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The UK¡¯s draft Modern Slavery Bill is insufficient, sociologist Margaret Archer argues

Iran shaped the career of Annabelle Sreberny, professor of global media and communications at Soas, but doing research there remains difficult

Realising Opportunities project helps aspiring undergraduates from poor areas gain places at elite research institutions

Hard times for state-funded institutions require forceful restatement of their benefits to society, Simon Marginson says in Clark Kerr Lecture

Recruitment is under way for Yachay University, a new campus that the country hopes will usher in a research and innovation culture

The art of making firm friends starts with making it easy for companies to say ¡®yes¡¯ to your approaches, say insiders. Plus the latest higher education appointments

V-c hires law firm amid suggestions the case against her includes a complaint about her management style

Warwick staff concerned about ¡®single cash metric¡¯ used to identify redundancies in life sciences

The UK risks losing the global race to exploit the thinnest material on the planet, warns university leader

Party policy is to remove non-European Union students from the UK¡¯s net targets

A group of medical charities spent more on health research last year than two government funding bodies, according to a report

Scottish government wants immigration powers devolved to Holyrood

Senior professors express ¡®outrage¡¯ at Glasgow¡¯s decision to reduce investment

Swiss-French scientist says he just wants to have fun

Universities should encourage graduates to stay in the city where they studied by helping them to find jobs and housing, a report recommends.

Simon Nelson tells Times Higher Education podcast original claims were ¡®overhyped and unrealistic¡¯

Universities have suffered a cut in initial teacher training (ITT) places as the government continues to expand its Schools Direct policy

April McMahon blames ¡®years of underinvestment¡¯ for tumbling league table positions

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David Willetts, the former universities minister, ranks among ¡°34 leading social scientists¡± awarded fellowship status by the Academy of Social Sciences

Universities have set out their plans to reform the sector¡¯s largest pension scheme.

A French academic has won the Nobel Prize for economics for his work on market power and regulation

Four PhD students from UK universities have made it to the final of a competition that challenges them to present their research in three minutes

A new approach to teaching economics being piloted at eight leading universities has been criticised by campaigners

Labour¡¯s Chuka Umunna wants to ¡°hold universities¡¯ feet to the fire¡± on the ¡°unacceptable lack of diversity in their leadership and their senior staff¡±

Nearly two-thirds of higher education staff say their work performance has suffered as a result of mental health problems, according to a survey

Shadow education secretary tells conference of party¡¯s ¡®direction of travel¡¯ ahead of 2016 elections

Vince Cable is announcing a new set of measures designed to stem the fall in Indian students choosing to study in the UK

University College London has apologised after its email system was hacked, leaving students with thousands of spam emails in their inboxes.

Could training schemes for teachers help to improve student learning? asks Graham Gibbs

Flexible model at West Midlands institution providing ¡®budget¡¯ higher education means students can balance their study, work and care commitments

Hefce move could signal the end of single regulatory body

MP attacks Labour¡¯s plan and urges his own party to spend spare public funds on bursaries

Tribunal ruling against pay transparency will not extend to senior managers at King¡¯s College London

Positive feedback as agency makes recommendations after controversy over student grades at the School of Management

The combined results of this year¡¯s three main UK university league tables are in

Physical sciences students from southwest England travel almost five times further to study than those originally from London who read education, according to data highlighted by the Higher Education Funding Council for England

UCU wants answers to questions about campus location and job losses if proposal goes ahead

New powers for the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales are ¡®disproportionate¡¯, say Assembly members

OXI: An Act of Resistance, a documentary film made by Kingston University scholars, views austerity-era suffering through the lens of Sophocles

UCU warns that academics at older universities could be up to ?21,000 a year worse off in retirement than those at newer institutions

Women find cultural attitudes impede their career advancement, says university leader

MEPs reject candidacy of right-wing Hungarian Tibor Navracsics to education, culture, youth and citizenship portfolio

Glyn Maxwell, whose departure follows Marina Warner¡¯s exit, claims the importance of high-profile academics is ¡®lost¡¯ on Essex

World Bank report says countries of sub-Saharan Africa need more and better postgraduate qualifications

In a shifting employment landscape, academics are urged to drive their own progress rather than letting it happen by accident. Plus the latest higher education appointments

The University of Glasgow has become the first university in Europe to commit to divesting from the fossil fuel industry, campaigners have said.

Watchdog responds after business secretary¡¯s ¡®dross¡¯ remark

The 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been shared by three scientists for their work on the development of nanoscale microscopy.

Plymouth University has appointed a new chair of governors after the previous post-holder stepped down amid ongoing controversy at the institution

The coalition¡¯s move to allow for-profit colleges more access to student loans opened the door to ¡°a lot of dross¡±, Vince Cable has admitted

Vince Cable has predicted that the Conservatives could raise fees ¡°significantly¡± and abolish student grants if they win power at the election

The head of the University of Oxford has said he is ¡°baffled¡± by the UK¡¯s ¡°hostile¡± student visa system, and called for a shift to evidence-based policymaking

A consultation has been launched on the future of quality assurance in UK higher education