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Latin American state's exposure to loan liabilities a downside of high-fees regime, writes Paul Jump

Admissions standards cited as Derby and others explain doctoral failures. Paul Jump reports

The government might consider offering private colleges cash incentives to encourage them to take over or merge with failing public institutions, a report says.

Deficit of £30m forecast even as non-EU fees take second 10% rise in a row, writes Simon Baker

Students who applied for courses now being shut down by London Metropolitan University face a desperate search for places at other institutions.

Ex-president of UUK predicts shifting trade winds for global higher education. John Morgan reports

Universities need to move away from rewarding academics for the volume of grant applications they submit, a senior figure has warned.

As state cash dries up, university plots £200m deal to outsource campus halls. Simon Baker reports

These shoes are among 650 pairs that were once used as teaching aids and now comprise the Cordwainers College Historic Shoe Collection.

A Conservative peer and former head of a British airline has given £1 million to Loughborough University to provide "practical help" to local entrepreneurs.

Accountancy body seeks to create more schemes linking degree study and work, writes Simon Baker

Ambitious initiative will inform the 2011-12 THE World University Rankings. Phil Baty reports

The University of St Andrews has issued a robust response to a national newspaper’s allegation that it has inappropriate links to the Syrian regime.

In an election outcome that surprised both political scientists and the public, Canada’s pro-business Conservative Party has formed a majority government for the first time since 1988.

The head of the Sutton Trust has told a cross-party group of MPs that the government’s higher education reforms are “totally out of line” with the rest of the world.

By Libby A. Nelson and Doug Lederman, for Inside Higher Ed

As Canada prepares for its fourth general election in seven years, its university sector is doing its utmost to ensure that higher education is a key priority for the main parties.

Two academics said to have been planning an anti-monarchy mock execution at Westminster Abbey were arrested ahead of the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton in London.

A former higher education minister who is now leading a post-1992 university’s student experience strategy has defended the institution’s decision to charge tuition fees of £9,000 for the 2012-13 academic year.

A football project is inspiring homeless men to improve their health. Sarah Cunnane reports

Clea Caulcutt on elite group chief's contentious plans to attract high-fee-paying foreign students

The first female head of the EUA lays out the aims of her three-year presidency. Hannah Fearn reports

Threefold increase in private colleges' public loans since advent of top-up fees. Simon Baker reports

Study rejects claim that sector allocates more to education than it receives in fees. Jon Marcus writes

Dozens of further education colleges will offer degrees for less than £6,000 a year from 2012-13, while from the following year private providers may be able to charge £9,000 backed by state funding, it has emerged.

Zombie Institute aims to invade prospective science students' brains. Sarah Cunnane reports

If this shoe looks good enough to eat that is hardly surprising - it is made of cheese.

London Met's bonfire of the humanities may spark breach of contract concerns. John Morgan writes

The division between academics and university administrators persists despite attempts to bring the two camps closer together, an international study suggests.

US private providers damaging sector by exploiting students, it is claimed. Hannah Fearn reports

Study considers the possible impact of fee rises on institutional selection. Matthew Reisz reports

Universities are accused of a lack of respect in the row over partnerships. Hannah Fearn reports

Over half of current final-year students would not have gone to university if they had faced tuition fees of £9,000 a year, according to a new study.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Lecturers at the University of Stirling are due to strike on 26 April in a dispute over job losses.

A group of 11 universities has produced more than half of all the spin-off companies to have been launched by higher education institutions in the past 10 years, according to new figures.

A nightmarish vision of the worst that the future could hold for English universities was set out at the Association of University Administrators conference at the University of Nottingham this week.

Glasgow Caledonian University has had its licence to sponsor foreign students temporarily suspended by the UK Border Agency.

Institutions are warned over price-setting as MPs are asked to investigate. Simon Baker reports

Democracies could be facing a dangerous future because they work so well. Matthew Reisz reports

Australia's growing sector must redouble its efforts to recruit new academic blood, writes Simon Baker

UEL and London Met plans may signal 'unequal distribution of cultural capital'. John Morgan writes

Thousands of students in England may be taking longer to accept offers of university places this autumn because they wrongly believe they will face tuition fees of up to £9,000 from their second year, it has been suggested.

Critical voices question national negotiations in era of differing income levels. John Morgan writes

As the bids come in to run a new city campus, John Morgan examines the decision to go global

Bright graduates are losing out through grade inflation, economists say. Paul Jump reports

The threats and opportunities for universities arising from the government's "Big Society" agenda came under scrutiny at a conference at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Clement Attlee (1883-1967) served as deputy prime minister in Winston Churchill's wartime coalition government before going on to win a spectacular victory in the general election of 1945.