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By Joe Sandler Clarke. Freedom of speech has become a “sexual fetish” in the West in light of the Charlie Hebdo terror atrocity, according to academic and writer Will Self.
The professor of contemporary thought at Brunel University London told an audience at Soas, University of London, that he had been concerned by the response to the events in Paris, where millions of people took to the streets chanting the slogan “Je Suis Charlie” in solidarity with the journalists who were killed last week. More...

By John Elmes. U-turn follows Hefce pledge to underwrite inclusion. A government agency has confirmed that it will now be funding teacher training students’ participation in the 2015 National Student Survey despite having previously announced that it no longer wished to do so. More...

By Times Higher Education Staff. The head of Ucas has urged universities to “move quickly” and make clear how they intend to ensure fair admissions in the light of A-level reforms. More...

By Joe Sandler Clarke. Graduate recruitment is set to reach its highest level in more than a decade, according to new research. A study by High Fliers Research predicts that employers will create 8.1 per cent more entry-level vacancies in 2015, building on an increase of 7.9 per cent in 2014. More...

By Joe Sandler Clarke. Employers should have more of a say in the design and delivery of the curriculum at universities in order to produce “work-ready” graduates. More...

By Paul Jump. Science and universities minister says more must be done on issue. The suggestion that promoting more women and ethnic minorities to senior university positions amounts to “dumbing down” is ludicrous, universities and science minister Greg Clark has said. More...

By Paul Jump. The publisher of Nature is to merge with the world’s second largest science publisher, Springer. The merger of Macmillan Science and Education and Springer was announced on 15 January. More...

By  Matthew Reisz. The British Library has announced an ambitious “vision for its future development” over the next eight years. Living Knowledge: The British Library 2015-2023, due to be launched by chief executive Roly Keating this evening with a call for renewed and sustained investment in the UK’s knowledge infrastructure, describes the challenging context. More...

By John Morgan. Three of the UK’s funding bodies want to “re-test assumptions” about the importance of comparability of standards across the sector’s institutions. More...

By John Morgan. Government plans to tackle “extremism” will have a “seriously inhibiting effect on bona fide academic debate in universities”, MPs and peers warn. More...