Mandela saw education as a powerful weapon for freedom
Martin Hall considers the legacy of academic values left by South Africa’s first black president
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Experts demand quality control for capless ‘free-for-all’
Legislation a must after scrapping of student quotas
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Out of the blue, into the red?
The chancellor’s decision to abolish the numbers cap is laudable but, as always, the devil lurks in the detail
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Scientific voyage into mountainous seas
Data gathering can be a dangerous business, oceanographer Penny Holliday tells Paul Jump
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Whitehall farce by the student numbers
Aldwyn Cooper takes aim at the coalition’s haphazard policymaking
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Australian v-c counts costs of uncapped system
Admissions standards have fallen to balance budgets, Adelaide chief argues
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Vice-chancellors reject pay rise
Two university leaders forgo increases as tensions over staff wage offer continue
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FE to HE progression will be hit by skills rules, engineers warn
Engineering body fears impact of post-16 maths and English workload
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Firms see value of sticking to research fundamentals
Industry and funders still back blue-skies thinking, doctoral conference hears
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Campaigners decry curbs on right to protest
Academics and students unite in condemnation of ‘violent’ crackdown on sit-ins and demonstrations
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STEM not only source of academic-business links
Survey indicates need for fresh ways to measure engagement with industry
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UK door ‘open to all’ migrants, not just brightest and best
As long as applicants fulfil language, qualifications and maintenance criteria, ‘they are welcome’, says BIS spokeswoman
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Willetts astonished by elite reaction to expansion
Russell Group critical of abolition of student numbers cap
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Neuroscientist Thelma Lovick wins tribunal victory over Birmingham
Judgment says university ‘inadequately investigated’ misconduct case
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The Gods of Olympus: A History, by Barbara Graziosi
Susan Deacy on true immortality