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Funding for Scottish higher education is to be cut, but university places and research cash will be maintained at their current levels.

By Dan Berrett, for Inside Higher Ed

Plans to change the way the science and research community is represented in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills could have a damaging effect on the sector’s relationship with Whitehall, peers have warned.

Vince Cable has claimed that the government effectively was held to ransom on tuition fees, as a group of elite universities would have “gone private” if the cap had not been raised.

Students choose their university on the quality of its teaching and social life, not its research standing.

Eric Thomas, the University of Bristol’s vice-chancellor, will be the next president of Universities UK, it has been announced.

Higher education received more million-pound gifts than any other fundraising sector in the UK in 2008-09, according to an annual survey published by Coutts.

Salaries in academic life sciences in the US have fallen significantly for the first time in a decade, according to a major survey.

This ostrich egg was carved in 1766 to commemorate the death of the "Old Pretender", James Francis Edward Stuart - who, had the Jacobite rising of 1715 been successful, would have become King James III of England and James VIII of Scotland.

GuildHE chief warns that university link to local economy has been ignored, reports Simon Baker

Paper argues that mission groups and corporate culture weaken the academy. Hannah Fearn writes

Vice-chancellor points to potential for cost-cutting and shared teaching. Rebecca Attwood reports

Midterm elections will turn off federal financial tap to higher education for the next two years. Jon Marcus reports

Panels approve the measure's methodology, but call for it to carry less weight. Paul Jump reports

The head of the Higher Education Academy has highlighted inconsistencies in training for teaching staff across the sector, describing university teaching as "almost the only profession" in which it is possible to work without a qualification or licence.

'Tsunami of reforms' may favour sciences but all is not lost, conference hears. Matthew Reisz reports

Lowering grades for poorer students could damage reputation, he says. Simon Baker reports

Durham University has relaxed a temporary suspension on recruitment imposed in response to the Browne Review and government funding cuts.

Report fears government statistics underestimate value of student write-offs, reports Simon Baker

Conference hears the potential risks and rewards of setting up a campus overseas. Hannah Fearn writes

University language departments could be left in disarray by plans to suspend a 105-year-old scheme that has given tens of thousands of students the chance to study overseas.

Students to take to streets to campaign against funding cuts and rising fees. John Morgan reports

Academics' concerns over the effect of impact assessment 'met with contempt'. Paul Jump reports

Thousands of students and academics took to the streets of London on 10 November to protest about cuts to higher education funding and proposals to raise the tuition fee cap to £9,000.

@Lord_Browne gained a following by poking fun at UK higher education’s upheavals. Now silenced by Twitter, he tells Sarah Cunnane about real universities, the trouble with students and how many Russell Group v-cs it takes to change a light bulb

Thousands of students and lecturers will march through central London on 10 November in protest at government cuts to universities and colleges and a hike in tuition fees.

The University of Nottingham is in talks about creating a new campus in China – its second in the country and its third overseas campus.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Obama rallies Cinderella sector to unemployment battle. Jon Marcus reports from the White House

John Morgan reports from South Korea's capital on plans to establish an overseas campus

Think digitally and steer academics away from their 'cravings', librarians are told. Hannah Fearn writes

Universities in Ontario should abandon their efforts to do everything and adopt a "boutique" model focusing only on what they do best, according to a government advisory body.

A series of debates aims to explore the big issues in gender-related research. Matthew Reisz reports

"Smugglerius", the cast of a flayed man or écorche, is still sometimes used to teach students at the Edinburgh College of Art.