Southampton Solent pensions row 鈥榮ets concerning precedent鈥� Union claims that professional service staff have been told to move on to subsidiary firm with less generous pension scheme, or face losing their job By Juliette Rowsell 22 October
Fee increase won鈥檛 cover 鈥榬adical鈥� ambition of skills plans 鈥楳ore interventionist, more activist鈥� stance from government will result in deep changes to the sector, but vice-chancellors say key details missing By Patrick Jack 22 October
Merging universities doesn鈥檛 increase applications, study finds Research into impact of Norwegian reforms that saw several institutions join together indicates changes had little impact on perceptions of quality By Emily Dixon 22 October
Administration regime 鈥榗ould make university closure more likely鈥� Formalising process around market exit would make it impossible for institution to come back from the brink, fears UUK chief By Juliette Rowsell 21 October
Skills White Paper: Is extra oversight a fair price for sector stability? Questions will be asked about the Office for Students鈥� fitness to take on extra powers over quality, agents and franchising, says Diana Beech By Diana Beech 21 October
Skills White Paper: Clarity and coherence or confusion and complexity? To understand the government鈥檚 approach to education, we must await more announcements. Let鈥檚 hope they go further, says Nick Hillman By Nick Hillman 21 October
Tighter recruitment rules 鈥榯ool to lower student asylum numbers鈥� Course completion rate restrictions seen as way to tackle issue as peers mull whether new law is needed to stop student claimants By Helen Packer 21 October
Iranian student loses PhD place after 鈥榓rbitrary security checks鈥� Researcher says course at Sorbonne did not require clearance, but university decided to conduct screening anyway By Emily Dixon 21 October
Skills White Paper: key reforms at a glance Government commits to raising tuition fees and maintenance loans, with universities expected to deliver higher-quality teaching and more specialised research in return By Juliette Rowsell 20 October
Skills White Paper: Labour commits to automatic tuition fee rises Bridget Phillipson says fees to rise with inflation for next two academic years with automatic annual increases then set to be introduced By Patrick Jack 20 October
Government to back student limits for 鈥榣ow-quality鈥� universities Higher education institutions could be penalised if they offer courses deemed subpar as universities await Labour鈥檚 reform plans By Helen Packer 20 October
Universities 鈥榝ar down the list鈥� as SNP eyes another election win Mounting institutional deficits form backdrop to coming Holyrood campaign as nationalist party looks to extend grip on power By Helen Packer 20 October