Raising English tuition fees ‘less popular than national service’ If next government wants to raise fees, it will have to face up to the fact that this will be ‘phenomenally unpopular’, poll finds By Tom Williams 12 June
Parents left in limbo as university plans on-site nursery closure Queen Mary says facility has been underused and is losing it hundreds of thousands of pounds a year By Tom Williams 12 June
UK higher education must beware of going too far with privatisation The less rigorous oversight of foundation courses at private providers poses a risk to the UK’s reputation for quality, says Zahid Naz By Zahid Naz 12 June
Late graduation fine a ‘hard blow’ for Dutch students, unions say Student organisations urge new coalition government to scrap €3,000 ‘late study fine’ in open letter By Emily Dixon 11 June
Conservatives target ‘rip-off degree’ closures despite warnings Commitments to spend more on research and proceed with lifelong learning entitlement also included in party’s general election manifesto By Tom Williams 11 June
Time to bin all REF open access rules, say Oxford research chiefs ‘Excessively bureaucratic’ and ‘unaffordable’ rules on open access proposed for the next Research Excellence Framework should be discarded, say university executives By Jack Grove 11 June
Media degrees dominated by London and south-east – report British Academy report also expresses concern about fall in number of academic staff working in media studies By Patrick Jack 11 June
Opportunity and risk as Norway embraces defence research As Russia prompts security fears, steering group advises greater collaboration between civilian and military research. By Emily Dixon 11 June
Oxford accepts record number of ethnic minority students Figures also showed record 50.1 per cent of postgraduate students for the 2023 admissions cycle were from outside the European Union By Patrick Jack 10 June
Lib Dems: hold university funding review ‘in next parliament’ Party also commits to taking international students out of migration figures at manifesto launch By Tom Williams 10 June
UK pay talks reach crunch point as unions debate employer offer Falling inflation and no strikes have taken the sting out of negotiations this year, but that hasn’t made reaching an agreement any easier By Tom Williams 10 June
Staff and students condemn ‘greedy’ 440 per cent parking fee hike Petition says University of Plymouth proposal would increase monthly prices from £12.50 to £67.50 By Patrick Jack 10 June