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THE editor John Gill assesses whether the White Paper does enough to answer critics of the government's HE policies

Alternative providers should also be able to charge £9,000 tuition fees, says government

Government postpones introduction of differential fee caps in response to higher education sector concerns

Key figures from the university world respond to the higher education White Paper, Success as a Knowledge Economy

Hefce-funded project aims to drive economic growth and increase employment

Five years from launch, partnership proves benefits of bigger scale, according to two v-cs

Data on international collaborations hint at importance of place, politics and history

Legal battle overturned landmark ruling that may have led to routine disclosure of senior staff salaries

New book explores the anxieties of Peking and Tsinghua students caught between their parents, the Communist Party and new Western ideas about education

Money for universities will be spread ever more thinly unless enrolment numbers are brought under control, says Warren Bebbington

University revises policy after backlash from academics

Province will submit proposals in ‘coming weeks’ in a bid to avoid sudden wage increases

Gearing research too far towards industry goals can lead to short-termist approach, warns Brian MacCraith

Literature on leadership development needs much improvement considering the sector’s importance to the UK economy, says report

John Cater considers the long-term impact of the loans the Class of 2012 is now starting to repay

But could arguments over washing-up, empty honesty boxes and milk be a thing of the past at De Montfort?

But the vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana says academics must still 'push' for recognition

‘Character education’, a concept that has taken off among schoolteachers, could be coming to higher education

Both the government and resurgent left-wing groups are promoting ‘red education’ in the country’s universities

Lobbying intensifies ahead of Lord Stern's review of crucial assessment into university research performance

Universities ministers with academy experience boost nations’ standings, research finds

Janet Beer says radical action is needed to increase the number of women working at higher levels in universities

University issues public statement of support for UK being part of the EU, citing research and mobility benefits

David Lloyd finds that a journey into the Australian outback proves instructive

Sung-Mo Kang says the university has increased its support to international staff and students but it is still difficult to recruit from overseas

Pilot scheme at Lady Margaret Hall will accept 12 students who ‘would not normally apply or succeed in competing through conventional channels’

Although the UK does well in competitive grant funding, it loses out on EU structural funds

Theresa May said to want UK-wide quality system retained to protect overseas recruitment licence checks

Li Keqiang also demands institutions stop duplicating research

The responses of 10,323 scholars give THE the largest and most statistically sound reputation ranking, says Phil Baty

A UK-wide, co-regulatory system is pitched by the QAA at its annual conference while Hefce focuses on changes needed for England's market regime

Sector experts variously predict benefits and damage from lifting the lid on who earns what

Soon-to-be-released review into employability has identified the importance of work experience, students’ attitude and accreditation

David Turpin says Canada’s provincial system makes it harder to attract international undergraduate students

Prestigious event will bring together leaders from some of the world’s best universities

John Morgan looks at the policy implications from long-awaited research into graduate earnings

Major new research on graduate earnings by course and university shows social background is key

Wellcome Trust Monitor Report finds more certainty about the benefits of breakthroughs, but a mixed picture of general scientific knowledge

Graduate start-ups also show employment and turnover growth, although fewer are being founded

Event host Pompeu Fabra University is arguably the greatest legacy of 1992 Games, says Jack Grove

Universities UK analysis claims that students from the rest of the European Union ‘spend money and create jobs in all corners of the UK’

Battersea campus will tackle global challenges via linkage of science, technology, design and creative arts

Russell Group and University Alliance at loggerheads over whether next research excellence framework should assess more at university level

The UK has the most institutions in the Times Higher Education 150 Under 50 Rankings 2016

Summit will take place on 5-7 April and officially launch the 150 Under 50 Rankings 2017, ranking the world's best universities under 50 years old

New universities must seek innovative ways to improve the student experience rather than simply mimicking older institutions, says Peter Coaldrake

Muhammadu Buhari concedes he overreached his authority when he replaced university boards

The Californian institution said it will recruit top-performing graduates from the online university

Paul Blackmore explains the challenges posed by his Leadership Foundation report

Legal obligations continue to apply in transnational setting, say Lancaster scholars

Tensions between ‘tribes’ of differing prestige harms sector, says Leadership Foundation report

Salary thresholds for non-EU nationals may drive students to rival nations, warns immigration expert

Working in our local areas is much more than charity for higher education institutions, says Stuart Laing

But government project may not capture ‘value added’ by some universities and courses, critic warns

Twenty-five years after it was founded to promote openness in the post-Soviet era, the Central European University is grappling with new threats to democracy

Hermann Hauser, who led efforts to launch Catapult network of commercialisation centres, sees a major cultural difference between UK and Germany

Elite universities are unhappy that new rules targeting charities and big business will hit institutions hard, says Wendy Piatt

Replacements sought for departing Craig Calhoun and Sir Leszek Borysiewicz

Academics often think 'global' is the opposite of 'regional', and that isn't so, says Martin Paul

Angela Eagle says that EU membership is vital for the future of universities and the economy