By Holly Else. Trinity College Dublin and the University of Limerick become the first organisations outside the UK to gain an Athena SWAN charter mark for gender equality. More...
Number of German students in UK drops for first time since 2007
By Ellie Bothwell. Report attributes decline to UK government trebling tuition fees. More...
Branch campus death knell ‘over-exaggerated’, says offshore provost
By Ellie Bothwell. Head of University of Nottingham Malaysia says too much emphasis placed on small number of closures. More...
Warwick students represent US prisoners on death row
By Ellie Bothwell. Law students from the University of Warwick have so far been involved in 36 death penalty cases in the US. More...
President’s doctor to lead new Turkish medical university
By Jack Grove. Health leaders express fears for institution’s independence after Erdoğan appoints his physician and party deputy. More...
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn to lead gender equality review in Ireland
By Jack Grove. Former European Commissioner to lead a national review to address “systemic gender inequality” in higher education. More...
Student debts to exceed £50,000 for poorest, says IFS
By Jack Grove. Institute for Fiscal Studies says George Osborne’s Budget changes will also hit middle-earning graduates by more than £6,000 on average. More...
City University London to join University of London
By Jack Grove. Business-focused City will join the University of London next year. More...
Hefce reveals £150m cut
By John Morgan. Funding council details how cash will be saved from English universities’ 2014-15 and 2015-16 budgets after George Osborne demanded extra cuts. More...
Proposal to force current students to pay more for loans ‘cynical and immoral’
By John Morgan. Government attacked by Hepi president for backtracking on pledge to increase loan repayment threshold. More...