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Issues including whether the humanities have a place in 21st-century nations will be among those discussed at the British Council's Going Global conference next year, it has been announced.

Business schools are failing to help mid-sized companies as much as they could and so are holding back the UK's economy and society, a new report has concluded.

Schools should ignore the "dreadful snobbery" that puts pressure on them to send as many pupils as possible to elite universities, according to the head of the Office for Fair Access.

The College of Law has been granted university title and will be known as the University of Law.

Fears of a Starbucks future raised as Oxford debates Bodleian changes. Matthew Reisz reports

End ‘immoral’ barriers to access on grounds of wealth, union urges. Elizabeth Gibney writes

Fear of appearing weak may discourage staff and students from disclosing illness. Jack Grove writes

A planned strike today at Queen Mary, University of London, over the method by which academics are assessed was called off yesterday after the institution committed in writing to negotiate over any changes.

UCU survey paints picture of deteriorating workplace environment. Jack Grove reports

Oxford scholar offers full-length analysis of staged ‘two-culture’ entanglement. Matthew Reisz writes

It’s time for physics to make a big bang, the woman from the ministry tells Elizabeth Gibney

Event hears how online learning offers ‘alternative public realm’ for Iranians. Matthew Reisz reports

Supportive voices petition Cambridge authority over massive property deal. John Morgan reports

ߣߣÊÓƵ swapped its higher education quality agency for a body with more powers and a much bigger appetite for detail. A year later, the sector is still eyeing Teqsa warily, reports Paul Jump

David Matthews reports from the World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha and hears Tony Blair’s former adviser argue for university ‘turnover’

FoI reveals moves and countermoves in struggle for state cash and influence. John Morgan writes

Beware online misrepresentation, says academic mistakenly linked to tarot book. Chris Parr reports

Company’s education leader calls for greater focus on graduate employability. David Matthews reports

ESRC offers grants for ambition

A National Union of Students protest against tuition fees and youth unemployment ended in ugly scenes today when a splinter group forced the union's president from the stage during the closing rally.

Liberal Democrat MPs who signed a pledge against increasing tuition fees should not stand for re-election, according to parents quizzed in a new poll.

Students at two US community colleges are to be given access to a tailored online computer science programme delivered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), thanks to a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

A third of Britain's most high-profile people went to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, a study has found.

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BP has launched a new scholarship programme for "talented science, technology, engineering and maths undergraduates studying at nine selected universities across the UK".

Agents for international students looking to study abroad have reported fewer difficulties in obtaining student visas for the UK than last year, according to a new survey.

Universities UK has confirmed that Sir Christopher Snowden will still be its next president, after a technical error forced it to rerun the nominations process.

Critics of complementary and alternative medicine have condemned the Privy Council's decision to award a Royal Charter to chiropractors' professional body.

Grant awards success rates rise but income falls for some research-intensives. Elizabeth Gibney writes

Senior scientists critical of allocation rules and assumptions behind £100m grant for ‘gold’ fees, writes Paul Jump

Student information website provokes dismay in further education sector. David Matthews reports

Research councils benefit from external and internal pressures. Paul Jump reports

But leadership unease over mass demo lessened by hopes of campaigning dividend. John Morgan writes

Composer and banker team up for opera created by stock market patterns. Matthew Reisz reports

ߣߣÊÓƵ to anoint worst example of corporate gobbledegook in sector. Chris Parr writes

UK higher education is in a "strange situation" as the legislation required to implement wide-ranging government reforms is not in place, England's funding chief has said.

Two UK language departments may be forced to close their degree programmes because they recruited too few students for 2012-13, a lecturers' association has claimed.

The Egyptian government may shun the UK as a destination for postgraduate students on state scholarships because of frustrations over visas.

Ex-foreign secretary decries border policy debarring lucrative overseas students. Chris Parr reports

NCH looks to go from 60-student intake to degree powers, campus abroad. David Matthews reports

Essential discipline threatened by declining domestic and foreign interest

University plans to expand in Greenwich Village have sparked a grass-roots revolt, finds Ian Wylie

From 1981, the Women's Peace Camp at Greenham Common mounted a sustained non-violent protest against the first cruise missile site in the UK.

New HE minister aims to unblock channels to openness. Joanna Sugden reports from New Delhi

A scholarship scheme designed to encourage students from poor families to apply to university is not working as it was intended, the sector's access chief has claimed.

The Council for the Defence of British Universities has officially launched with a call for members, funding and ideas.