By Astra Taylor. The entire structure of financing higher education is broken. Superficial reform in Washington means nothing until we make tuition ... free. More...

By Anna Bawden. Equality Challenge Unit figures reveal a dismal picture for female academics with the continued dominance of men in the sector. More...

By Harriet Swain. Surprising consensus among cross-party Higher Education Commission that funding is unsustainable, says co-chair. Loans that no one expects to be repaid. No limit to the number of students institutions can recruit. If radical changes over the past two years to financing UK higher education have sometimes appeared risky, that is because they are, according to a report published this week. More...

By Jonathan Wolff. As we anxiously await the results we should remember what these assessments have made us strive for. By this time next month we will have the results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF), in which universities’ work is scrutinised and funding handed out accordingly. More...

By Sally Weale. Long-term consequences of government’s changes to funding of England’s universities called into question by influential thinktank. More...

By Natalie Gil. With no national loan scheme for postgrads, aspiring master’s and PhD students must reach out to other funding sources. More...

By Natalie Gil. As students round the country prepare for a national anti-austerity protest, we look at the way government cost-cutting is targeting the young. More...

By Matthew Reisz. A former chief executive of the Medical Research Council will this week set out his vision of how scientists can best fulfil their social responsibility. More...

By Paul Jump. Early career researchers among those targeted for extra support. The Wellcome Trust has announced significant changes to its funding schemes, including boosting support for early career researchers and introducing a new scheme for collaborative research. More...

By Chris Parr. The average US student’s experience varies widely between universities, even when the institutions are similarly selective and of a comparable size. More...

By Chris Parr. Some 78 per cent of professors, 72 per cent of senior managers and about 80 per cent of vice-chancellors and principals in the UK are men. More...