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

Council to seek suggestions from industry and the public on grant award decisions

Chinese students in the UK are keen to get work experience, and it would help them to integrate, says Bin Wu

One-third of club dancers are now students, and many are middle class

OU head’s search for speechwriter raises questions about size of v-cs’ offices

University boosts collaboration with ‘neglected’ South America

Student reps concerned proposed changes would downgrade colleges to halls of residence

Appointment revealed by Tory MP Nadine Dorries in Commons

Move follows referendum decision to restrict immigration

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

David Willetts, minister for universities and science, gives a few observations on how the coalition government views massive open online courses

Hospitals staffed by nurses educated to degree level have significantly lower death rates, a new study says.

Wealthy foreigners could gain visas and an accelerated route to British citizenship by donating large sums to universities, a new report suggests

But 600 vote against amid discontent over salary plans

Do your eyes glaze over or does your brain fill with fog when you are presented with reams of raw data? You are not alone.

By Ry Rivard, for Inside Higher Ed

The National Union of Students has called on universities to fix their fees for international students and stop “unfair” prices rises during courses

Cambridge scientists have come up with a new way of facilitating collaborations between academics at conferences – by treating them like genes

The best and worst performing higher education institution websites in the UK have been ranked.

Universities are set to enter new talks with sector unions, after academics threatened a marking boycott

The British Academy is launching a major series of free public debates examining the crucial issues of our time

In our second look at the NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition, we cover the six “significant challenges” it identifies as impeding the adoption of technology in higher education

George Osborne has announced a programme of collaboration between leading universities in China and the UK’s Russell Group institutions.

The new Higher Education Policy Institute director has called for reform of regulatory differences between universities and private providers.

Workforce efficiencies study is about best practice, not cuts, body says

Philosophers need to follow Socrates’ example and get back among the people, say John Kaag and David O’Hara

David Willetts accused of favouring for-profit sector with board appointment

Courses led by interdisciplinary groups can energise teachers and students, says Robert Zaretsky

Uclan offers ‘world’s first’ degree focused on core skills needed to enter growing DIY market

Women-friendly policies insufficient at even Athena SWAN universities, finds THE Best University Workplace Survey

Institution celebrates Anglican roots as it seeks to recruit students from beyond the local area

How can the US legal system confuse the singing of hymns by an elderly nun with the acts of a terrorist?

President of US-Ireland Alliance says step is sign of America’s ‘indifference to Europe’

Poor theses often betray inexpert supervision, say external examiners David Alexander and Ian Davis

A new marketing drive aims to boost country’s share of students from BRICS countries

It’s hard for specialist institutions to go it alone, but mergers may bring few benefits, says Miriam David

Catholic author and journalist John Cornwell discusses The Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession and the ‘imaginative exercise’ of religion

Social scientists are of ‘lower average intelligence’ than those in natural sciences - at least at elite universities, authors argue

‘Inspirational leader’ needed as university adds £450m campus to city-centre base. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

Dame Athene Donald brands MPs’ report on women in science ‘weak’

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

The vampire as cultured aesthete is the beatless heart of Jim Jarmusch’s peculiarly reassuring film, says Lucy Bolton

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

University’s Vampire Fictions course ends with no participants opting to pay for official recognition of their achievement

We speak to the professor of computer science and dean of the Faculty of Physical Science and Engineering at the University of Southampton

Experts foresee tough reaction from universities to UCU’s ‘ultimate sanction’

Accretion of projects harms the ability of US universities to restrain costs and hit goals, says Dartmouth College president

Private college loses all its previous degree-validating partners

But estimate puts cost of Russell Group-led redesign at £10 million a year

Rama Thirunamachandran moots idea of a loan system ‘underpinned by the private sector’

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”

The whistleblower Edward Snowden has been elected rector of the University of Glasgow

The Office of Fair Trading has told universities to review rules that stop students from graduating if they have non-tuition fee debts.

Hundreds of thousands of students may not be able to graduate this summer if the University and College Union carries out a possible marking boycott.

By Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed

A new British Academy booklet aims to show how the social sciences and humanities can help build a society which combines prosperity with wisdom.

Academics who complete their PhDs during a recession are significantly more productive in the long-term than those who do so during a boom, research suggests.