OfS green-lights three-year student caps for TEF poor performers Regulator scraps overall ratings after consultation on revamped exercise but commits to plans to limit growth at bronze providers By Tom Williams 11 June
Wrong to compare student loans to PPI scandal, says Jacqui Smith Labour politicians defend student finance system, including retrospective changes, as they suggest uplifting higher education funding is not a priority By Helen Packer 10 June
Levy puts participation in Erasmus in doubt, says Europe expert Anand Menon criticises ‘absurdities’ of government policy, pointing to contradictions in UK’s efforts to rejoin flagship exchange scheme By Georgia Luckhurst 10 June
Barring universities from China trade mission ‘massive own goal’ Sector’s absence from Starmer’s trip to Beijing and Shanghai ‘wasn’t for lack of trying’, says Birmingham vice-chancellor By Chris Havergal 10 June
Far-right radicalisation threat ‘only going to get worse’ Updates to UK counter-terror monitoring scheme incoming despite concern Prevent not built to deal with growing problem of extreme right-wing views By Georgia Luckhurst 10 June
Government to cut university teaching grant by £100 million Coming reduction in funding for high-cost subjects and access programmes ‘extraordinarily frustrating’, says Universities UK leader By Helen Packer 10 June
Hague: Oxford lectures cancelled over protests should go ahead University chancellor says both academic freedom and legitimate protest must be upheld on campus By Helen Packer 9 June
Buckingham offers cut-price business courses to win back students ‘Time is right’ to lower tuition fees for some accelerated degrees, says UK’s oldest private institution By Juliette Rowsell 9 June
UK sector wants to double industry spin-out investment UK can become ‘most attractive place in the world’ to invest in innovative companies, say v-cs By Jack Grove 9 June
Cut university student numbers by 30 per cent, thinktank says Five-year tuition fee freeze, ban on franchising and introduction of new national entry test among other recommendations from Policy Exchange By Helen Packer 9 June
New Danish government rows back on controversial master’s reforms Academics welcome coalition’s commitment to expanding STEM places, but warn hard-hit humanities subjects have been ‘hardly’ mentioned By Seher Asaf 8 June
New value for money rules ‘disproportionate’, say universities Proposed regulatory conditions are ‘too broad’, lack clear guidance and will increase burden on institutions, say sector groups By Helen Packer 8 June
