EPSRC calls for more CDT cash Council pushes government to provide additional funding in light of abundance of high quality bids to run centres for doctoral training By Paul Jump 28 November
Qualifications ‘snobbery’ holds back poorer students Traditional ‘royal route’ to a degree holds sway over credit transfers By Jack Grove 28 November
Deloitte maps space in student cribs The number of purpose-built student bed spaces in each region of the UK in 2013-14, how much they cost on average per week and the number of full-time students in 2011-12 are shown here By David Matthews 28 November
Work-to-rule may hit academics in?pay packet Working Time Regulations not as restrictive as UCU thinks, lawyer argues By Jack Grove 28 November
YouthSight shows how to tap irrational postgrad decision-making Firm looks at potential for using behavioural economics in student recruitment By David Matthews 28 November
Unions unite to protest ULU president’s arrest Open letter from around 100 staff condemns police action By Jack Grove 28 November
REF more burdensome than RAE, pro v-cs state THE straw poll shows efforts to lighten load have backfired By Paul Jump 28 November
Continuum study to press for solutions to part-time slump Sector’s report on decline failed to provide answers, says UEL centre’s director John Storan By David Matthews 28 November
Employment skills don’t fit with academic degrees UK needs more vocational higher education alongside traditional courses, says Nick Davy By David Matthews 28 November
Russell Group enrolments vary widely across London Discrepancies not fully explained by attainment levels, report finds By Jack Grove 28 November
Moocs: edX unveils Arab initiative, Udacity rethinks ‘lousy product’ Harvard/MIT platform sees ‘huge demand’ as rival shifts approach By Chris Parr 28 November
Westminster programme integrates arts and science Student collaboration blends skills to take fresh look at knowledge By Matthew Reisz 28 November
Languages needed for 'national security' A British Academy report urges universities to help stem a decline in provision of languages with “strategic importance for defence and diplomacy”. By Matthew Reisz 27 November
New computer network for universities launched An advanced computer network designed specifically to serve the research and education sector has been launched. By Chris Parr 27 November
Hepi director criticises ‘muddle’ caused by government policy Coalition government policy to create a market in higher education has pushed England’s sector into “a terrible muddle, unmatched in the world”. By John Morgan 27 November
Independent Scotland would seek research council access An independent Scotland would seek to continue to share research councils with the remainder of the UK, a new blueprint for independence has said. By David Matthews 26 November
Loan sale angers NUS The sale of student loans to a consumer debt company “doesn’t make economic sense”, according to the National Union of Students By Chris Parr 25 November
Ministers ‘lose control’ of BIS budget Ministers may cut student grants worth ?350 million and reduce research funding by ?215 million, according to a report of leaked documents By Jack Grove 25 November
Recruitment agents sign up to code of ethics The British Council has launched an online list of student recruitment agents that have signed up to certain principles. By David Matthews 24 November
Sir Ivor Crewe to be next Academy of Social Sciences president Sir Ivor Crewe - master of University College, Oxford - has been appointed as the next president of the Academy of Social Sciences. By Matthew Reisz 23 November
Queen’s Anniversary Prize winners announced Twenty institutions have been announced as winners of the Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education. By Chris Parr 22 November
Some gender segregation in Islamic talks may meet ‘balance of interests’ Universities UK warns rights of religious speakers could be “curtailed unlawfully” if institutions insist on mixed seating By David Matthews 22 November
Cable says lines between FE and HE are 'deliberately blurred' Business secretary talks of ‘significant advance’ in college higher learning By David Matthews 21 November
Horizon 2020 and Erasmus budgets approved The European Union’s flagship schemes to support higher education, Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+, have received substantial increases in their budgets. By Jack Grove 21 November
UK science hampered by ‘lack of long-term plan’ Peers criticise ‘ad hoc’ spending announcements on infrastructure By Paul Jump 21 November
Education policy and research are linked in online The Economics of Higher Education network aims to highlight neglected areas of economic research on the sector By John Morgan 21 November
