The income generated by education exports in Australia has fallen by 15 per cent as a result of a downturn in the number of overseas students choosing to study in the country.
David Willetts has expressed his "frustration" that the Browne Review did not address postgraduate funding, despite his own government's failure to resolve the issue.
Brazil has announced a second round of applications for a ?1.3 billion study-abroad scheme that could result in thousands of students coming to UK universities.
These images from the University of Nottingham's Manuscripts and Special Collections feature in an that has been unveiled day by day over the festive period.
The vice-chancellor of the University of the West of England has been elected as the new chair of the University Alliance as the mission group expands its membership to 24 institutions.
The funding settlement for Scottish universities for the next academic year has been welcomed by Universities Scotland and the National Union of Students.
University College London’s senior administrative officer has pressed its students’ union to drop a motion of no confidence in the provost, Malcolm Grant.
The University of California, Berkeley has unveiled plans for a new financial aid scheme explicitly aimed at helping middle-class students with their tuition fees.
Students' social backgrounds may be less of a factor in determining whether they drop out of university than was previously thought, a major study has concluded.
Concerns have been expressed about the failure of the government's innovation and research strategy to address issues such as postgraduate finance and visa regulations.
Universities charging lower tuition fees may be held to more rigorous standards than those levying ?9,000 a year, a professor of higher education policy has warned.
London Metropolitan University is set for further immediate course closures after an internal report recommended a "transformation" of postgraduate provision and the setting of relatively low tuition fees.
This brass desk set embellished with ammunition shells belonged to Lieutenant General George Francis Milne (1866-1948), Commander-in-Chief of the British Salonika Army during the First World War.
Students currently going through the higher education system are part of a "net generation" who expect instant feedback because of their heavy reliance on mobile phones, social media and video games, a conference has heard.
“Tantalising hints” have been discovered of the fabled Higgs boson – but the data are not yet strong enough to make any conclusive statements about its existence.
Another paper authored by University of Manchester professor Sylvia Bulfone-Paus has been retracted – but this one does not feature the Russian postdoctoral researchers blamed for misconduct that led to a string of retractions earlier this year.
The senate of Queen Mary, University of London, has become the latest academic body to pass a vote of no confidence in universities and science minister David Willetts.
