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Department¡¯s 250,000 ¡®credibility interviews¡¯ in two years questioned after ¡®unjustified¡¯ refusals to students

Hanging too many measures on a bill can cause it to topple over, argues Nick Hillman

Deeper academic collaboration between Cuba and the United States has now been put on the agenda

Andrew Hamilton warns politicians against ¡®false economies¡¯ in his final annual speech

Higher education Green Paper due in the next few weeks, says minister at Conservative Party conference

Home secretary takes swipe at university ¡®lobbyists¡¯ but no mention about speculation that she has lost support of Cameron on students being included in net migration count

Former universities minister criticises colleagues by pointing out irony that to cut participation, it is affluent South where numbers would need to be cut

John Morgan blogs from the Conservative Party conference in Manchester

The Labour Party¡¯s lack of a higher education policy could leave the sector at the mercy of perils far greater than the teaching excellence framework, argues Martin McQuillan

Berkeley chancellor says great public institutions can support their missions by looking for funding elsewhere

New education minister Simon Birmingham announces at THE summit in Melbourne that controversial policy will not come in next year

The good, the bad and the offbeat ¨C the academy through the lens of the national press

Nobel prizewinner makes comments in run-up to November spending review

New shadow minister Gordon Marsden also warns TEF must not be ¡®back door¡¯ to removing fee cap

New shadow higher education minister, Gordon Marsden, also warns of ¡®TEF apartheid¡¯

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz says a lot of UK research would be reduced to ¡®irrelevance¡¯ in the event of Brexit

John Morgan looks at the latest spending review developments

Women and students from poorer backgrounds to be hardest hit, says Sutton Trust analysis

University¡¯s v-c and deputy also raise concerns about teaching excellence framework¡¯s timescale, choice of metrics and impact overseas

Former Labour education secretary defends his top-up fees policy and attacks ¡®unacceptable¡¯ coalition changes, as he starts King¡¯s College London role

The good, the bad and the offbeat ¨C the academy through the lens of the national press

Term in office marred by protests against outsourcing and suspension of the ¡®Sussex Five¡¯

Former head of No 10 Policy Unit to be professor of public policy at the university

Exams could measure 'learning gain' but may also form part of planned teaching excellence framework

Project to measure learning outcomes globally could have got off the ground ¡®if UK had signed on¡¯

John Morgan looks at the differences between Cambridge and Oxford on the ?9,000 tuition cap ¨C and the idea of ¡®going private¡¯

Jo Johnson and George Osborne among MPs targeted by campaigners

Funding council role could be taken on by other bodies, according to lead civil servant on Browne review

Stance of Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, who calls fee rise linked to TEF ¡®contentious¡¯, appears to contrast with that of Oxford counterpart

BIS aims to step up competition for universities from new providers ¨C but questions remain about impact on UK higher education

Physicist warns that the UK¡¯s high scientific output is based on investment made ¡®decades¡¯ ago

Former business secretary¡¯s book says PM cannot move Theresa May ¡®an inch¡¯ and reveals Lib Dems had plan to protect higher education and science budgets under new coalition

Botched attempts to pass higher education reforms likely to be among the reasons unpopular Australian PM has been ousted by party rival, says Paul Jump

Critics question Jeremy Corbyn¡¯s ?10bn policy to scrap fees, but student activists applaud him for putting free education on agenda

Debate hears differing perspectives on whether students should have warnings or be sheltered from certain points of view

Brazil¡¯s flagship scholarship programme likely to suffer as government looks for savings. Donna Bowater reports from Rio de Janeiro

As the vote closes, John Morgan looks at what Jeremy Corbyn, Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall have to say on higher education and research

Research councils thought to be under review as BIS aims to be ¡®sharper, smaller, cheaper¡¯

In a special report from the territory, David Matthews hears concerns that scholars are paying the price for ¡®politically incorrect¡¯ talk

Martin Paul Eve considers the implications of the universities and science minister¡¯s address at the Universities UK conference

¡®We don¡¯t need Nobel physicists running car parks. We want the scientists focused on science,¡¯ says universities minister

First female president of Universities UK jokes that ¡®it¡¯s only been 100 years¡¯ before a woman filled the post

Ministers respond to concern about violence against women on campus

University of the Witwatersrand vice-chancellor says research excellence can still be pursued while professoriate is reshaped

Luister details alleged discrimination against black students at leading institution

Universities fear new higher education bill will force reclassification

How will the complexion of Israel¡¯s coalition government affect its universities?

The ineffectiveness of the Mogadishu government is not stopping university leaders from trying to drive up standards

Lincoln Allison argues that it is becoming harder for academics to share controversial ideas

Ali Bongo Ondimba donates property in Libreville to state, free of charge

One in 20 respondents to NUS survey say they would have been better off not going to university 

BIS confirms it is looking at how to cut costs, after news emerges of ¡®quick and dirty¡¯ McKinsey review

Three academics examine buildings, art and statues that arguably have no place on a campus in 2015

Keep watching the skies¡­

Labour leadership hopeful would also extend student finance to apprentices

We talk to the Labour MP for Barking and former chair of the Public Accounts Committee

US-owned institution becomes Arden University

New College of the Humanities and Pearson are seen as potential beneficiaries of Productivity Plan

Course looking at ¡®key security issue for East Asia¡¯ part of major University of Central Lancashire investment in Korean studies

Asking R&D-heavy companies to help plug gaps in the science budget has implicit appeal but, in reality, only increased public spending is likely to keep global firms in the UK, says Paul Jump