By Chris Havergal. University College London has agreed to pay nearly £300,000 compensation to students who were forced to live in noisy, vermin-infested accommodation, just weeks after refunding £120,000 in a similar case. More...

By Chris Havergal. Vice-chancellors have called for the teaching excellence framework to be “decoupled” from decisions about the tuition fees that universities are allowed to charge. More...

By Chris Havergal. Universities should expect to take ‘primary responsibility’ for many areas of support, minister says. More...

By Chris Havergal. New university curricula that include training in innovation and entrepreneurship are to be introduced in the United Arab Emirates in collaboration with Stanford University. More...

By Chris Havergal. The Open University has confirmed plans to shut seven of its regional centres, triggering strike action by union members. More...

By Chris Havergal. Government relaxes student loan eligibility rules but confirms plan to freeze repayment threshold, as student opportunity funding also targeted. More...

By Ellie Bothwell. Coventry University has picked up the title of University of the Year at the Times Higher Education Awards 2015. More...

By Ellie Bothwell. Enrolments at public colleges and universities in Canada passed the 2 million mark in the 2013-14 academic year, led by a growth in international students. More...

By Ellie Bothwell. Institution’s student federation concerned about the ‘cultural issues of implication involved in the practice’. More...

By John Morgan. England’s current plans for a teaching excellence framework rely on “proxies” for teaching quality and there can be “no substitute” for measures of graduate learning outcomes, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s head of education. More...