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Students will receive a generous salary and have their tuition fees and accommodation costs met while studying at Durham University under a recruitment programme announced by the accountancy giant KPMG.

The proportion of students gaining good degrees is continuing to climb, according to official figures published today.

The trials of the liberal arts preoccupied the MLA conference. Matthew Reisz writes from Los Angeles

Universities and desperate job seekers hope their matchmaking efforts at the get-together bear fruit

Equality body's study accused of provoking 'false impression of victimhood'. John Morgan reports

Harvard Business School's new head outlines his interdisciplinary approach. Hannah Fearn reports

Emerging economies will come to reject unequal exchanges, expert says. Sarah Cunnane reports

These images are taken from the first film ever made in and about an art school, certainly in Britain and probably in the world.

'Commodified' academy could see a rise in court challenges by students. Simon Baker reports

Government warned about a looming crisis in an economically vital area, writes Simon Baker

Chris Husbands hails the institute's niche purpose and big-issue passions. Rebecca Attwood reports

Research councils plan to further concentrate funding on top institutions. Paul Jump reports

Students should help pay for funding injection; scholars must work harder. Hannah Fearn reports

Scientific Reports and success of PLoS ONE spell trouble for specialist journals. Paul Jump reports

The University of Oxford has announced that it will start asking for A* grades at A level.

Health research in the UK is being “stifled” by excessive regulation, a report by the Academy of Medical Sciences has concluded.

The protester who threw a fire extinguisher from the roof of Conservative Party headquarters during a tuition-fee demonstration has been jailed for 32 months.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

A former minister for higher education during Labour’s days in power has been appointed deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Plymouth.

The group representing university teacher-training centres has written to Michael Gove, the education secretary, to complain about “inexplicable delays” in the announcement of funding allocations for initial teacher training for the next academic year.

In the middle of the week, downtown Los Angeles was very much its usual self – with teenagers lining up to catch glimpses of the celebrities emerging from this year’s People’s Choice awards.

A lecturer and his work have a starring role in a very novel thriller. Paul Jump gets the backstory

Online magazine aims to bridge gap between journals and journalism. Matthew Reisz writes

Simon Baker hears a headteacher's plans to offer degree courses from her rural secondary school

Report says the city's institutions require help to assert international strength. John Morgan writes

Executive is split over support for fees protest, while officers threaten to strike, John Morgan writes

Observer offers blue-sky thinking in appraisal of global higher education. Sarah Cunnane reports

Lord Bhattacharyya's vision of the future fuels Warwick Manufacturing Group, reports Paul Jump

Lib Dem deputy must move quickly in access role, say senior sector figures. Rebecca Attwood reports

The “academy in crisis” emerged as a key theme on the first day of the Modern Language Association of America conference, as thousands of humanities scholars gathered in California for the annual convention.

Analysis shows that defectors find happiness with Conservatives, not Labour. Simon Baker reports

These cans are part of the brewing collection in the University of Glasgow’s Scottish Business Archive.

The president of the National Union of Students has set out a series of issues that must be addressed by the government’s new advocate for access to education if the role is to be more than “window dressing” for the trebling of the tuition fee cap.

The number of people bidding for a university place in the UK for 2011-12 is up by 2.5 per cent, according to the latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Tim Wilson, who retires today as vice-chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire, has been knighted in the New Year Honours.