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Women in university senior management earn significantly less than men in equivalent roles, says new report

Sweeping changes to the laws governing industrial disputes could restrict unions’ ability to call strike action, writes Jack Grove

REF case studies used to create a map of knowledge connections between fields

Figures quoted in Brazilian media suggest US universities may still be waiting for funds for taking students. Donna Bowater reports from Brazil

George Osborne's plan for a minimum £9 an hour will not affect vast majority of university staff, but there will be cost implications for institutions, says Jack Grove

Pension relief, salary sacrifice schemes and higher education budgets could be targeted by George Osborne, says Jack Grove

Two unions reject 1 per cent offer, but Unison and GMB get behind it

Supreme Court to consider whether educators are obliged to pay union fees

Prince Andrew will succeed Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart

Cost rises to £1.1 billion with FE and alternative providers added

New system to ‘put student needs at the centre’

Number of BTECs held by prospective university students on the up

Plans come after THE analysis revealed 18.2 per cent pay difference

Destination of Leavers from Higher Education study reveals outcomes for 2014 graduates

Graduates looking and applying for jobs earlier in their degrees following fee increase

Edinburgh principal Sir Tim O’Shea warns such a system would distract from real mission

Ulster University is to cut up to 210 jobs and lose around 1,200 student places to cope with a £8 million reduction in Northern Ireland’s higher education budget

Efforts to reject a consumerist approach to higher education are undermined by unions’ own reliance on money-making activities, a new study claims

By Kellie Woodhouse, for Inside Higher Ed

Applications from Russell Group graduates – who are more likely to be from wealthy backgrounds – have a better chance of success, commission says

A number of vice-chancellors, prominent academics and other higher education figures have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours

The UK’s “internationally admired system of peer review” should remain part of any future higher education quality assurance system, the head of the sector’s standards watchdog has said.

Fifty-five people working in universities have been named as the latest winners of the sector’s top honour for teaching and learning

Universities UK has launched its fightback against the prospect of further funding cuts with the publication of a study highlighting the economic benefits of higher education

Former postdoctoral researchers will now be counted as alumni at the University of Cambridge

Institutional reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency could become a thing of the past in favour of more robust internal monitoring by universities themselves, a draft policy paper suggests.

New study suggests using phones in class could actually be beneficial, provided students stay on topic

Glyndwr University’s new interim vice-chancellor Graham Upton has said the troubled institution is “on course for financial stability” despite a turbulent few years.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced the government department covering higher education will have its budget for this year cut by a further £450 million.

Universities have confirmed their opposition to any academic boycott of Israel following votes by student and lecturer groups in favour of sanctions.

The UK needs to stop using greater efficiency in research as justification for funding cuts, a vice-chancellor and ex-research council head has said.

The government should lift restrictions to allow British students to use state loans for fees abroad, the former universities minister has claimed

The University of Warwick has scrapped controversial plans to use a scheme called TeachHigher to employ hourly paid teaching and research staff

The government says it will help ensure that there is “minimal to disruption to students” at the University of Law and that “its high quality of education is upheld” following the purchase

By Elizabeth Redden and Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Scientific and university bodies have reacted warily to the proposed introduction of student loans for doctoral students

Staff at London Metropolitan University will hold a one-day strike this week in a row over job cuts

Planned cuts to the European Union's research budget have been reduced by €500 million (£357 million) following pressure from scientists, university leaders and MEPs.

The general secretary of the University and College Union has called for unity as the organisation approaches its 10^th anniversary.

Are students' disparaging comments online just harmless gossip or defamatory remarks that can tarnish universities and academics? Hannah Fearn teases out the strands

Author of 1997 higher education review fears Whitehall's 40 per cent participation target is too low. John Gill reports.

Treasury adviser and former NUS leader heads new National Student Forum. Rebecca Attwood reports.

Cash may be cut if targets on participation, quality and reforms are missed. John Gill reports.

The funding council admits it is missing its targets on ethnicity, gender and disability. John Gill reports.

Grant letter urges universities to embrace business and two-year degrees. John Gill reports.

Ucea may move to local pay talks if ballot fails to back joint negotiations. Melanie Newman reports.

Governors perform an important and complex function in higher education, but what exactly do they do and what skills can they bring to the role? Hannah Fearn investigates.

Study says university collections are not meeting the needs of the Google generation, writes John Gill