How easy should it be to open a university?

Mike Ratcliffe looks at why institutions have traditionally had to serve an ‘apprenticeship’, ahead of Green Paper set to change the rules

Universities must do more to help refugees, says European University Association

Shorten waiting period for financial assistance with study and create bespoke foundation courses to aid entry into higher education, the EUA recommends

Subject Ranking 2015-2016: Social sciences methodology

Academic authors could be entitled to ‘hundreds of pounds’ in uncollected royalties

Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society urges scholars to claim from pot of almost £5 million in uncollected funds

Martin Lewis: ‘I will not be government’s mule for mis-selling student loans’

MoneySavingExpert.com founder who chaired student finance task force opposes government plans to freeze repayment threshold

Alan Milburn warns against funding cuts for poorest students, as Cameron focuses on access

Government’s social mobility adviser speaks out amid suggestions Green Paper has been delayed to allow tie-in with PM speech on social mobility

University official suspended ‘for giving Robert Mugabe wrong-sized cap’

Assistant registrar of the University of Zimbabwe claims that president’s mortarboard ‘fitted perfectly well’

US community engagement fellowship aims to aid scientific collaboration

Programme from the American Association for the Advancement of Science will provide professional training for community engagement managers

Grants not debt: live tweets from the London student fees demo

Follow reporter John Morgan's live coverage of the Grants Not Debt march in London

Indian governor orders universities to scrap 'European' graduation gowns

BJP's Ram Naik calls on institutions to 'inculcate folk culture' in ceremonies amid concerns over rising Hindu nationalism

Manchester Met eviction of homeless camp causes unease for staff and students

Writing anonymously, a Manchester Metropolitan University employee speaks out on the recent eviction of the ‘Ark’

State schools versus private schools: Hefce sets the record straight

‘Transposition error’ meant funding council wrongly stated that state school leavers were more likely than private peers to get a good degree

Tweeting philosopher launches book of short-form musings

Self-proclaimed ‘failed intellectual’ Eric Jarosinski offers print version of @NeinQuarterly

Margaret Thatcher Centre to be housed at Buckingham

University with close links to former prime minister to be home for planned library, museum and resources for both education and research