By Holly Else. Conditions for female academics in some university history departments “smack still of the 1970s”, according to a new report. More...

By Holly Else. The Royal Society has not been able to find any reason why so few women were successful in securing awards from one of its fellowship schemes in 2014. More...

By Jack Grove. It was announced in April that the allowance would be restricted from 2015-16, with universities asked to make up the shortfall, a move that was branded “arrogant and out of touch” at the time by the National Union of Students. More...

By Jack Grove. England’s university access tsar boycotted a conference on student welfare after a controversial lending firm was also invited to speak. More...

By Chris Havergal. A major reorganisation of quality-related funding in Scotland will take money away from the “ancient” universities and hand it to newer institutions. More...

By Chris Havergal. The conversion of polytechnics into universities has been lamented as a “poor decision” by the business secretary. Mr Cable told the Association of Colleges’ annual higher education conference, held on 4 March, that the UK suffered from a lack of higher level and specialised apprenticeships. More...

By Chris Havergal. Strict conditions on Glyndwr University’s licence to recruit international students are to be maintained, following a Home Office review. More...

By Chris Havergal. Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has ruled out the introduction of tuition fees north of the border if his party wins next year’s Holyrood election. More...

By Chris Havergal. The introduction of £6,000 tuition fees in England by a Labour government would have a significant impact on higher education funding in Scotland and Wales, and could potentially trigger the introduction of caps on cross-border student migration, observers have said. More...

By John Morgan. The UK’s universities increased their income from overseas students once again last year, with their fee payments rising to 12.7 per cent of total income. More...