the sector, says Christopher Snowden

Willetts hints that ‘unplanned’ expansion after cap lifts will be scrutinised

Adding 30,000 extra places will spread teaching funds even thinner, sector figures warn

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

But overall net migration still shoots up following influx from EU

Meeting at Treasury hints at moves to repair visa policy’s harm to universities

‘No preconceptions’ as Higher Education Commission begins exploration of long-term financial sustainability

Andy Westwood, former New Labour special adviser, asks what went wrong with skills policy

A vision to revive a depressed Sussex town by building a university is succeeding

Appointment revealed by Tory MP Nadine Dorries in Commons

Nick Clegg has defended the Liberal Democrats’ decision to back higher fees and said “wild predictions” about their impact have proven unfounded

Phil Ashworth on how to get scientific experts inside the political machine

Malcolm Gillies on why the metropolis could (and perhaps should) go it alone

Hepi director’s mea culpa comes as he considers ‘problems in the status quo’

Michael Gove has vetoed plans for a free school sponsored by the Institute of Education, as the proposal failed to reach the government’s “high bar”

MPs in charge of examining public spending “don’t have confidence” in the government figures behind the £200 billion student loans system.

Grant letter keeps new cuts down and widening participation funding stays

Striking academics call for better pay, but the PhD students who support their work are suffering even more, Fern Riddell says

Could England force a similar reversal? Howard Hotson asks

But possibility could still be open if strong case made to EU

Tristram Hunt, Labour’s shadow education secretary, has been criticised by party colleagues after crossing a University and College Union picket line

The government has delivered a £125 million cut to higher education funding in today’s grant letter, while criticising vice-chancellors on pay

The Home Office has suspended an organisation’s English language tests for immigration purposes after cheating was allegedly uncovered on some exams.

England’s funding council has been forced to abandon plans to examine a draft of the grant letter due to continued budget battles within government

Suggestion that wrangle over Access to Learning Fund is now delaying letter

Alistair Carmichael hits back at Michael Russell’s claims of xenophobia in Westminster

Chair of Commons committee wants universities to ‘pull their socks up’ and tackle gender inequality

SLC data show two private institutions received more than the globally renowned London School of Economics and Soas

The UCU’s action is about fairness, equality and defending public higher education, say Tom Hickey and John Holmwood

No consensus among student representatives on segregated audiences for campus events, THE poll suggests

Palestinian scholars welcome the American Studies Association resolution

Independence would also leave Scotland off international ‘top table’ for research