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Sweden aims to rebuild faltering overseas student numbers

Sarah Coakley, Cambridge professor of divinity, discusses how theology throws light on evolution, gender and other issues

UCU research aims to find figure for academy alone

This 400-year-old Bible is probably the most infamous of the rare religious books and manuscripts held in the University of Leicester’s Robjohns Collection

University denies reneging on promise not to penalise staff over issue

‘Not just money-making exercise’, says company founder

Online comments show no room for complacency

StudentFunder aims to become ‘one-stop shop’ for those in need

Observers predict admissions turmoil as Russell Group members join clearing

But more academics are able to teach in the tongue, data show

The correlation between distribution of universities and overall population distribution in the UK is surprisingly strong

#ECRchat looks to offer global advice

Graeme Wilkinson left Wales to head a private institution that was more familiar than it first appeared

Drive to raise national profile yields opportunities for English speakers

Female academics aim to boost women’s interest in computer science

British universities may benefit from local clubs’ international exposure

Lecturer whips the average into shape for gruelling Barcelona triathlon

BPP decision reached despite concerns over US parent firm

Children from the poorest families remain around half as likely to enter higher education than their more affluent peers, new figures show.

A search of a university lake where the body of a woman was found last week provided no further clues to her identity.

A US professor who Tweeted that if overweight PhD applicants “didn’t have the willpower to stop eating carbs” then they “won’t have the willpower to do a dissertation” has been formally censured by his university.

Fresh light on how academic libraries in low- and medium-income economies are contributing to universities has been shed in a new report.

The pass rate for Scottish Highers has risen again, while more Scottish students have also won places at universities or colleges in the country.

Liberal Democrat members will be asked to endorse the current £9,000 tuition fees system as the party’s official policy and rule out a graduate tax

A legal challenge has been launched over law changes that unions claim make it easier to remove staff on fixed-term contracts.

By Lauren Ingeno, for Inside Higher Ed

Three universities have joined a national scheme to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds to gain places at highly selective universities. 

Two thirds of UK undergraduates do not believe a postgraduate degree is worth the cost, a survey of more than 1,100 students has found

Computer generated jokes can make people laugh, researchers have found, although they are still not as funny as human witticisms.

The former deputy head of the Higher Education Academy has taken over at the helm of the organisation.

Some 165 US university presidents and chancellors have called on political leaders in Washington to boost funding for research and education.

Lack of experience of large research budgets won’t harm Hefce chief, say supporters

Government emphasises international students’ economic benefits

Findings likely to be of interest to BIS as student loan costs grow

Awards will go to arts, humanities and social science departments that hire and support women

This poster from 1935 (left), designed by graphic artist MacDonald Gill, was used to promote the commercial telephone service between London and New York introduced by the Post Office in 1927

Joint degrees with ultra-Orthodox colleges counter to universities’ gender equity policies

Times Higher Education analysis adds to fears about degree comparability

Bank provides €970 million to develop new Curies

The former chief scientific adviser is relishing his new advisory role at the Oxford Martin School, tackling global challenges

Nick Hillman promises to speak truth to power and not toe party line

Wales and the North East of England have the lowest university application rates in the UK, Ucas data demonstrate

Research finds woe for squeezed middle, windfall for high-paid graduates

Wikipedia ‘edit-a-thon’ bolsters profile of women who changed science

Institutional ‘risk registers’ flag growing worry that top managers will be lured abroad

Can the government push through an overhaul of the sector in tough times?

John Ashdown-Hill says university failed to acknowledge his crucial contribution to discovery of king’s remains

The number of students starting modern languages degrees fell by 12 per cent last year – double the overall drop in student numbers, new figures show.

Universities need more freedom to run one- or two-year compressed degrees tailored to the needs of companies, according to business leaders.

Research into replacing and reducing animal use in scientific experiments is to benefit from £4.8 million in public investment in 2013-14

A £9.8 billion shortfall in the main university pension scheme could be payable if Scotland left the UK following a vote on independence in 2014