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Prime minister Jacinda Ardern says the government will ¡®work quickly¡¯ to try to implement the policy from 2018

Trump has little in the way of strategy on higher education, but the sector could still suffer collateral damage in the president¡¯s desperate search for a legislative win, says John Aubrey Douglass

CU Boulder president also urges expansion of student Pell Grants to middle class in future

Universities minister discusses plan to make teaching excellence framework entry compulsory, following PM¡¯s fee freeze

Conversations between regional government and student body fail to lift Pamplona strike

Move would make higher education more efficient and equitable, says Oxford professor

Ministers could still force funding cuts on sector despite legislative failure

Opposition of Nick Xenophon Team senators dooms higher education bill to failure

The populist New Zealand First party¡¯s anointing of Jacinda Ardern as prime minister will have big consequences for tertiary education, says Roger Smyth

Powerful market regulator could also award its own degrees to address gaps in provision, consultation states

The entrepreneur and philanthropist on not going to university, student start-up mistakes and Brexit

As the Treasury Committee inquiry into tuition fees starts today, David Richardson warns that any reforms must ensure that universities remain properly funded

Middlesex head 'not worried' by Lord Adonis' calls for return of polytechnic-university divide

Sector¡¯s economic contribution increased by 15 per cent in three years, finds Oxford Economics analysis for UUK

Helen Carasso on the inconsistencies of England's fees system, ahead of her appearance at the Treasury Committee's investigation into student loan systems

Treasury Committee will also look at a 'so-called graduate tax'

Observers say key issue is whether review¡¯s remit is wide-ranging, or set to predetermined objectives

¡®Turbulent times¡¯ ahead for university funding could lead to less cash for buildings, warns AUDE chair

Analysis of departmental spending suggests there is a large gulf in costs between some disciplines

Theresa May¡¯s tweaks to tuition fees may not be enough to quell the disquiet over the current system, says John Gill

Proposals ¡®reverse the trend¡¯ of falling spending, says research minister

Conference speech raises questions about future of ?9,250 fees system and shows impact of Labour policy

National demonstration planned over income contingent repayment 'propaganda'

Finance expert Martin Lewis likens government to 'illegal loan shark' on 'disastrous' threshold freeze

Raising graduate repayments bar to ?25k hikes level of public subsidy for system to 45 per cent, says respected research institute 

Theresa May¡¯s goal of achieving fee differentiation steps into ¡®minefield¡¯, sector figures warn

Breaking free from Madrid may reduce bureaucracy for universities, but could endanger funding

John Morgan looks at Theresa May¡¯s plans for reforms to England's system

As speculation mounts over a Conservative announcement, Gerard Dominguez-Reig runs the numbers

Leeds, Southampton and Manchester among institutions downgraded by Moody's, but Cambridge keeps triple-A rating

Data analysis by THE suggests some universities would take a hit of more than ?25 million if fees were slashed to ?7,500 for classroom subjects

Elite universities must expand their intake to combat rising resentment directed at higher education, says Catharine B. Hill

Downplaying the vital role that universities play in encouraging creativity could endanger the main engine of economic growth, say Luca Cacciolatti and Soo Hee Lee

The attacks may be ill-informed, but universities must keep demonstrating the value that they provide for students, graduates and society, says Anton Muscatelli

Jacinda Ardern pledges fee-free study under NZ Labour, part of global pattern on left

Chancellor appears to adopt IFS blueprint, but elements of reported plans bring ¡®real concerns¡¯ for universities

As The Sunday Times reports proposals to cut fees, Sir Keith Burnett asks how we measure ¡®value for money¡¯ in education?

Senate adjourns before voting on higher education bill, meaning students have to apply without knowing what fees will be

Chris Parr picks through some of the highlights from the tuition fees debate between David Willetts and Andrew Adonis

Higher education institutions are partly to blame for the hostility they now face, says US vice-provost

Lord Willetts and Lord Adonis go head to head in this video debate, tackling UK political issues from tuition fees to vice-chancellor pay levels

Unions should be seen as investments in teaching and research quality rather than cost-saving exercises, advises EUA governance specialist

THE pay data since 2010-11 show pay of UK leaders is going up faster than that of rank-and-file academics, but the reasons are less clear

Latest Education at a Glance data show danger of governments failing to make decision on right path for policy

Despite bachelor¡¯s graduates rising by a third since 2009, funding has barely risen faster than inflation

Simon Birmingham defends plans for 7.5 per cent increase in fees and 2.5 per cent funding cut

Glasgow vice-chancellor Sir Anton Muscatelli defends ¡®cost-efficient¡¯ sector driving UK growth

University leaders frustrated by lack of clarity on higher education in party manifestos

Andrew Adonis¡¯s account of how Labour could fund universities if tuition fees were abolished lacks credibility, says David Willetts

Iconic Californian institution¡¯s viability as a state university called into question by fall in public support and growing political intrusion, says ex-chancellor

Carolyn Fairbairn¡¯s UUK speech will also criticise Labour¡¯s plans to abolish tuition fees in England

Thousands of university staff are set to pay more towards pensions under proposals

We share what 50 Nobel prizewinners think about issues facing science, universities and the world, from populist politics and researcher mobility, to artificial intelligence and threats to humankind

UA warns government plans counteract its own science and innovation agenda

Singaporeans are starting to question the benefit of recruiting so much global research talent, say Pang Eng Fong and Linda Lim

Don¡¯t blame vice-chancellors for their salaries ¨C we need to rethink where power lies in universities, says Tom Cutterham

With the Hungarian government clamping down on universities and championing labourers over philosophers, David Matthews meets those living with the consequences

Researchers reveal huge differences in charges levied by Russell Group universities 

Variations in the Russell Group demonstrate a mixed national picture, write Joshua Stubbs and Paul Wakeling