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Private school pupils are three times more likely than their state-educated peers to reach the high-achieving AAB grade threshold at A level that affords entry to “the most selective universities”, Nick Clegg has warned.

Confidence in the graduate jobs market has dipped among final-year students and salary expectations have stagnated as universities prepare to introduce fees of up to £9,000 a year in the autumn.

One of the longest-serving vice-chancellors in the UK higher education sector has announced he will retire next year to pursue activities including a master’s degree in philosophy.

By Kaustuv Basu for Inside Higher Ed

Debate on social mobility is too focused on university access, Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has argued.

More than half of the UK students who took part in Erasmus in 2010-2011 come from just 20 universities, most of which are Russell Group institutions.

The University and College Union has condemned plans by the University of Sussex to “privatise” some 235 of the 2,200 jobs at the institution.

An associate editor of a leading Elsevier journal has resigned, claiming the publisher is “denying developing countries access to research findings”.

Universities UK is appealing to the prime minister to remove overseas students from the net migration count, ahead of a possible backlash against the sector arising from the next batch of immigration figures.

Growing levels of performance management are threatening to destroy collegiate relationships between academics and administrators, a study has claimed.

Technology posts go unfilled as academy restates the value of liberal arts degrees. Jon Marcus writes

Biologist risks 'gross misconduct' over comments on Queen Mary restructuring. John Morgan writes

Canterbury recovery continues apace 15 months after Christchurch quake. Rachel Williams writes

David Matthews meets new ABS head Paul Marshall, who wants the business schools to find their voice

The University of Aberdeen ducked any further accusations of promoting "quackery" by deciding against establishing a chair in a form of alternative medicine that advocates mistletoe as a cure...

Elite league's v-cs say Madrid's 25% cut to science will cause long-term harm. Elizabeth Gibney writes

Capital funding

Humanities and social sciences must cultivate new fields to win Euro cash. Elizabeth Gibney reports

'Hell of a difference' as Horizon 2020 set to make accessibility the norm. Elizabeth Gibney reports

Cardiff's Lifetime Scholarship resembles Hunger Games, body claims. David Matthews reports