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New 1994 Group chair tells Simon Baker that the coalition is sleepwalking into a postgrad crisis

Fall in number of research fund applications sees rise in proportion of winners. Paul Jump reports

Penn State scandal shows sport's stranglehold on American academy. Jon Marcus reports

David Willetts was forced to call off a lecture yesterday evening after the event he was due to speak at was disrupted by student protesters.

One of the UK’s biggest private providers has set out bold plans to become a university, more than double in size and takeover or link up with other “complementary institutions” both in Britain and abroad.

The University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit has found itself back in the spotlight with the leak of over 5,000 emails seemingly to and from its academic staff.

A new chief executive has been appointed to the Natural Environment Research Council almost five months after its previous head stepped down.

A “poverty penalty” is restricting access to higher education for poor Londoners, particularly those living in richer boroughs, a new report says.

By Scott Jaschik, for

The University of Southampton’s first overseas campus has begun enrolling students after the project received academic accreditation from the Malaysian authorities.

Academics at Birkbeck, University of London have called for the government to suspend its higher education reforms.

A new Department of Chemistry is to be established at Lancaster University, more than a decade after its old department was closed.

The universities of Dundee and Abertay Dundee have issued a joint statement with the Scottish Funding Council asserting that they will not merge.

The revelation that four out of five bidders for the 20,000 cut-price undergraduate degree places are further education colleges may be disguising the fact that many are simply bidding to "stand still".

The new head of the 1994 Group has marked the start of his tenure with an outspoken attack on the coalition's higher education policy, arguing that it "lacks ambition".

Universities could see recent record financial surpluses wiped out if the decline in applications from some sections of the international-student market continues, the chair of governors at a Russell Group institution has warned.

These "neck pieces" - necklaces made entirely of hair - are the work of Kerry Howley, a recent jewellery graduate from Middlesex University.

British academics working in the UK for wealthy US institutions are being urged to unionise to improve pay and to counter "potential threatening behaviour" from employers.

The most happily international higher education systems aren't the superpowers. John Gill writes

Government reforms challenged as MPs hear all providers face tough times. Sarah Cunnane writes

Off-site store causes problems after Soas Library refurb cuts capacity. Matthew Reisz writes

Judgment rejects narcoleptic's case as it would make OIA a legal 'surrogate'. Jack Grove reports

Study finds class and gender inequality in Ghana's and Tanzania's universities. David Matthews writes

Few scholarly cheers for author's 'branded' vision of accessible higher education. Sarah Cunnane writes

Simon Baker on an analysis that has plenty to say about the government's direction of travel

'Transnational' education isn't dying, but it is changing. Jon Marcus reports on Western institutions' moves to mitigate the risks of foreign outposts, thanks to a little help from their hosts

Majority of staff complain about lack of leadership and guidance in a new survey. Jack Grove reports

Asia, India and Middle East are becoming study-abroad destinations of choice, reports Jon Marcus

English universities enjoy the greatest freedom from state interference in Europe, according to research.

A university that has been on the funding council’s “at risk” list for 12 years – longer than any other in England – has been removed from the register.

By Elizabeth Murphy, for

Five times as many further education colleges as universities have bid for places under the government’s cut-price student numbers margin in 2012-13.

Tuition fee waivers should be scrapped in favour of bursaries, according to a former president of the National Union of Students.

The UK remains the top destination for students from the US looking to study abroad.

A Turner Prize-winning artist has criticised a decision by a university art school to concentrate more on digital-based courses in a restructure that threatens around a dozen jobs.

A professor of English studies at the University of Strathclyde has been named as the new director of research at the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Universities in the UK should be wary of any attempts by the European Commission to take greater control of higher education policy as it could present a threat to institutional autonomy, a vice-chancellor has told a House of Lords committee.

Dissenters claim Russell Group institutions will still be unfairly advantaged. Paul Jump reports

Committee takes note of arguments from sector that reforms should be deferred, writes Simon Baker

The University of Leeds International Textiles Archive includes embroidery, fibres, stencils and pattern books, slides of processing equipment and stunning fabrics from places as far afield as Indonesia and Italy.

A risk-based approach to quality assurance could lead to more rather than less red tape for universities because the government's reforms are likely to put pressure on standards.

New shadow higher education minister also tells Simon Baker that sector reforms must be 'paused'

Nationally agreed criteria for the appointment of external examiners are to be introduced, along with a greater role for students in scrutinising the system.

Revolutions raise expectations of higher education overhaul in region, global conference hears. David Matthews reports from Qatar

Institutions tout for validation business among colleges hit by withdrawal, writes David Matthews

Envoys' visit to UK signals internationalisation's importance to Asian giant. John Morgan reports

Israeli school books' view of Arabs is dangerously biased, an educator says. Matthew Reisz reports

Sociologist author in a small pond celebrates the overlooked heroes. Matthew Reisz writes

Any attempt to legislate to make it easier for private companies to take over universities could be challenged by one of the government's own watchdogs, it has emerged.

Janet Allen says decision unconnected to probe into her former PhD student. Paul Jump reports