PM May announces ¡®major review¡¯ of English university funding Conference speech raises questions about future of ?9,250 fees system and shows impact of Labour policy By John Morgan 4 October
University of Amsterdam creates Europe¡¯s first ¡®body farm¡¯ New facility should provide crucial information for detecting crimes By Matthew Reisz 4 October
Irish students protest against fee rises and loans National demonstration planned over income contingent repayment 'propaganda' By Holly Else 4 October
Conservative conference 2017: the revival of ¡®more means worse¡¯ John Morgan asks whether laments for the polytechnics may have policy impact By John Morgan 4 October
Central European University hopes ¡®agreement¡¯ with Hungary near Budapest-based institution says negotiations between Hungary and New York State have created ¡®basis for an agreement¡¯ By David Matthews 3 October
How to be happy: a sociologist's view of #HEhappiness What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions By David Bartram 3 October
Jo Johnson urges end to 'terminology of debt and loans' Finance expert Martin Lewis likens government to 'illegal loan shark' on 'disastrous' threshold freeze By John Morgan 3 October
England's student loan reforms a 'significant giveaway' says IFS Raising graduate repayments bar to ?25k hikes level of public subsidy for system to 45 per cent, says respected research institute By Simon Baker 3 October
Student finance reforms raise questions over sector funding and TEF Theresa May¡¯s goal of achieving fee differentiation steps into ¡®minefield¡¯, sector figures warn By John Morgan 2 October
How to be happy: a neuroscientist's view of #HEhappiness What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions By Morten Kringelbach 2 October
New Cambridge v-c calls for global agenda in 'age of anxiety' Stephen Toope says universities must continue to work across borders even as societies become more inward looking By Chris Havergal 2 October
Opportunity and risk for Catalan research in independence debate Breaking free from Madrid may reduce bureaucracy for universities, but could endanger funding By Holly Else 2 October
