London Metropolitan University is to lose its licence to teach foreign students, it has been reported, becoming the first UK university to be stripped of its Highly Trusted Sponsor status by the UK...
The higher education sector's second biggest union is to ballot for strike action over the 1 per cent pay offer from universities.
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With Adrian Smith leaving BIS, former Whitehall insider David Bell considers the qualities his replacement will need