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Hundreds gather in London despite the prime minister telling them to stay at home on the anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel

Tories should allow top institutions to increase tuition fees and encourage others to get off ‘mediocrity escalator’, says former science minister

UCU Scotland members back taking action over job cuts plans, while staff at Nottingham reject deal that would have postponed any compulsory redundancies

Voters more likely to support pro-immigration messages for the R&D sector when they are â€˜inspiring’ and don’t paint the UK as ‘passive’

Future crises can be averted if government and universities share data and plans in a more timely and transparent fashion, says Doug Specht

Andy Burnham says universities ‘at the heart’ of his plans for growth of Manchester’s economy

New chief executive of UK Research and Innovation sets out how relationship with universities could change

Taxpayer and students losing out as a result of failure to tackle ‘low-quality’ higher education, according to Neil O’Brien

Negotiations over whether to honour 1.4 per cent increase ongoing at several other institutions amid financial crunch

Sudden cancellation ‘devastating’ as financial pressures force universities across the country to close programmes

Both internal and external board members agree on priorities for institutions, countering view that outsiders favour different approach

With levy-funded maintenance grants and 50 per cent target scrapped again, government’s vision for universities becomes clearer. But while rhetoric appears tough, experts see opportunities as education takes centre stage