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

The University of Oxford has announced the appointment of Richard Ovenden as Bodley’s Librarian

ULU vice-president and NUS black students’ officer also on ballot

But more than 40 per cent are registered with Oxford Brookes, says Hesa

Southampton Solent University has named Graham Baldwin as its next vice-chancellor

Educating the global elite, including many central bankers, gives Britain a powerful presence, report finds

Striking academics call for better pay, but the PhD students who support their work are suffering even more, Fern Riddell says

Australian academic resigns as La Trobe signs deal with Swisse, a ‘global wellness company’, to fund centre

Could England force a similar reversal? Howard Hotson asks

Will the Danish director’s controversial new film Nymphomaniac live up to his masterpieces? Davina Quinlivan hopes so

We speak to City University London’s oldest graduate, who received his PhD in engineering at the age of 83

Overseas recruits on LSBF-taught course seek damages over treatment by university sponsor

Who got that job? Doug Thomson discusses fundraising and getting Nottingham alumni involved long term. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

Image manipulation has forced retraction of Oxford unit’s Cell Metabolism paper

Proposed merger is for academic reasons, not to cut costs, insists UCL provost

Should developing countries receive ‘transfer fees’ when Western universities sign their academics? asks Malegapuru Makgoba

Fewer outputs in assessment exercise as analysis of submission data reveals impact of new criteria

Why classroom veteran Dale Salwak waited 17 years to join the digital pedagogues

Uclan group chief executive officer discusses how the university’s planned campus in Sri Lanka can be a force for good

Grant letter keeps new cuts down and widening participation funding stays

Data show whites and pupils outside London less likely to aim for, or undertake, higher study

As strike force falters, some UCU members and industrial relations experts think escalation is needed

Nottingham is one of a growing number of universities with a presence in or around Shanghai

British Council urges universities to press ahead with learning partnerships on the sub-continent

Universities have the resources to keep us safe, says Sara Perry. They just need the will

Policy continues despite warning from Information Commissioner’s Office

Proposed European reforms could stymie UK health research, says MRC head

The results of a study of ‘laddism’ on campus

Contrast between their chances and those of the rich are unchanged since late 1990s, Offa finds

City-centre project looks to serve whole community and build stability in post-Good Friday Agreement Northern Ireland

The concept of a student market - and so the involvement of the Consumers’ Association - is flawed, argues Martin McQuillan

But possibility could still be open if strong case made to EU

Sir Howard Newby is to retire as the University of Liverpool vice-chancellor next year

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

More than 50 universities have received funding from the UK’s national laboratory for nuclear weapons since 2010, according to a new study.

The Department for Education is to pay for up to five students from every state school to visit a Russell Group university

Tristram Hunt, Labour’s shadow education secretary, has been criticised by party colleagues after crossing a University and College Union picket line

The research councils will receive more than double the capital funding in 2015-16 than they were originally allocated for 2014-15, it has been revealed

Tributes have poured in on all sides following the death of Stuart Hall, one of the founding fathers of cultural studies in Britain

The government has delivered a £125 million cut to higher education funding in today’s grant letter, while criticising vice-chancellors on pay

The Home Office has suspended an organisation’s English language tests for immigration purposes after cheating was allegedly uncovered on some exams.

The vice-chancellor of the University of Sunderland is to take up the newly created role of president

Hope that ‘pioneering’ project could help solve gold problems

An ex vice-president at US higher education company Laureate will take charge of the University of Law, following its sale to a private equity firm

England’s funding council has been forced to abandon plans to examine a draft of the grant letter due to continued budget battles within government

‘Future teaching’ to take place at Welsh university’s London campus

The government aims to use the high status of UK science to put pressure on other countries to reduce their reliance on animal research.

We take a look at the six “key trends” picked out in the NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition

Sir Eric Thomas is to retire as University of Bristol vice-chancellor after 14 years in the role.

Staff at 11 higher education institutions are to walk out for a whole day in a protest of what they believe is “unlawfully deducted” pay.

Suggestion that wrangle over Access to Learning Fund is now delaying letter

University staff have walked out for the fifth time over this year’s “miserly” 1 per cent pay offer.

David Willetts is set to unveil £72.6 million of new funding to help academics unlock the potential of “big data”.

The tale of an unsaintly Aids sufferer’s rebellion sidesteps sentimentality and hints at hope, says Duncan Wu

French department head explains what the faculty is looking for. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

Expansion, optimism and the virtues of the US liberal-arts model are watchwords for vice-chancellor Paul O’Prey

Fierce student opposition looks unlikely to block move to balance larger classes with more contact with faculty