Performance-related pay is way forward for sector, says UUK review
Sir Ian Diamond’s efficiencies report endorses the shift from incremental pay rises to service-related rewards
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Save field biology skills from extinction risk
John Warren and colleagues warn of the serious decline in graduates with sound identification skills
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Seven myths of university teaching
Paul Ashwin unpicks some cherished nostrums, from Hollywood-style star turns at the podium to the much-exaggerated death of the lecture
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Video: Election Hustings for Higher Education 2015
Watch the only pre-election debate on higher education, featuring key representatives from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties
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When disaster strikes on campus…
How do universities cope in the aftermath of fires, earthquakes and killing sprees?
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Language test providers announced after scandal
Only two awarding bodies accrediting Secure English Language Tests, used to assess overseas students’ language capability, will be approved by the UK government from April.
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ABS ranking reveals 'world elite' of business journals
Thirty-three journals have been given the coveted “world elite” ranking in an influential and hotly debated league table
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Social science ‘critical’ to innovation
Funding for science and innovation should increase by at least 10 per cent in real terms over the next Parliament, according to the Campaign for Social Science
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Raising fee cap for some would create funding ‘inequity’
Allowing some universities to charge tuition fees above £9,000 a year would “create further inequity” in higher education funding, a university group has warned
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UK losing out to US and Australia in race for overseas students
The UK’s slight growth in international student recruitment over the past year overshadows a “global underperformance” when compared with other countries, an analysis has warned
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MENA top 30 snapshot released as THE MENA Universities Summit launches
Institutions from 11 countries feature in a top 30 that previews what a new ranking of universities in the Middle East and North Africa could look like
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Government 'failed to protect public money' in private college boom
The government encouraged private colleges to grow “without sufficient regulation in place to protect public money” and a senior civil servant should have opposed the policy, according to MPs
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MPs attack government on student visa changes
The government must allow overseas students to stay in the UK after graduation to work as current rules are “jeopardising Britain’s position in the global race for talent”, MPs warn
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6 key trends accelerating technology adoption in higher education in 2015
What will be driving the use of education technology in universities in the next five years?
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Newcastle University to open London campus
Plans for a London branch campus teaching 1,200 students have been announced by Newcastle University.