The University of Oxford is to benefit from a record £75 million donation in a move that may signal a shift towards an Ivy League-style model for supporting disadvantaged students.
Uncertainty surrounds departure of Durham's first female registrar. David Matthews reports
Agreement to prevent misconduct 'will reassure public and international partners'. Paul Jump writes
Bigger fines for universities recruiting too many students could lead to financial instability and at least one university is likely to fail by 2015, sector experts have warned.
End of VAT exemption could add £150m to cost of tending listed buildings. David Matthews reports
A greater proportion of medical students are male, under 30 and of a non-white ethnicity than those studying other health subjects such as nursing, midwifery and pharmacy, a report has found.
Students who undertake higher education in further education colleges may not be making informed choices, according to a major report commissioned by the government.
State cuts pushing US sector towards 'Ponzi'-style growth model, president claims. Jack Grove writes
HEC told of industry's complaints over quality, but MP rebuffs 'lazy' views. Elizabeth Gibney writes
Stand-alone university pension schemes for non-academic support staff have a combined deficit of £1.1 billion, new analysis shows.
Ignore innovative and team-based learning at your peril, HEA conference hears. Jack Grove reports
Widening accessCornish lead in county fundingStudents in Cornwall could receive up to £3,000 each from their local council in a scheme that represents a first for a local authority under current...
We have been asked to publish this message from Dr J.K. Easement, the chair of the university's Mitigating Circumstances CommitteeWill all supervisors who wish to claim mitigating assessment...
A leading plant biochemist who delighted in scientific outreach - and practical jokes - has died.Jack Pridham was born on May 1929 and educated at Thornbury Grammar School in Gloucestershire, where...
Your moving interview with the Colombian academic Miguel Ángel Beltrán ("Arrested, beaten, caged - but the state could not break him", News, 5 July) highlights the dangers academics around the world...