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NUS says students would 'baulk' at automated attendance monitoring. John Morgan reports

But rule designed to reflect diversity has failed in its primary task, Jon Marcus reports

This Tippa model typewriter, silver fountain pen inscribed with the letter J, carved wooden box with record-player needles, brass knuckleduster and pipes made by Allen & Wright were all found in the desk of the English novelist John Fowles (1926-2005), most famous for his 1969 novel The French Lieutenant's Woman.

Danish university implements reforms in bid to join European top table. Hannah Fearn reports

Potential release of SLC information may prove a godsend to the coalition. Simon Baker reports

The general secretary of the University and College Union has pledged to continue to press private colleges on issues such as quality of provision and working conditions after claiming that the union had received "legal threats" for speaking out.

London Met may miss out on millions as students are turned away. John Morgan reports

Some universities will see their third-stream funding rise by 50 per cent but others will miss out altogether after a decision to press ahead with a formula that concentrates an annual pot of £150 million on the most "effective performers".

The chairman of the board of governors at London Metropolitan University has responded to a complaint from a students’ union officer by advising the vice-chancellor to “kill her with information and kindness” – and accidentally copied the email to the union officer concerned.

The Commons Science and Technology Committee has questioned the decision to locate the new UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation in central London.

The provision by universities of “strategically important and vulnerable” subjects such as mathematics, science and modern languages would have suffered if the funding council had not intervened with extra support, a report has concluded.

Two universities have failed to comply with decisions made by the student complaints watchdog, in the first such instances, a cross-party group of MPs has heard.

By Steve Kolowich, for Inside Higher Ed

Fears about the future of postgraduate study in the UK have been raised by a survey which suggests that many current students would not embark on postgraduate study if they had to pay undergraduate tuition fees of £9,000 a year.

The University of Liverpool has announced plans to invest £600 million in its facilities, with £250 million of that sum going towards new student accommodation.

European Union funding for research and innovation should be more focused on green growth, according to a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report.

The University of Birmingham sent senior administrators to two US institutions for a “transatlantic summit” as part of its preparations for the UK’s more market-oriented funding regime.

Lord Sainsbury of Turville, the businessman and former science minister, has been nominated by the University of Cambridge to succeed the Duke of Edinburgh as chancellor after the royal stands down at the end of June.

A number of universities fear that up to a third of overseas postgraduate students may fail to take up their places this autumn due to changes to visa rules, it has been claimed.

UCU to ballot over 'seriously disruptive action' as employers get their way. John Morgan reports

Journals are rightly seen as the "marketing arm of the pharmaceutical industry", according to the editor-in-chief of the British Medical Journal.

MPs find council out of touch with researchers, with science suffering as a result, writes Paul Jump

Post-election focus will be on management and funding gap with England. Hannah Fearn reports

A vice-chancellor is considering legal action against the UK Border Agency over the damage she said her university has suffered because of its "disproportionate" action.

Stuck in the 'valley of death'? There's always a place at Silicon Valley. Matthew Reisz reports

The role of academics as expert witnesses has come under scrutiny after an Australian politician called for a professor to be sacked over his role in a high-profile murder trial.

Diana Garrisi looks at issues troubling lecturers in the Share project's latest batch of daily diaries

Council backs School of Pharmacy's union with UCL despite 'vociferous' opposition, writes Simon Baker

One Planet course to introduce students to 'big issues' of resource depletion. Hannah Fearn writes

Official says UKBA is investigating reduced-price places for foreign students. Sarah Cunnane reports

The linear écraseur chain - developed in Paris in 1850 for amputating limbs and tumours, and for castration - works by the gradual tightening of the chain loop, crushing tissue without causing bleeding.

Hundreds of academics, writers and other campaigners from across the world have signed a "manifesto" calling on the coalition government and UK universities to reverse policies that they say are leading to the commercialisation of higher education.

Besides costs, applicants are swayed by a surprising range of factors, poll finds. Sarah Cunnane reports

Women told to be more assertive when scaling the barriers of sexism, writes Matthew Reisz

Academics claim that big corporate giver is allowed to vet professors, reports John Morgan

A newly released study suggests that the huge increase in Chinese research output is starting to be matched by a similar rise in the quality of its basic science.

'Knee-jerk' reactions to minister's musings endanger sector, v-cs claim. Simon Baker writes

The UK’s £2.4 billion overseas student market could yet take a hit from government visa restrictions, according to a private firm that provides foundation courses.

By Kevin Kiley, for Inside Higher Ed

Unions warn that complex contracts with private firms will lead to job losses, writes John Morgan

Inquiry told of rise in referees' 'counter-productive' demands for extra alterations. Paul Jump reports

Report finds that a focus on content does not address students' needs. Matthew Reisz writes

Crisis has taught one v-c to prize civic engagement above academic reputation, Hannah Fearn hears

Students object to 'heavy-handed' security guards brought in to quell protest, writes John Morgan

As MBA graduate career prospects recover, the student profile is shifting. Matthew Reisz reports