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In this blog, news editor Simon Baker considers whether we’ve seen it all before with Hefce’s proposals

Excellent teaching  ‘key priority’ for government

Possibility of body to grant higher vocational awarding power suggested in BIS consultation paper

Funding crisis could spell the end for colleges, claims Alison Wolf study

Proposals follow recommendations in independent report

Open University vice-chancellor calls on government to arrest drop in enrolment

Lack of safeguards raises ‘fundamental issue of academic freedom’

Edinburgh principal Sir Tim O’Shea warns such a system would distract from real mission

Debate over the RAB charge is misleading. England's higher education funding system is sound and flexible, argues the former universities minister

The former universities minister discusses the reforms that reshaped higher education and his first steps into academia

A babel of voices are drowning out the many real threats to intellectual freedom, warns Alan Ryan

Sector called on to embrace faith-related concerns in intellectual debates

Applications suspended until audit of processes and guidance is complete

Time needed to shift to maintenance loans means BIS savings will have to come from elsewhere, sector believes

Former minister’s policy pamphlet outlines possible cost-saving approach

Legislation leaves door open to have elections for governing body chairs

By Kellie Woodhouse, for Inside Higher Ed

England’s £9,000 fee system is “broadly fit for purpose” and “does not require wholesale reform”, but maintenance support for students should be enhanced, according to a new report

The UK’s “internationally admired system of peer review” should remain part of any future higher education quality assurance system, the head of the sector’s standards watchdog has said.

Additional support for part-time undergraduates also under consideration

Universities UK has launched its fightback against the prospect of further funding cuts with the publication of a study highlighting the economic benefits of higher education

He never lost his loathing of school, but becoming a university chancellor made the leader an ally of higher learning, writes David Cannadine

A former adviser to Vince Cable expects maintenance grants to disappear and a lower loan repayment threshold as department tackles £450m cut

Lobby group presses the case for UK science in the wake of BIS cuts of almost half a billion pounds

A conference will explore the role of “Universities in Revolution and State Formation” all the way from 19th-century Sicily to the Arab Spring.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced the government department covering higher education will have its budget for this year cut by a further £450 million.

Nicola Dandridge on the measures announced in the Queen’s Speech and their impact on the sector

Former Tory adviser on how his time at Stanford has transformed his thinking and why Moocs are indispensable

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Hepi head says £30bn export aim achievable only with cross-government effort

Universities have confirmed their opposition to any academic boycott of Israel following votes by student and lecturer groups in favour of sanctions.

The UK needs to stop using greater efficiency in research as justification for funding cuts, a vice-chancellor and ex-research council head has said.

The government should lift restrictions to allow British students to use state loans for fees abroad, the former universities minister has claimed

Education is the best possible antidote to radicalisation, the academic set to be the next vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford has said

Scientific and university bodies have reacted warily to the proposed introduction of student loans for doctoral students

Jo Johnson has pledged that the UK has “an ambition to grow” its international education activity and has committed to addressing the fall in the number of students coming from India

Academics have a duty to explain why they hold their political beliefs, says Shahidha Bari

Comments follow huge hike in net migration figures

Diana Beech explains why her choice at the ballot box was an act of defiance against other academics

Bumps are expected in decade-long shift away from market-based system

The former president of the National Union of Students explains how his background helped Labour take Ilford North from the Tories

Hepi document envisages harsher repayment terms for students and loan book sold at a loss

£6K tuition fees was the wrong idea at the wrong time. The party has to tailor its next plans for higher education to the wider climate, argues Andy Westwood

The new chair of Million+ will be Dave Phoenix, vice-chancellor of London South Bank University

Former universities minister Greg Clark issues directive within days of taking up new post as communities and local government secretary

A conference has challenged the UK government’s notion of “extremism” and the negative educational consequences that academics believe flow from it

Universities’ lobbying of the new Conservative government will focus on funding and continuing EU membership

The political scientist with the closest election prediction says the night was an intellectually challenging ‘white-knuckle ride’

V-cs likely to welcome well-connected Jo Johnson as counter to home secretary and Sajid Javid as one with the ear of the Treasury

Academics need to stand up for Europe and celebrate all the positives in higher education cooperation, argues Anne Corbett

David Bell has some words of wisdom for Jo Johnson, the new minister for universities and science, as an ‘eventful’ five years loom

The pro-European could be a key appointment in lead up to EU referendum

By Michael Stratford, for Inside Higher Ed

MP for Bromsgrove joined the Conservatives while at University of Exeter

Nine out of ten new MPs in the House of Commons are graduates and 26 per cent hold an Oxbridge degree

Blog post follows election result and confirmation of referendum on membership

Liberal Democrats Vince Cable and Julian Huppert were among the higher education figures to lose their seats last night, while former National Union of Students president Wes Streeting is now a Labour MP.

The Conservatives have secured a majority after standing on a platform to seek an EU referendum and further tighten immigration rules, which could impact on universities.

Academics working with the media and government discuss current misconceptions

UCL’s Michael Arthur discusses fears for lack of long-term financial support and of a British exit from the EU