Politics

Review calls for extension of policy to further education and private providers

Labour says it wants more international students to come to the UK and would consider not including students in the same targets as other migrants.

Change in guidance meant to ‘incentivise’ BIS to check long-term costs

Students’ revelation of university’s clandestine activities worked in its favour long-term

Dean from Tunisia’s Manouba University given Courage to Think Award

Under new system, average repayments will double, IFS finds

The minister hopes to sink his teeth into higher education but his political stock is falling, argues Christopher Prendergast

Archie Brown on lessons for universities from political leadership

Commercialising research can do ‘far more’ for humanity than Nobel Prizes, says Mayor of London

England’s funding council has been asked to look at whether overseas universities could take part in future research excellence frameworks.

UUK report details scope of sector’s economic activity, which adds up to 2.8 per cent of GDP

Universities and science minister at BIRAX conference affirms intention to encourage partnerships for joint scientific research projects

Malcolm Gillies celebrates a watershed moment on the long road to equality

Senior scholar decries ‘divisive’ mission groups and government’s market focus

Proposals part of raft of measures on the table if education secretary gains HE

Lords committee also becomes sixth Parliamentary group to call for students to be removed from net migration count

If Labour does adopt a graduate tax policy it will be making a grave mistake, says Emran Mian

Study of the economic impact of graduates recommends universities should be placed at the centre of strategies to boost regional growth

James Brokenshire, the immigration minister, said that he wanted to ‘underline’ a ‘message of welcome’ to international students

Hiranya Peiris rebuts the Daily Mail’s impoverished worldview of scientists

More students are entering higher education but most places are taken by those from wealthy backgrounds

Big post-92s suffer as Hefce steers allocations towards strong recruiters

Higher education may be “sleepwalking” towards a new quality control system based on Ofsted-style inspections, a leading sector figure has warned.

Could remark be hint of policy shift towards graduate tax?

Labour on the attack as RAB nears ‘break-even point’

Only one in 1,000 children who claim free school meals make it to Oxbridge, new analysis says.

A £2.5 billion drop in forecast student loan repayments over six years means the government will “massively overrun” on its higher education budget, independent experts have warned

Proposal for scorecard system for US institutions ‘doomed to failure’

Black academics claim they are viewed as ‘outsiders’ and hindered in career advancement

Hitting RAB charge ‘threshold’ will make £9,000 system more costly than old

Munira Mirza lauds universities’ role in improving all levels of education in the capital but decries ‘coercive consensus’

Policy ‘broke mould of segregation’ but problems persist

The government will outline options to increase postgraduate student numbers later this year, according to today’s Budget statement.

The government will not increase the value of the higher education innovation fund, it announced today.

Teaching grants for universities in England are to fall by more than the £45 million announced last month, the country’s funding council has said.

The Office of Fair Trading wants further scrutiny of English higher education to judge if some rules for students may breach consumer protection law

The resignation of a rector is an opportunity to tackle corruption in Kosovo’s academy, says Peter Geoghegan

‘Savage reduction’ in overseas recruitment feared after new minister’s speech

David Willetts highlights possible delay in filling extra undergraduate places

People of Indian and Chinese descent in England and Wales are almost twice as likely to have a degree as white British people, a new study says.

Labour have accused the coalition of “complete confusion” after Vince Cable said the write-off estimate on student loans will be revised downwards.

The government’s new immigration minister has threatened to make it tougher for education institutions to keep their student visa licences.

Parties exhorted to prioritise research investment and internationalisation

We must press politicians to show how a future government will support the sector, says Christopher Snowden

Willetts hints that ‘unplanned’ expansion after cap lifts will be scrutinised

Adding 30,000 extra places will spread teaching funds even thinner, sector figures warn

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

But overall net migration still shoots up following influx from EU

A vision to revive a depressed Sussex town by building a university is succeeding

Meeting at Treasury hints at moves to repair visa policy’s harm to universities

‘No preconceptions’ as Higher Education Commission begins exploration of long-term financial sustainability

Andy Westwood, former New Labour special adviser, asks what went wrong with skills policy

Appointment revealed by Tory MP Nadine Dorries in Commons

Nick Clegg has defended the Liberal Democrats’ decision to back higher fees and said “wild predictions” about their impact have proven unfounded

Phil Ashworth on how to get scientific experts inside the political machine

Malcolm Gillies on why the metropolis could (and perhaps should) go it alone

Hepi director’s mea culpa comes as he considers ‘problems in the status quo’

Michael Gove has vetoed plans for a free school sponsored by the Institute of Education, as the proposal failed to reach the government’s “high bar”

MPs in charge of examining public spending “don’t have confidence” in the government figures behind the £200 billion student loans system.

Grant letter keeps new cuts down and widening participation funding stays