HEFCE is contributing to a new initiative to support more effective responses to cutting crime.
The Home Secretary has today announced a new £10 million Police Knowledge Fund to support education and research collaborations between police forces and higher education institutions. More...

A number of documents have been published on the REF web-site.
Following publication of the results of the 2014 REF in December 2014, the REF team has published a number of reports giving additional information about the REF process and management. More...

The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Minister for Universities and Science have today confirmed funding allocations to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for financial year 2015-16. More...

Nur jeder vierte ausländische Studierende möchte nach dem Studium in Deutschland bleiben. Zu Beginn des Studiums wollen dies noch zwei Drittel. Hauptgrund für die Abwanderung sind Barrieren: Sprache, Bürokratie, mangelnde Willkommenskultur. Das zeigt eine aktuelle Studie. Mehr...

By Santi Carneri. Thousands of Brazilian and Angolan students are heading to Asuncion to enroll in doctoral and other graduate programs offered by scores of private Paraguayan universities even though the academic standards of some colleges are being questioned by education officials.
Most graduates from these countries share the same goal: to earn a specialized diploma faster and less expensively than in their own countries, opening the door to advancement in public sector employment. More...

The Nasarawa Government on Monday warned proprietors of private higher institutions in the state against charging exorbitant school fees.
Alhaji Husseini Abubakar, the state overseeing Commissioner for Higher Education, gave the warning while addressing the management of Suleiman Memorial College of Education, Gadabuke, Toto local government area of the state.
Abubakar said that charging exorbitant fees was inimical to educational growth, peace and national development. More...

By Julie Hareandrew Trounson. INTERNATIONAL student fees would not act as an effective cap on domestic fees under deregulation because they could be easily manipulated to benefit the circumstances of individual institutions, says a leading policy expert.
“What is to stop institutions trading off lower international student numbers for higher domestic fees?”asked Gavin Moodie, an adjunct professor in education at RMIT. More...

Vocational education and training (VET) has found its way into the European Union (EU) Presidency priorities once again. The Latvian EU Presidency stresses in its programme that it ‘will continue working on enhanced cooperation in vocational education and training, having regard to both previous achievements and current and future challenges.’ More...

The challenges of the 21st century require new approaches to learning for work. Vocational education and training (VET) in Europe is evolving, but we need a clearer vision of what modern VET systems should look like. This was the central message of Cedefop Director James Calleja’s presentation to the European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) Committee, in Brussels on 29 January. More...