Pitch rises while applications fall Student marketing spend trebled as Salford shut low-demand courses By Joe Sandler Clarke 16 January
Head denies rigging assessment thresholds in redundancy dispute Dismissed Queen Mary lecturer Fanis Missirlis claims appraisal metrics set at level to deliberately exclude him By Paul Jump 16 January
Germany pledges to increase foreign students by 25 per cent Coalition government promises to internationalise higher education By Frances Mechan-Schmidt 16 January
Fast-track Liverpool fellows free to focus on research Early career life scientists have teaching and administrative burden lifted By Holly Else 16 January
Campus close-up: Birmingham City University A new campus site is taking shape in the ‘learning quarter’ of Birmingham city centre By John Morgan 16 January
Rosy prospectuses ‘misleading’ students Marketing material does not always reveal true picture, research finds By David Matthews 16 January
Romanians and Bulgarians ‘pulled’ off courses after funding freeze Student Loans Company payments suspended until proof given to support residence claim By John Morgan 16 January
Brazil’s home-grown Mooc, Veduca, has high hopes Boosting skills and access are the aims of a new Portuguese-medium platform By Holly Else 16 January
Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly joins University of the Arts London Who got that job? Recording artist takes up chair in interactive design. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments By John Elmes 16 January
UCU announces three two-hour strikes Three two-hour strikes aimed at disrupting teaching at UK universities have been announced By Jack Grove 15 January
UEA to close its London campus The University of East Anglia is to cease offering degree courses at its London campus from September this year, it has been confirmed By Chris Parr 15 January
Researchers in UK snap up fifth of ERC ‘consolidator’ grants UK-based researchers have claimed the lion’s share of the European Research Council’s new consolidator grants, announced today By Paul Jump 14 January
Willetts refuses to rule out cuts to WP funding Student opportunity fund to be slashed in grant letter, says Million+ By John Morgan 14 January
Geoffrey Robertson to represent three of ‘Farthing Five’ Human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC is to represent students suspended by the University of Sussex over an occupation at the institution By Jack Grove 14 January
Scottish fee questions raised by pro-union campaign It is “hard to see” how an independent Scotland could legally continue to charge students from the rest of the UK tuition fees By David Matthews 13 January
Graduate job vacancies on the rise The UK’s biggest employers are set to take on more graduates this year, new figures suggest By Jack Grove 13 January
Russell Group record on free school meal pupils revealed On average each Russell Group university admits just 64 of the poorest young people per year, as measured by those receiving free school meals By John Morgan 12 January
James Bond and Grand Theft Auto ‘among reasons to study in UK’ The UK High Commissioner in India has tried to convince Indians to study in Britain amid fears they are being deterred by red tape and exchange rates By David Matthews 11 January
Vice-chancellors’ pay row prompts UCU letter to Cable The University and College Union has called on the government to force universities to reveal why they award large pay rises to senior staff By Chris Parr 10 January
Willetts to unveil more CDTs At least 19 additional Centres for Doctoral Training will be announced by David Willetts at Imperial College London today. By Holly Else 9 January
Austerity is driving institutions closer together Mergers and system restructures are increasing across Europe as a result of funding cuts By Jack Grove 9 January
US imports: vice-chancellors that cost half a million? Is Imperial’s appointment of Alice Gast indicative of a changing market? By John Morgan 9 January
Sheffield seeks head of multidisciplinary engineering education strategy New building to offer shared facilities, broad-spectrum view for booming faculty. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments By Holly Else 9 January
Call for better protocols to cut waste in biomedical research Research conduct, reporting and management needs overhaul, says Lancet study By Holly Else 9 January
Top 10 Wellcome trust grant-funded institutions The universities of Oxford and Cambridge each secured about a 25 per cent rise in grant funding from the Wellcome Trust last year, according to the organisation’s annual report By Holly Else 9 January
