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Home Office bid would set huge hurdles for overseas students seeking private rentals, warns UKCISA

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.

Police have named the woman whose body was found in a lake at the University of East Anglia.

Nearly half of all university finance directors believe now is a good time to be taking ¡°greater risk¡± onto their balance sheets, according to a survey by consultants Deloitte.

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More divorced mothers are seeking legal advice about whether ex-husbands can extend support payments for children at university, a law firm has said.

Work between the UK research councils, Indian government and business can be improved by fixing practical barriers to collaboration, a report says.

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.

The upturn in students accepted into university this year could disguise big falls at some institutions, a vice-chancellor has warned.

The number of students accepted on to university courses is up 9 per cent despite a fall in the number of top grades awarded at A level.

Eastern institutions slow to make inroads into Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities table

Not all institutions have clear rules on international students employing translators and other help

Early results show 40% of respondents feel ignored

Educators cannot assume that all young people are old hands online, research shows

Dean of medical school who was cleared of misconduct quits after restructure

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

The growing competition for UK universities from new types of education providers has been highlighted in a?report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Institutions consider a ¡®range of strategies¡¯ to win favourable scores from students

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

Oxford and Cambridge agreement could amount to breach of competition law, say experts

Academy risks research future by failing to give?credit where it¡¯s due

But data show that grades in each subject may be rather more equal

UEL body plans research into attainment and staffing gap

Home Office ¡®looking into¡¯ partnership between Glyndwr University and London School of Business and Finance

Ceramic cabbages, knitted cauliflowers and caterpillars, birds?made of stone and metal, dancing daffodils, even a hive of porcelain bees: all formed part of the allotment created by the Manchester School of Art for the Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show at Tatton Park in Cheshire last month

Students who apply to university after receiving their A-level results are almost twice as likely to be dissatisfied with their course, a survey says.

Pearson College, the institution owned by the education giant Pearson, is to offer business degrees validated by Ashridge Business School.

The first courses on the UK¡¯s first massive open online course platform Futurelearn will be unveiled in mid-September, it has been announced.

Australia is the most expensive place in the world to study for international students, followed by the United States and the UK, says new research.

The Catapult network of technology and innovation centres will see a ¡°significant expansion¡±, the government has announced.

Undergraduates at the University of Bath are the most satisfied students in the UK, according to the latest National Student Survey.

The private, not-for-profit ifs School of Finance has been granted university college status by the government.

Many private colleges are failing to take action to catch cheating by students, according to a Quality Assurance Agency review.

Academics at leading South Korean universities are the world¡¯s best at attracting funding from business, a new study says.

The University of Bristol has launched an online forum, , to foster debate on the many key areas where faith impacts on public policy.

Overseas universities are hoping to snap up UK students left without a university place on A-level results day.

¡°Eugenics was created by Charles Darwin¡¯s cousin Gollum,¡± according to a student gaffe that formed a late entry in our annual exam howlers competition

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

Glynd?r University is to offer half-price postgraduate degree courses to British students in what it called an attempt to ¡°stop knowledge and skills leaving home soil¡±.

Rick Rylance has been reappointed chief executive and deputy chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council for a further four years.

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

Students¡¯ unions from across London have created a new body that could replace the University of London Union (ULU), aiming to stop the university from taking over union buildings.

Female academics aim to boost women¡¯s interest in computer science

British universities may benefit from local clubs¡¯ international exposure

Lecturer whips the average into shape for gruelling Barcelona triathlon

BPP decision reached despite concerns over US parent firm

But scholars question motives behind restriction of project studentships

Sweden aims to rebuild faltering overseas student numbers

Sarah Coakley, Cambridge professor of divinity, discusses how theology throws light on evolution, gender and other issues

UCU research aims to find figure for academy alone

This 400-year-old Bible is probably the most infamous of the rare religious books and manuscripts held in the University of Leicester¡¯s Robjohns Collection

University denies reneging on promise not to penalise staff over issue