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Concerns raised over moves to ¡®mute¡¯ students¡¯ union and potential for far-Right figures on university boards

Certain disciplines and institutions likely to suffer from pegging of teaching funding

UUK chief executive Alistair Jarvis outlines how he hopes the HE sector will work with the new OfS

Promise of free higher education for majority of nation¡¯s youth greeted with scepticism by university sector

Jana Bacevic takes a look through the history books to assess how the government¡¯s recent announcement on two-year degrees could pan out

Echoing the UK, government will also seek to measure the impact of research on society and business

Vice-chancellors¡¯ salaries in Australia are the highest in the anglophone world, and are attracting sharp criticism, says Gavin Moodie

Without QR funding, the UK research base would be like a Lego set with only one type of brick, write Sarah Chaytor and Graeme Reid

Researchers receiving funding from overseas may be forced to register as foreign agents

As Pam Tatlow departs MillionPlus, she warns against imposing a market in fees and criticises UUK on funding and Brexit

Campaigners say US move could see download speeds for academic content slow and tuition fees rise

Keeping support for undergraduate courses at 2017 levels effectively ends demand-driven system, say universities

Scheme streamlines immigration process for master's courses and allows graduates to stay in the UK for six months in search of work

Proposed penalties for intuitions that fall foul of new regulator called ¡°eye-watering¡±

Hepi/YouthSight poll finds 68 per cent of students now back the party, up from 55 per cent prior to June¡¯s general election

Group CEO of the Universities Superannuation Scheme Bill Galvin outlines the processes and procedures involved in the pension scheme valuation

Pay awards to vice-chancellors would not meet the requirements laid down in the Corporate Governance Code, says Stuart Farquhar

Sexual harassment allegations and Paradise Paper revelations among negative headlines

Controversy in Canada over support for blue-skies research would diminish if more researchers took Pasteur¡¯s approach, says Creso S¨¢

MPs also hear Lord Browne say government changes to his review¡¯s system meant ¡®it started not working¡¯

Higher education access provides ¡®inoculation against political dislocation¡¯, Universities Australia tells ministers

Longer courses could mean bigger loans, which would eat into the government¡¯s trumpeted savings, says Nick Hillman

Response to US withdrawal from Paris climate accords announces first winners ¨C but has been denounced as a publicity stunt by some French academics

As Germany, France and Nordic and Alpine countries continue with increased investment, much of the rest of the Continent has not recovered from the financial crisis

Phil Baty asked his Twitter followers what they thought of government plans for two-year undergraduate degrees, and they did not hold back

Department¡¯s claim that ¡®students could be left over ?25K better off¡¯ likely to prompt scepticism 

Joint publication from EU and UK negotiators confirms EU-funded research will be protected and citizens¡¯ rights upheld

Students do not have enough information to make choices about degrees, says watchdog

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world¡¯s media

Institutions must be willing to meet the new world of populism and protectionism halfway, says Matthew Andrews

Pam Tatlow looks at the ¡®heroes¡¯ and ¡®villains¡¯ of the v-c salary row, and finds some unfortunate trends

Provincial government has also announced funding for aboriginal institutions to expand their capacity 

Universities Australia highlights UK¡¯s research spending increase as it warns government

Labour MP leading parliamentary inquiry on campus expression criticises chair of England¡¯s new regulator

Gabriel Paquette calls on universities to meet 'aggressive' tax reforms with a 'forceful, evidence-informed response'

Wales will become the first system in Europe to offer equivalent maintenance support to full-time and part-time undergraduates, as well as postgraduates, explains Kirsty Williams  

Higher education institutions may need to cut jobs if they are unable to raise fees to offset state funding cuts

Police crack down on academics for delivering external lectures and supervising exams and PhDs at other universities, saying it breaks work permit rules

As a report suggests social mobility in the UK is getting worse, Chris Husbands outlines how Sheffield Hallam is attempting to tackle the problem

The Industrial White Paper is welcome, says Andy Westwood, but does it also represent an opportunity missed?

UK government's White Paper offers commitments on HEIF funding and assigns role to OfS

Glyn Davis' book also advocates creation of new institutions

With part-time student numbers through the floor, the time has come for reform, says David Latchman

But sector calls for progress on plan to grow overseas student numbers and publication of immigration White Paper

Diana Beech on an HE-light Budget that nonetheless has some implications for university staff and students

The former higher education minister on why the English sector must keep growing, the ¡®barbarism¡¯ at the heart of the schools system and how to tackle negativity about universities

British universities face potential challenges if they are left outside the ¡®Sorbonne process¡¯, experts warn

Australia¡¯s new impact assessment exercise recognises cultural, social and environmental impacts, but there is a danger that economic impact will override everything, says David Lloyd

The TEF¡¯s new name may be less misleading, but its incentives remain just as perverse, says Roger Brown

If the Office for Students ever intervenes over freedom of speech, it will only be to widen it, says Michael Barber

Faith in private-sector innovation has driven Conservative reforms under both Willetts and Johnson ¨C but is that really what universities need?

Agnieszka Piotrowska looks at the past, present and possible future of Zimbabwe¡¯s universities, following the resignation of Robert Mugabe

Louise Richardson says universities must be fair in admissions and focus on inequality in response to populism

Stephanie Marshall looks at the common features exhibited by universities that successfully achieved a TEF rating upgrade

David Robinson looks at what Philip Hammond might have in store for universities

ANO, led by outspoken billionaire Andrej Babi?, hopes for a utilitarian, internationally focused higher education sector

Tax bills are ¡®deeply worrying¡¯ for universities, say higher education experts

Rising tuition fees and the marketisation of higher education mean the time is right to explore a new model, says Joss Winn

Berkeley chancellor issues warning at conference on New Nationalism and Universities

Statistics on dropouts prompt Simon Birmingham to make fresh calls on stalled package