Politics

BIS study on graduate premium challenges research-intensive claims

Undergraduates ‘reproduce social inequality’, paper argues

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

Student numbers at private higher education 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 Jürgen 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 higher education 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.

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

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 system of planning teacher training in England has “broken down”, risking a teacher shortage in the future, MPs have been warned.

The government has said it is “realistic” for UK international student numbers to grow up to 20 per cent over five years under current visa rules

The Open University has ended its six-and-a-half-year affiliation with the University Alliance mission group.

As junta’s grip relaxes, Aung San Suu Kyi joins drive to rebuild sector

Coventry University’s Madeleine Atkins emerges triumphant from a ‘strong field’ of candidates

Sector may lose places after new inspection regime reports dip in standards

The Home Office has confirmed it will be rolling out a £8,000 premium visa service for institutions from today.

A former Labour minister has called for an increase in public spending on higher education to close the “international competitive gap”.

British Academy’s new president demands clarity and humility

Interviews begin for chief executive post: will a woman get the nod at last?

Critics doubt legality of regulatory framework’s disciplinary powers

Universities are too focused on students who go “punting on the Wear or the Cam”, while gaining degree-awarding powers is cloaked in magical secrecy.

The government has defended its innovation policy after criticisms that the lack of a coherent strategy was harming UK business.

Offa data another blow to ministerial claims of ‘competitive pressure’

Can an academic conference calmly debate Israel and boycotts?

Willetts aims to fill ‘black hole’ left by failure of higher education bill

Major study quantifies price of immigration regulation

Geraldine Van Bueren berates the government for its disproportionate response to Trenton Oldfield’s actions

The £1.1 billion annual investment in science capital announced in last month’s spending round is the biggest “for decades” and must not be wasted.

Two university lecturers branded as being part of “bad academia” by the education secretary have denounced his proposals for the new National Curriculum.

London mayor Boris Johnson has provoked a storm of criticism on Twitter after joking that women in Malaysia need to go to university to find a husband.

Ministers should focus more resources on explaining the student finance system to parents to avoid children being put off university by debt, a thinktank says

David Cameron has told David Willetts to build the UK’s offer to overseas students into a more persuasive “package” and urged him to attract more foreign universities to Britain.

Former home secretary David Blunkett is to become a visiting professor at the world’s first centre for the public understanding of politics, at the University of Sheffield.

Cardiff v-c Colin Riordan tells sector to support Europe if a referendum is held

Offa chief: £150m committed by universities now part of access agreements

Universities minister odds-on to stay in place in event of July reshuffle

International students coming to the UK could have to pay at least £200 a year to use the National Health Service under plans unveiled by the government.

The government has announced a fund worth up to £125 million to support disadvantaged students into further study, as a new report reveals postgraduate numbers fell last year.

Australia’s new higher education minister is to consider re-imposing a numbers caps on undergraduate admissions amid concerns about quality

Glasgow Caledonian University has said it is happy that the PhD thesis of Iran’s new president elect is properly referenced and is not undertaking a formal academic investigation

The European Union’s next research and innovation funding programme, known as Horizon 2020, looks set to begin on schedule next year

Announcement comes as new details emerge about increased science capital budget

Government’s latest scheme already seen as insult abroad

Transfer should be reversed to improve widening participation, Bill Rammell says

The new chancellor of the University of South Wales tells David Matthews that the word deters poor pupils

After 12 months barred from travel to US, Nasir Warfa can reopen his diary

Funds are allocated on project quality not desire to support elite, says minister. Chris Parr reports