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Financial pressures changing nature of student experience as higher education increasingly viewed in transactional terms

Ability to run courses and research in Leicester relies on income from international operations, leader warns after criticism of expansion plans

In recent decades, the post has been seen as purely ceremonial. But there is precedent and justification for a more interventionist role, says Wyn Evans 

Universities to be given power to set own prices after mandatory rules dropped, but sector says plans must go further

University that previously said it did ‘not wish to prevent liaisons’ introduces new rules ahead of regulatory changes

Widespread use of new tools has ‘blurred lines’ between academic support and misconduct, study finds

Group attempts to capitalise on new era of university collaboration – and show collective worth to government – but will it end up as a ‘pale imitation’ of Russell Group?

Universities expand in the capital in search of new ways of attracting students

Regulator tells universities it will not discourage diversity initiatives but says they must be run in accordance with free speech duties

Iain Gillespie admits not knowing his former institution breached banking arrangements until reading about it in damning report

Labour urged to undo changes to university-based teacher education to hand back control to experts

Ten institutions including some members of the now-defunct 1994 Group join together in attempt to find ‘collective voice’ away from the Russell Group