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Members of the University and College Union at the University of Aberdeen are being balloted on potential strike action over the loss of 150 jobs

Michael Stewart uses inaugural lecture to criticise social sciences and arts in particular for being too insular

Around 40 jobs could be at risk at the University of Manchester after it announced plans to drop longstanding opposition to compulsory redundancies

Despite students reporting increasing levels of satisfaction with UK higher education, one area is bucking the trend: university accommodation.

A student occupation at the London School of Economics has come to an “amicable end”, according to the institution – although protesters said there were “legal threats”.

Amity chancellor claims traditional institutions are lagging behind on research investment

Change follows ‘comprehensive risk assessment’ by Queen’s Belfast

Admissions procedures and student retention at St Patrick’s flagged, as well as ‘fighting in the classroom’, although other areas pass scrutiny

Hundreds of institutions respond to Times Higher Education Twitter call

A new network of young research institutions in Europe has been launched with the aim of increasing influence in education policy

Sussex researcher speaks of ‘disbelief’ at comments over paper on gender bias

Less than a quarter of people in the North East of England agree that it is essential to have a degree in the current job market

Our survey of university employees reveals the electoral intentions of a campus cohort with real impact

Study suggests that students do not want to add more debt to personal finances

Megan Dunn sets out priorities as she defends the right to occupy

Academics at a British Academy event discuss the purpose of the history of political thought

The marks of private provider’s first cohort of graduates make Anthony Grayling feel more vindicated than ever

Young academics cite bullying, pressure to publish and casualisation as downsides of assessment exercise

Study finds inconsistencies in grading for borderline 2:1 and 2:2 essays

Journalists who set the news agenda have short attention spans. By helping them, researchers can help to get coverage for their work

The value of donations peaks at £807m, annual Ross/CASE survey finds, but challenges of limited outreach and elite domination persist

Commercial links are transparent, says sector body. Donna Bowater in Rio de Janeiro writes

Historians await legal judgment over heirs’ demands for payments from academics citing Joseph Goebbels’ diaries

Whoever wins or holds the balance of power, senior sector figures see risks ahead for higher education funding, fees and policy

Ranking of universities under 50 years old shows a dip in UK’s strength in depth and Swiss on a roll

But Home Office revokes private college’s licence to sponsor overseas students

Rolf Tarrach, incoming head of the 850-strong EUA, is also keen to maintain and expand its UK membership

Two trade unions are urging the University of Bolton to overturn its decision to dismiss two employees for allegedly leaking information to the press

A Scottish university broke the law when it let staff on fixed-term contracts go without consulting unions, the Supreme Court has ruled

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

One of the UK’s oldest higher education institutions has moved a step closer to a potential merger with a Catholic university

The two main parties’ manifestos have a mismatch between rhetoric and commitment to investment in science and engineering, an analysis has suggested.

Employers have called on unions to “consider carefully the real value” of a 0.9 per cent pay offer for university employees.

Data also show improvement in staff to student ratio

The University of Salford has confirmed that Helen Marshall will remain as its vice-chancellor on a permanent basis.

The quality of school-led geography teacher training in England has been called into question by a new report.

About 40 per cent of university applicants might choose a different course if tuition fees were reduced to £6,000 a year, a new study suggests

A petition to “halt the rebranding of the University of Warwick” has attracted over 4,000 supporters.

Queen’s Belfast move suggests event could still go ahead, but confusion remains about why conference was cancelled

Soas, University of London, is to divest from fossil fuels within the next three years after the institution’s governing body today approved the decision.

An undergraduate taught by the recently dismissed University of Bolton lecturer Damien Markey has described how the decision has affected students.

Education election briefing also hears claims that coalition’s private colleges policy was ‘completely mad’

A university has launched what it claims is the UK’s first module in ‘drag studies’

Move angers universities, who say plan to take funds from research pot have yet to be approved by European Parliament

Scottish National Party manifesto confirms party would support lower fees in England

Study reveals half of students skip over attribution and many have lenient views on punishment for cheats

Vice-chancellor talks to Chris Havergal about breaking free from Western constraints

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz says that universities would lose hundreds of millions of pounds a year in EU funding

Peter Horrocks, the Open University’s new v-c, highlights how the loss affects individuals and society

150 editors at Nature Publishing Group’s Scientific Reports to resign if the option to jump the publication queue becomes permanent

THE study determines average cost of creating a course for the FutureLearn platform

Queen’s v-c speaks out amid plans to axe 236 staff and reduce student numbers by more than 1,000

University of Sheffield project to leave 4,000 coasters in bars to gather data on public attitudes to politics and democracy

QAA to review AA Hamilton College after identifying ‘a number of significant weaknesses’