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By Chris Parr. Simon Nelson tells Times Higher Education podcast original claims were ‘overhyped and unrealistic’.
Massive open online courses will not transform education or destroy the university system, and their potential to disrupt has been overhyped, according to the head of the UK Mooc platform FutureLearn. More...

By Holly Else. A French academic has won the Nobel Prize for economics for his work on market power and regulation.
Jean Tirole, a professor at Toulouse 1 Capitole University, has secured the SEK 8 million (£690,000) award, known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. More...

By Holly Else. Four PhD students from UK universities have made it to the final of a competition that challenges them to present their research in three minutes. More...

By Jack Grove. With less than seven months left until the general election, eyes are turning towards the impact that university students may have on the outcome. More...

By Jack Grove. University applicants still rely heavily on parental advice when picking their course, a new survey says.
Almost a quarter of sixth-form students (22 per cent) say their parents’ opinions are an important factor in picking a university, while one in seven (14 per cent) go as far to say this advice is more important than their own views, according to a OnePoll survey of 500 students aged 16 to 18. More...

By Jack Grove. Universities have set out their plans to reform the sector’s largest pension scheme.
In a document published on 13 October, Universities UK confirms that it wants to end the final salary arrangements offered by the Universities Superannuation Scheme by April 2016 and move members to a career average (career revalued benefits or CRB) scheme. More...

By Chris Havergal. Welsh government ministers have offered reassurance over academic freedom as new powers for the country’s university funding council are debated. More...

By Chris Havergal. Paper by academics calls for greater transparency.
Three academics who studied the sector with the support of the British Council argue greater self-regulation and transparency is needed, including the publication of details about commission paid to agents. More...

By Chris Havergal. Universities should encourage graduates to stay in the city where they studied by helping them to find jobs and housing, a report recommends.
In return, employers could offer bonuses to support graduate recruits’ student loan repayments, according to the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce’s (RSA) City Growth Commission. More...

By Chris Havergal. Shadow education secretary tells conference of party’s ‘direction of travel’ ahead of 2016 elections.
Scottish Labour’s “direction of travel” is to rule out the introduction of tuition fees north of the border, according to the party’s shadow education secretary. More...