Liverpool UCU votes for strike ballot
Staff at the University of Liverpool will ballot for strike action over plans to alter employees’ terms and conditions.
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King’s principal to take over at Exeter College
The outgoing head of King’s College London is to take charge of a University of Oxford college.
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Terms & Conditions: THE Leadership & Management Awards competition
These Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) apply to the Times Higher Education Leadership & Management Awards competition (the ‘competition’). The promoter of the competition will be TES...
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IMF to offer edX Moocs
The International Monetary Fund has announced it will use the edX massive open online course platform to deliver economics courses to government officials and eventually the public.
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Use of contextual data 'limited', suggests poll
A firm grasp of written English and a passion for a chosen course subject are the most desired attributes in university applicants aside from exam grades, according to a survey of admissions officers...
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Students occupy Warwick council chamber
Students are occupying the University of Warwick’s council chamber to protest against the “marketisation of higher education”.
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Research ‘already harmed’ by funding freeze
Scientific research in the UK has been harmed by the current spending freeze, a report has claimed
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Cable rules out hitting existing graduates on loan interest
Vince Cable, the business secretary, says he has “ruled out categorically” any rise in interest rates for graduates who took out student loans before 2012, while stressing that plans for a sale of...
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Rowan Williams hails 'rich heritage' of University of South Wales
The former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has been announced as the new chancellor of the University of South Wales
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Inside Higher Ed: Shifts on Agents
By Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed
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Monash, Trinity and Edinburgh join FutureLearn
The UK’s platform for free online university courses has announced its first international members.
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Milburn: Russell Group not doing enough on access
The proportion of students entering Russell Group universities who are state-educated has fallen in the last decade, a report from a government commission on social mobility has said.
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Liverpool move on contracts sparks anger
The University of Liverpool has been accused of “putting a gun to the head” of almost 3,000 staff who a union says face losing their jobs unless they accept altered working terms and conditions
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Knighthoods go to Bristol and UCL V-cs
The Queen’s Birthday Honours List includes a knighthood for Eric Thomas, the University of Bristol vice-chancellor and Universities UK president
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Student loan proposals ‘outrageous’, says Labour
The government should urgently clarify its plans for the sale of the student loan book and reassure existing graduates that their repayments will not be raised, according to Labour’s shadow higher...