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Applications to secondary teacher-training courses have collapsed, prompting fears of a recruitment crisis in the profession within five years.

New legislation allowing the government to apply higher interest rates to student loans grants ministers “free rein” to raise charges in the future and gives no protection for those from poorer backgrounds, a university group has warned.

Revamped curriculum to offer students a 'value proposition' post fees hike. Hannah Fearn reports

Castigated for its timidity, a 'risk-averse' generation shuns study abroad, Michael Fitzpatrick writes

Conference gets to grips with extreme adaptations and slash fiction. Matthew Reisz takes a peek

This wedding dress and these accessories, made entirely of glass fibre, were worn by Helen Nairn Munro on the day she married W.E.S. Turner in 1943.

Ex-university minister Bill Rammell talks about life on the other side of the fence. Simon Baker writes

New indicators and refinements considered for THE World University Rankings 2011. Phil Baty writes

As foreign loan debts balloon, experts fear 2012 rise will make things worse. John Morgan reports

Imperial's proposals to extend the working day have not been welcomed, writes John Morgan

Staff chafe but administrators press on with efforts to instil consumer focus. Jon Marcus writes

Put resources into international online learning, task force recommends. Rebecca Attwood reports

Willetts says he cannot intervene despite validation by University of Portsmouth. Simon Baker reports

Conservatives direct bile at academic who urged US jobless to protest. Matthew Reisz reports

By Dan Berrett, for Inside Higher Ed

Aberystwyth University has named its new vice-chancellor.

Employers believe a rise in university tuition fees will result in a less diverse pool of graduates, a survey of some of the biggest graduate employers in the UK has found.

The University of East Anglia’s Climategate inquiries were not sufficiently transparent and failed to properly investigate some key issues, the Commons Science and Technology Committee has concluded.

Delays to the announcement of initial teacher-training funding allocations may lead to some courses being undersubscribed, an academic has warned.

The trustees of higher education’s biggest pension scheme have ordered changes to the employers’ plans for reform – but the University and College Union will press ahead with a strike ballot.

Record numbers of students have missed out on university places, new figures show.

What do undergraduates learn in four years’ study at American universities? In an alarming number of cases, absolutely nothing, according to a still-unreleased book that is causing a firestorm in the US.

Hefce warns against reading too much into results as departments 'experiment'. Paul Jump reports

Hesa shows growing popularity of branch campus and partnership degrees. John Morgan writes

Academy's campaign aims to repeat science lobby's CSR successes. Paul Jump reports

The Anderson Archive at the University of Stirling is devoted to the maverick British film and theatre director Lindsay Anderson (1923-94).

Film institute's overhaul would damage research, media scholars warn. Matthew Reisz reports

EU statute for Europe's academy needed to arrest economic decline. Hannah Fearn reports

Sir Tim Wilson, Hertfordshire's retiring leader, tells Sarah Cunnane about his vision for the academy

IT scholar says PDF tweaks allow students' copied work to evade detection. Hannah Fearn reports

British scholars rate leaders of the free world: George W. Bush also ran. Matthew Reisz reports

Praise for KPMG plan to pay recruits' university costs - and a salary too, writes Hannah Fearn

Lab laments after order mix-up leaves it no choice but to retract journal paper. Paul Jump writes

Hannah Fearn outlines the measures employed to cope with budget reductions across EU institutions

A Conservative MP has attacked the University and College Union for supporting “violent and illegal protest” in a move described by the union as a smear ahead of a key Commons vote.

The social work watchdog is urging universities to drive up the quality of work placements for students after two-thirds of providers were asked to make improvements.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed