Devolved nations

Welsh Assembly committee says institutions should receive minimum award regardless of quantity of world-class research

There are fears that new higher education legislation in Wales could make universities subject to “micro-management” by the Cardiff government.

Leaving the Union will help a world-renowned sector to further extend its reach, argues Michael Russell

But possibility could still be open if strong case made to EU

Alistair Carmichael hits back at Michael Russell’s claims of xenophobia in Westminster

Independence would also leave Scotland off international ‘top table’ for research

Scotland’s universities are being damaged by a Westminster immigration policy that is “driven by Ukip and a nasty xenophobia”

It is “hard to see” how an independent Scotland could legally continue to charge students from the rest of the UK tuition fees

Two Welsh universities have set up a centre designed to tackle educational inequality in the country.

Felipe Fernández-Armesto judges a revealing after-dinner game

An independent Scotland would seek to continue to share research councils with the remainder of the UK, a new blueprint for independence has said.

Welsh education minister says time to ‘take stock’ of Cardiff policy

OER drive by nation’s institutions will save lecturers time

New head of Higher Education Wales calls for review of funding to support students from deprived areas

A £9.8 billion shortfall in the main university pension scheme could be payable if Scotland left the UK following a vote on independence in 2014

Academic and student unions north of the border have again condemned a new code of governance for Scottish universities as “vague” and “meaningless”.

Welsh institutions hedge their bets on recollections of education minister’s term

The Cardiff government’s policy of subsidising Welsh student fees when they study elsewhere in the UK has been attacked by the Welsh Conservatives, who say it is siphoning money to English universities.

Leighton Andrews, the Welsh education minister who drove through controversial university mergers, has been forced to resign his position

The former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has been announced as the new chancellor of the University of South Wales

The Welsh government has said it will look into “radical” innovations in higher education, including compressing undergraduate degrees into two years.

Universities in Wales have launched a report that argues that they create £3.6 billion for the country’s economy every year.

Edinburgh Napier’s outgoing v-c rejects ‘tick-box’ approach to governance

Nation likely to lose fruitful position in UK research system, experts say

Robert Dunbar appointed to University of Edinburgh chair of Celtic languages

New ‘ambassador’ aims to improve access to elite institutions

University of South Wales is a behemoth with plans to become even bigger

Wales’ institutions gain funds as a result of cross-border flow under new fees regime

A new draft code of governance for Scottish universities has been condemned as “weak”, “meaningless in places” and offering “nothing new” by student and academic unions north of the border.

Overall funding for Welsh universities is set to increase by 13.6 per cent next academic year.

V-c aims for more international and postgraduate action

Proposal for government to directly fund universities could ‘damage reputation’, say respondents to White Paper consultation

Aberystwyth University is to re-launch a “pioneering” master’s degree that was withdrawn after it failed to attract any students.

Whether spurred by lofty research ambition or the prosaic hope that one can live more cheaply than two, universities’ urge to merge can bring cultural as well as organisational challenges, as recent unions show. David Matthews reports

Whether spurred by lofty research ambition or the prosaic hope that one can live more cheaply than two, universities’ urge to merge can bring cultural as well as organisational challenges, as recent unions show. David Matthews reports

New v-c of Wales’ research powerhouse is keen to sharpen focus on China, writes David Matthews

Holyrood seeks power over admissions, governance and, via the SFC, courses. David Matthews reports

Ghana tunes in for British Council’s Apprentice-style reality TV show. David Matthews reports