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By David Matthews. Heif review to ‘look again’ at incentives for helping small businesses, says Hefce chief. Money universities receive to boost knowledge exchange could be linked to their work with small- and medium-sized businesses, the head of the England’s funding council has hinted. More...

By Chris Parr. The University of Northampton is to open a regional office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in a bid to increase student recruitment from the region. The office, which will employ two local Malaysian staff, will be based in the Mid Valley area of the city, and will serve as an “information hub” for students and a centre for application processing in South East Asia, the university said. More...

By Holly Else. But BIS review of system says all seven councils should be retained. Research councils should develop “quantitative metrics” to evaluate how successful they are for accountability purposes, according to the latest three-yearly review of the system. More...

By Chris Parr. Former RDI shareholders set to gain extra £4 million from US parent as a result. A privately-owned online provider of UK university qualifications has been granted degree-awarding powers and now hopes to become a distance learning university. More...

By Jack Grove. University leavers have seen their starting salaries plummet over the past five years, new figures show. Research by the Complete University Guide says graduate starting salaries in professional posts fell by 11 per cent in real terms, from £24,293 to £21,702, between 2007 and 2012. More...

By Jack Grove. Prospective postgraduate students are to be given extra information on how to choose the right course thanks to a new website. Provisionally called PGT Choices, the site is designed to help applicants for postgraduate taught courses to think about what questions to ask when deciding what and where to study. More...