By Times Higher Education Staff. University admissions should be anonymised to prevent a bias against black and ethnic minority students, a thinktank has said. More...

By Martyn Hammersley. There have been some high-profile examples of the mis-selling of goods and services, such as insurance, that have no value to the people buying them. More pervasive, of course, is over-selling: the making of exaggerated claims for products and services. Recently, I have begun to reflect on whether some recent efforts to promote social science to politicians and the public could fall into this category. More...

By Holly Else. The European Commission’s former chief scientific adviser has spoken out about the ‘push back’ she said she received against her role in Brussels. More...

By Jack Grove. Many universities are using “unlawful” terms allowing them to make “unfair” changes to courses midway through a degree, a consumer watchdog has said. More...

By John Elmes. The government has reversed a decision to offer extra teacher training places to schools at the expense of universities. More...

By John Morgan. English vice-chancellors have warned Labour not to commit to lowering fees to £6,000, saying the policy would lead to funding cuts for universities. More...

By John Morgan. The head of England’s funding council has warned that increased recruitment from the European Union hides a “flattening” in English student numbers, and called the council’s status as monitor under the new counter-terror bill “a gift not asked for”. More...

By Chris Havergal. A new study has found restrictions on freedom of expression at four out of five UK universities. Across 115 higher education institutions included in the first ever Free Speech University Rankings, produced by the online magazine Spiked, 135 bans were instituted or upheld over the past three years. More...

By Chris Havergal. More than two-thirds of all graduates stay close to home for their first job, a new report reveals.
Analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency data by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit, published on 4 February, identifies four distinct graduate migration patterns within the UK. More...

By Chris Havergal. The next parliament is likely to include a disproportionately high number of MPs who graduated from Oxbridge, new research suggests. More...