Universities' growth factor has been understated Tertiary education’s impact on national development is greater than previously thought, study finds By David Matthews 9 January
Police turn to universities for help with their enquiries College of Policing pushes research agenda with grants for joint projects By Chris Parr 9 January
Syria’s conflict takes its toll on academy and academics alike Exiled scholars speak of hopes for renewal and fears for lost generation By Joe Sandler Clarke 9 January
UEL settlement for former leaders totals £589,000 Annual report discloses payments for three senior managers who resigned By John Morgan 9 January
Scientist’s dishonest reporting of work could sink those in her wake Studies based on ‘misleading literature’ may have to be revised or retracted, claims Loughborough scientist By Paul Jump 9 January
Poorer students present 'financial risk' Universities struggle to cover costs of dropouts as government support is cut By David Matthews 9 January
Universities' Freedom of Information responses vary Times Higher Education assesses the differing attitudes to rising FoI demands By Paul Jump 9 January
Ring-fenced science budget under threat V-cs fail to get David Willetts’ commitment to protect research spending By John Morgan 9 January
Use ‘impact agenda’ to prove value, social sciences urged LSE scholars call for ‘shorter, better, faster, free’ studies and bigger share of research funding By Matthew Reisz 9 January
Graduate gender pay gap may be ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ Survey shows female graduates anticipate lower salaries By David Matthews 9 January
Social media key to getting ahead, PhD students hear Skills, reputation and peer networks can be built online even when stuck in the lab By Holly Else 9 January
Campus in Focus - Queen Mary, University of London A fresh era dawns for one of the Russell Group’s newest, and least typical, members. Plus the latest campus news from around the UK By Jack Grove 9 January
Bournemouth managers under fire over pay rises A union has attacked managers at Bournemouth University for receiving what it describes as a 30 per cent pay rise By Holly Else 8 January
Labour MP calls for more polling stations in universities More polling stations should be set up in universities to encourage students to vote, an MP has told the House of Commons. By John Morgan 7 January
Langlands said he argued 9k fees were ‘too high’ The former head of England’s funding council thought the government was setting fees “too high” at £9,000. By John Morgan 4 January
Early university applications at lowest level for four years The number of English students who had applied for university by mid-December is lower than in the last four years. By John Morgan 3 January
Imperial College’s new president to be Alice Gast Imperial College London has named Alice Gast as its next president. By Holly Else 3 January
Antarctic scientists flown off ice-trapped vessel Scientists stuck on a ship in Antarctica as part of a research project have finally seen an end to their 10-day ordeal By Holly Else 2 January
Students’ unions hit back at group monitoring campus extremism Student Rights’ agenda questioned by LSE, Birkbeck, Goldsmiths unions By David Matthews 2 January
Big pay rises for Russell Group chiefs in £9K fees era Rise in average vice-chancellorial salary far outstrips 1 per cent pay offer to rank-and-file staff By Jack Grove 2 January
Postdocs’ career choices swayed by personal values Research scientists would prefer to align work with own values, study reveals By Holly Else 2 January
Soft Estate: Edward Chell project on landscapes around motorways The neglected, inaccessible land beside arterial routes is the subject of an exhibition and book By Matthew Reisz 2 January
Already a testing process, entry may get even more so Oxbridge pair predict more use of assessments of potential in admissions By David Matthews 2 January
Battle of wits with the apparatchiks Historian Sheila Fitzpatrick discusses life and scholarly work at the heart of the Soviet system By Matthew Reisz 2 January
Ivor Crewe on why Whitehall blows it again and again New head of Academy of Social Sciences probed government mistakes and found no shortage of data By Matthew Reisz 2 January
Anglo-Israeli allies’ regenerative properties Scientific share options flourish despite calls for boycott By Matthew Reisz 2 January
Universities dig deep to keep scholarships alive A number of universities have decided to use their own funds to replace state scholarship money that was axed last year By Jack Grove 2 January
