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The UK¡¯s biggest employers are set to take on more graduates this year, new figures suggest

On average each Russell Group university admits just 64 of the poorest young people per year, as measured by those receiving free school meals

The UK High Commissioner in India has tried to convince Indians to study in Britain amid fears they are being deterred by red tape and exchange rates

The University and College Union has called on the government to force universities to reveal why they award large pay rises to senior staff

At least 19 additional Centres for Doctoral Training will be announced by David Willetts at Imperial College London today.

The universities of Oxford and Cambridge each secured about a?25 per cent rise in grant funding from the Wellcome Trust last year, according to the organisation¡¯s annual report

Tertiary education¡¯s impact on national development is greater than previously thought, study finds

College of Policing pushes research agenda with grants for joint projects

Exiled scholars speak of hopes for renewal and fears for lost generation

Annual report discloses payments for three senior managers who resigned

Studies based on ¡®misleading literature¡¯ may have to be revised or retracted, claims Loughborough scientist

Universities struggle to cover costs of dropouts as government support is cut

Times Higher Education assesses the differing attitudes to rising FoI demands

V-cs fail to get David Willetts¡¯ commitment to protect research spending

LSE scholars call for ¡®shorter, better, faster, free¡¯ studies and bigger share of research funding

Survey shows female graduates anticipate lower salaries

Skills, reputation and peer networks can be built online even when stuck in the lab

A fresh era dawns for one of the Russell Group¡¯s newest, and least typical, members. Plus the latest campus news from around the UK

Mergers and system restructures are increasing across Europe as a result of funding cuts

Is Imperial¡¯s appointment of Alice Gast indicative of a changing market?

New building to offer shared facilities, broad-spectrum view for booming faculty. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

Research conduct, reporting and management needs overhaul, says Lancet study

A union has attacked managers at Bournemouth University for receiving what it describes as a 30 per cent pay rise

More polling stations should be set up in universities to encourage students to vote, an MP has told the House of Commons.

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The former head of England¡¯s funding council thought the government was setting fees ¡°too high¡± at ?9,000.

The number of English students who had applied for university by mid-December is lower than in the last four years.

Imperial College London has named Alice Gast as its next president.

Scientists stuck on a ship in Antarctica as part of a research project have finally seen an end to their 10-day ordeal

Research scientists would prefer to align work with own values, study reveals

The neglected, inaccessible land beside arterial routes is the subject of an exhibition and book

Oxbridge pair predict more use of assessments of potential in admissions

Historian Sheila Fitzpatrick discusses life and scholarly work at the heart of the Soviet system

New head of Academy of Social Sciences probed government mistakes and found no shortage of data

Scientific share options flourish despite calls for boycott

A number of universities have decided to use their own funds to replace state scholarship money that was axed last year

Thailand, Cyprus and Sri Lanka initiatives bring fiscal losses and criticism

Academics turn to primary school tactics to quash bad behaviour, study finds

Daniel Sokol¡¯s honorary post at King¡¯s College London withdrawn

Move will speed promotion track, Weinberg says, but UCU remains critical

These pictures are from the archive of the lesbian photographer, writer and performance artist Tessa Boffin (1960-93), now held by the University for the Creative Arts Farnham

Student Rights¡¯ agenda questioned by LSE, Birkbeck, Goldsmiths unions

Rise in average vice-chancellorial salary far outstrips 1 per cent pay offer to rank-and-file staff

New libel laws come into force today that aim to protect academics from the threat of legal action when writing peer-reviewed material in journals

International students could be hit by new healthcare charges for migrants in the UK.

A clutch of professors have been knighted while the former head of Loughborough University is among those made a dame in the New Year¡¯s Honours.

A group of scientists remain trapped on a boat in the Antarctic after another attempt to rescue them stalled due to poor weather

Using ¡°big data¡± to help match people to courses could cut freedom of choice and ultimately put students off higher education, an expert has warned.

A former NHS manager has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor of Nottingham Trent University.

From the advice you need (but rarely get) to pick the right PhD supervisor, to an extraordinary rant about the idiocy of the research excellence framework, we reveal our most-read stories of 2013

Hundreds of people have signed a petition nominating actor Peter Capaldi to be the new rector of the University of Glasgow.