UKIP would make STEM tuition-fee free, and revise net migration count
Nigel Farage’s party also pledges to bar EU students from accessing student loans
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Failing to share publicly funded HE resources ‘immoral’
Spending public money on higher education resources that cannot be shared openly borders on being “immoral and unethical”, a conference has heard.
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Lib Dem manifesto pledges regulation and review for higher education
Party sets out stall – but avoids pledges on fees
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Queen’s to cut almost 240 jobs and hundreds of student places
Plans to axe 236 jobs and reduce student numbers by more than 1,000 have been announced by Queen’s University Belfast
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Tory manifesto promises ‘framework on teaching quality’
Tougher student visa regime and more employment data for applicants also mooted
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Greens commit to abolishing fees and student debt
Manifesto says party would reintroduce block grant for universities
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American Sniper campus screening banned then reinstated
By Jake New, for Inside Higher Ed
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V-cs go to Brussels to lobby against cuts
Around 30 UK vice-chancellors have travelled to Brussels to lobby European policymakers against potential cuts to research funding.
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Labour alters funding proposal for fees plan
Tax avoidance savings now part of measures to fund £3K fees cut
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Times Higher Education's parent company acquires UniJobs
Acquisition of global jobs network marks further investment in “dynamic” higher education sector
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BIS civil servant to be new GuildHE chief
Gordon McKenzie is latest to leave department
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Pension cost rise looming for universities
University pension costs rose slightly last year, but may increase significantly in 2016 as major reforms take effect, according to pension experts.
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UAL takes legal action against student occupiers
The University of the Arts London is taking legal action to evict students who have staged a three-week occupation of one of its art schools.
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Big student vote coming in election, survey suggests
Students are planning to vote in huge numbers in the general election, according to a survey, despite many lacking faith that doing so will help improve their lives.
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Students ‘moved out’ to make room for science festival
Postgraduate students at the University of Bradford claim they are being kicked out of their accommodation over the summer so rooms can be rented out to people attending a science festival.