Languages needed for 'national security'
A British Academy report urges universities to help stem a decline in provision of languages with āstrategic importance for defence and diplomacyā.

A British Academy report urges universities to help stem a decline in provision of languages with āstrategic importance for defence and diplomacyā.

An advanced computer network designed specifically to serve the research and education sector has been launched.

Coalition government policy to create a market in higher education has pushed Englandās sector into āa terrible muddle, unmatched in the worldā.
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An independent Scotland would seek to continue to share research councils with the remainder of the UK, a new blueprint for independence has said.

The sale of student loans to a consumer debt company ādoesnāt make economic senseā, according to the National Union of Students

Ministers may cut student grants worth £350 million and reduce research funding by £215 million, according to a report of leaked documents

The British Council has launched an online list of student recruitment agents that have signed up to certain principles.

Sir Ivor Crewe - master of University College, Oxford - has been appointed as the next president of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Twenty institutions have been announced as winners of the Queenās Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education.

Universities UK warns rights of religious speakers could be ācurtailed unlawfullyā if institutions insist on mixed seating

Business secretary talks of āsignificant advanceā in college higher learning
The European Unionās flagship schemes to support higher education, Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+, have received substantial increases in their budgets.

Peers criticise āad hocā spending announcements on infrastructure

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