Medical student study: sickly schools, healthy results UKCAT study chimes with Hefce research on contextual admissions By Paul Jump 21 November
PR staff strive for Wikipedia whitewashes Press offices attempt news management via popular data source By David Matthews 21 November
Cambridge shuts transfer window on trainee medics London partners unhappy as university scraps ‘unfit for purpose’ model By Holly Else 21 November
Oxford mulls Thatcher naming rights and wrongs ‘Parliament of dons’ bypassed in decision-making process By Holly Else 21 November
LSE adopts US-style titles for lecturers Teaching staff who stick with British titles will not be eligible for promotion By Jack Grove 21 November
University of Oxford’s black pioneers Uncovering tales of ancient university’s scholars of colour By Matthew Reisz 21 November
Report urges engineering to concentrate on fresh materials But niche learning may not play well in jobs market, expert warns By Holly Else 21 November
City University London’s ‘unruly’ pop-up in heart of Tech City Cass Business School’s outreach sessions draw start-ups, scholars together By Matthew Reisz 21 November
Brand advice to rankings also-rans: find your own line of beauty Universities told not to mope like teenage brunettes with blonde ambitions By David Matthews 21 November
‘Google model’ could spell end for fees Argentine v-c: ad-based system could end ‘financial discrimination’ By David Matthews 21 November
Arab universities head calls for regional quid pro quo Rich and poor states have resources other side needs, says sultan By David Matthews 21 November
Lectures don’t work, but we keep using them Can a demonstrably ineffective pedagogic form still be put to good use? By Graham Gibbs 21 November
Uclan ‘exposure’ as Thai campus is dropped University accounts will show write-down of ?3.2 million By John Morgan 21 November
Cherry-pick submissions or risk picking up REF tab Greater selectivity over future research excellence framework submissions urged under tougher funding regime By Paul Jump 21 November
Australia sets sights on rebuilding overseas student market Government speeds visas and extends post-study work opportunities By Paul Jump 21 November
Academics face the cybercreeps alone Study by scholar who was harassed online finds that academics are vulnerable By Chris Parr 21 November
Odds and quads - 21 November 2013 Images of pineapples can be found all over Wolfson College, Cambridge By Matthew Reisz 21 November
Open University to shut ‘outstanding’ PGCE course Institution follows Bath and offers another worrying lesson for teacher training By John Elmes 21 November
Finch Group defends open-access evidence base Review rejects MPs’ criticisms of gaps in its data By Paul Jump 21 November
Feud for thought over Israel chair Geoffrey Alderman offers to supervise critic’s doctorate By David Matthews 21 November
Gender breakdown by subject area The gender make-up of the student population in different subject areas has been highlighted in a?Department for Education report By Holly Else 21 November
Oxford pro v-c 'interested' in truly variable fees Sally Mapstone throws her weight behind calls to move beyond ?9,000 fees cap By John Morgan 21 November
Liam Byrne to look at bringing FE and HE ‘closer together’ New shadow wants ‘much stronger paths’ between sectors, conference hears By David Matthews 20 November
Private provider student spending trebles, says BIS David Willetts has confirmed that public spending on students at private providers trebled this year. By John Morgan 19 November
Russell Group graduate employment data released For the first time the Office for National Statistics has broken down its data on graduates by whether or not they went to a Russell Group university. By David Matthews 19 November
World University Rankings video contest winner announced A clear winner emerges following a vote by the 探花视频 editorial team By Phil Baty 19 November
University funding review announced in Wales Welsh education minister says time to ‘take stock’ of Cardiff policy By David Matthews 18 November
Students bare their teeth over contact time Students’ unhappiness with the number of contact hours they get at university has been detailed in a new report By Jack Grove 18 November
Academics challenge ‘apocalyptic’ predictions for future of libraries ‘Resurrecting the Book’ conference hears support for printed word By Matthew Reisz 18 November
Open access body needed ‘to coordinate implementation’ A formal body should be set up to coordinate efforts to implement open access, the Finch Group has recommended. By Paul Jump 18 November