By Holly Else. A UK university-business incubator has been voted the best in Europe. An international ranking placed the incubator as second in the world when compared with more than 800 from 60 countries. More...

By John Morgan. Announcement follows immigration minister’s statement on student visa crackdown. The UK’s quality watchdog will mount an inquiry into 14 British university branch campuses in London, after a minister threatened “further action” into student visa abuses. More...

By John Morgan. Richard Lloyd to call for universities to be judged on graduate employment. The executive director of consumer body Which? will urge the sector to “get its house in order” and call for universities to be judged on how their graduates perform in the labour market. More...

By Chris Parr. Universities are “overshadowed” by research and teaching methods dating back hundreds of years, stifling innovation, a conference has heard. Geoff Mulgan, chief executive of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, said that although universities should to some extent act as “sanctuaries” of learning, more needed to be done to ensure that they remained relevant. More...

By Chris Parr. LSBF says many of its students do have the right to work. A Home Office suggestion that about 300 international students at a private college have been working in contravention of their visas was based on a misunderstanding of their right to work, the institution has said. In a statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday, immigration minister James Brokenshire said that although overseas students at private colleges are not allowed to work, the London School of Business and Finance “has 290 foreign students who worked and paid tax last year”. More...