UK higher education is in a "strange situation" as the legislation required to implement wide-ranging government reforms is not in place, England's funding chief has said.
Two UK language departments may be forced to close their degree programmes because they recruited too few students for 2012-13, a lecturers' association has claimed.
A scholarship scheme designed to encourage students from poor families to apply to university is not working as it was intended, the sector's access chief has claimed.
Two Midlands university business schools have won a bid to create a research centre that the government hopes will boost the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK.
Plans for universities to control the content of A-levels are likely to prove expensive and “unworkable” in many subjects, higher education institutions have warned.
Universities UK has reopened nominations for its presidency after a technical error in the process that led to the appointment of Sir Christopher Snowden, the University of Surrey vice-chancellor.
The distribution of more than £100 million in research council funding for open access article fees will be directly proportional to how much universities have charged the councils for direct labour costs over the last three years.
There is no evidence to suggest that increasing tuition fees to a maximum of £9,000 a year has deterred large numbers of students from applying to university, a report has argued.
US universities should aim to recruit more students from Saudi Arabia if they are to reduce their dependence on students from China, India and South Korea, according to a report.
The sector is considering protecting its reputation among international students by creating an insurance scheme that would provide compensation or transfer to other courses for those affected if their universities fail or can no longer teach them.
Launched during the First World War, Ladybird created probably the UK's most iconic - and now most nostalgic - series of 20th-century children's books.
Universities will have a “sound” financial footing in 2014-15 but face risks to their income due to declining demand from home and international students, according to England's funding council.
The move to make nursing an all-graduate profession has not had a detrimental effect on the quality of care, an independent commission on the future of nurse education has found.
Researchers at University College London got a chance to raise money for a wide range of charitable projects this week - by pitching their ideas in a pub and getting the audience to vote for them.
The UK government has signed an agreement with the Indonesian minister of education establishing eight new partnerships between universities in the two countries.
The next president of Universities UK will be University of Surrey vice-chancellor Sir Christopher Snowden after he was unopposed in the nominations process, it has been announced.
The Natural Environment Research Council has abandoned its controversial plans to merge the British Antarctic Survey with the National Oceanography Centre.
A for-profit college deliberately registered students on courses they did not wish to study, helping it to access around £750,000 of tuition fee payments backed by the taxpayer, according to the government.
David Willetts put science and future technology at the heart of his vision of markets created by "strong and effective government" - in a speech that was never delivered.
