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The resignation of a rector is an opportunity to tackle corruption in Kosovo’s academy, says Peter Geoghegan

‘Savage reduction’ in overseas recruitment feared after new minister’s speech

David Willetts highlights possible delay in filling extra undergraduate places

People of Indian and Chinese descent in England and Wales are almost twice as likely to have a degree as white British people, a new study says.

Labour have accused the coalition of “complete confusion” after Vince Cable said the write-off estimate on student loans will be revised downwards.

The government’s new immigration minister has threatened to make it tougher for education institutions to keep their student visa licences.

Parties exhorted to prioritise research investment and internationalisation

We must press politicians to show how a future government will support the sector, says Christopher Snowden

Willetts hints that ‘unplanned’ expansion after cap lifts will be scrutinised

Adding 30,000 extra places will spread teaching funds even thinner, sector figures warn

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But overall net migration still shoots up following influx from EU

Meeting at Treasury hints at moves to repair visa policy’s harm to universities

‘No preconceptions’ as Higher Education Commission begins exploration of long-term financial sustainability

Andy Westwood, former New Labour special adviser, asks what went wrong with skills policy

A vision to revive a depressed Sussex town by building a university is succeeding

Appointment revealed by Tory MP Nadine Dorries in Commons

Nick Clegg has defended the Liberal Democrats’ decision to back higher fees and said “wild predictions” about their impact have proven unfounded

Phil Ashworth on how to get scientific experts inside the political machine

Malcolm Gillies on why the metropolis could (and perhaps should) go it alone

Hepi director’s mea culpa comes as he considers ‘problems in the status quo’

Michael Gove has vetoed plans for a free school sponsored by the Institute of Education, as the proposal failed to reach the government’s “high bar”

MPs in charge of examining public spending “don’t have confidence” in the government figures behind the £200 billion student loans system.

Grant letter keeps new cuts down and widening participation funding stays

Striking academics call for better pay, but the PhD students who support their work are suffering even more, Fern Riddell says

Could England force a similar reversal? Howard Hotson asks

But possibility could still be open if strong case made to EU

Tristram Hunt, Labour’s shadow education secretary, has been criticised by party colleagues after crossing a University and College Union picket line

The government has delivered a £125 million cut to higher education funding in today’s grant letter, while criticising vice-chancellors on pay

The Home Office has suspended an organisation’s English language tests for immigration purposes after cheating was allegedly uncovered on some exams.

England’s funding council has been forced to abandon plans to examine a draft of the grant letter due to continued budget battles within government

Suggestion that wrangle over Access to Learning Fund is now delaying letter

Chair of Commons committee wants universities to ‘pull their socks up’ and tackle gender inequality

SLC data show two private institutions received more than the globally renowned London School of Economics and Soas

The UCU’s action is about fairness, equality and defending public higher education, say Tom Hickey and John Holmwood

No consensus among student representatives on segregated audiences for campus events, THE poll suggests

Palestinian scholars welcome the American Studies Association resolution

Alistair Carmichael hits back at Michael Russell’s claims of xenophobia in Westminster

Independence would also leave Scotland off international ‘top table’ for research

A commitment by government to consult over a long-term plan for science capital investment has been welcomed by the Lords Science and Technology Committee.

The new chair of the Student Loans Company will be Chris Brodie, chair of council at the University of Sussex and a former investment banker

Australia’s top universities have asked to be freed from price capping for courses with the highest graduate-earning premium

Fees would be a focus in Competition and Markets Authority investigation, sources believe

Human rights invoked in guaranteeing female-free seminars

Scotland’s universities are being damaged by a Westminster immigration policy that is “driven by Ukip and a nasty xenophobia”

Queen’s and Ulster can take part in Science Foundation Ireland’s Investigators Programme

Arguing the case for market forces in higher education will become harder if a university looks likely to fail, warns Emran Mian

George Osborne “must step back” from forcing cuts “that will cause such damage to universities”, the Universities UK president has warned.

Universities face “difficulties” in planning student recruitment because of a row in government on whether to scrap funding for the poorest students.

Figures show effect of £9,000 tuition fees and relaxation of student number controls

Delayed approval from No 10 raises questions about future of role

UEA head blames home secretary for UK’s first fall in international students

Does more mean better or worse?

Vince Cable has told MPs he agrees that scrapping student opportunity funding would “most impact” groups such as low-income and disabled students.

A vice-chancellor has backed those fighting to save funding for poorer students that is under extra pressure now research money is said to be “safe”

Peers to look at whether damage is being done to universities

The number of non-EU students at UK universities fell by 1 per cent last year, the first such decline ever recorded.

Scientists can speak more freely without fear of being sued, explains Síle Lane

Familiar scenarios may have academics rolling, or reeling, in the aisles

Student Loans Company payments suspended until proof given to support residence claim