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Scotland’s universities have called on the Holyrood government to put on hold an overhaul of governance in the sector after the proposals met with significant resistance.

Labour would use £50 million from university access funds to guarantee face-to-face careers advice in schools.

Scotland’s universities have committed to achieving gender balance among the independent members of their governing bodies.

Dominique Vernay, the institution’s president, talks to Jack Grove about why 19 French institutions are stronger as one

Academics face issues around privacy and identity in the digital world

About £7.6 billion worth of research and development was carried out in higher education in 2013

London institution to charge students £25,000 a year to study at Gozo institute

High-tech resources are yet to transform the nature of university learning, and often it is the ‘mundane’ use of technologies that aid study

High scores for campus universities in our annual poll

Writer and scholar Atef Abu Saif tells John Elmes how life goes on despite death from above

A hearing into the ‘needless’ death of a professor at Imperial College London has ruled that he took his own life by asphyxiating himself

Project Vox aims to illuminate key female thinkers absent from the discipline’s history

THE’s Best University Workplace Survey 2015 reveals concerns over class sizes and other issues in the wake of higher tuition fees

Exeter’s Students’ Guild survey prompts opening of doctoral college to combat isolation and depression

Proposal for financial penalties to maintain standards is rejected following sector-wide consultation

The director of a partnership of research-intensive universities is upbeat about future outlook

Association of University Administrators conference hears that too many UK institutions are ‘emulators, not leaders’ in disruptive times

University may apply to lift stay on small claims court pursuit of graduate determined not to pay for ‘inadequate’ tuition

A new doctoral centre will examine Magna Carta’s influence in the digital age

Gay and lesbian graduates in the UK are still experiencing discrimination when looking for a job, research has suggested

The Student Room has launched a campaign to get its members to register to vote so they can affect results in marginal seats in the general election

Scottish universities have investments of nearly £16 million in oil, coal and gas extraction, and £3 million in the arms industry

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Researcher says findings indicate variable fees may be preferable

The Royal Academy of Engineering has added its voice to calls for new metrics to be used in universities to assess teaching quality.

Three presidents have been elected to lead the National Union of Students in the devolved nations of the UK during 2015-16

LSE pro-director also calls for metrics to measure impact

A deadly attack at a Kenyan university demonstrates that higher education institutions are a “soft target” for terrorists, campaigners have said.

Move prompts organisers to seek legal action

While Labour could cap funding, the Lib Dems could support graduate tax

Report highlights doubts over the benefits of school-university relationships

Academics find complicity with neoliberal values hard to avoid, forum hears

Only two research councils have equal proportion of female applicants and academics

Funding gains for smaller universities ‘risks UK research quality’

When Hurricane Isaac forced the cancellation of a political science conference, researchers were able to pinpoint the value of presenting papers

Campus gallery to act as a gateway in £28m refurbishment of Philip Larkin’s library

Beijing’s ‘messages’ to the academy focus on its role in promoting a crucial concept

Diverting Horizon cash to investment fund will boost financial ‘firepower’, says Carlos Moedas

Civil servant appeals for further savings to avoid another round of government cuts

Teaching, research and knowledge exchange will all be weighed in decisions on academic promotions. Plus the latest higher education appointments

Putting grant application and success rates under the microscope could help rectify universities’ gender imbalance

THE analysis reveals progress in closing gap, but female academics still earn nearly £6K less than men

FoI request reveals former vice-chancellor receives £250,000 from Plymouth University

Policy proposal stands alongside a commitment to abolish tuition fees

Findings reveal the total cost to institutions of attempting to articulate impact

The Times Higher Education general election survey is seeking the views of all UK higher education employees on the upcoming election

A number of London School of Economics buildings have been evacuated after a huge underground fire filled nearby streets with toxic smoke

The Royal Archives have launched a major project to make their complete collection of Georgian papers available online

Home Secretary blocks Oxford election hustings over choice of moderator

Hepi paper says access could be based on having UK IP address

University looks at “withdrawing permission” for controversial event

By Kaitlin Mulhere, for Inside Higher Ed

The Russell Group’s next chair will be Sir David Greenaway, the University of Nottingham vice-chancellor

A research council is to create a series of skills hubs in a £15 million project to train the next generation of quantum engineers