IELTS test provider fined £875,000 over marking failures Nearly 100,000 tests incorrectly marked due to issues with automated system By Tom Williams 11 June
Value-for-money ratings for university degrees hit 13-year high Steep rise in UK students’ happiness with programmes despite job cuts, fee rises and negativity over student loans By Juliette Rowsell 11 June
North-east universities launch joint spin-out fund Five institutions collaborate with regional mayor to support businesses built on university research By Tom Williams 11 June
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
