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Inaugural campaign to diversify income streams kicks off with £5m donation for pioneering research centre

But new report reveals that the president was not the highest-paid person on campus at more than half of institutions

Union members at the University of Aberdeen have voted to strike in protest at the axing of 150 jobs.

Glyndwr University’s new interim vice-chancellor Graham Upton has said the troubled institution is “on course for financial stability” despite a turbulent few years.

Institution may close one of its engineering schools after a 'disappointing result' in the research excellence framework

Nicola Dandridge on the measures announced in the Queen’s Speech and their impact on the sector

The UK needs to stop using greater efficiency in research as justification for funding cuts, a vice-chancellor and ex-research council head has said.

The government should lift restrictions to allow British students to use state loans for fees abroad, the former universities minister has claimed

University leaders warn government that limiting training options could result in teacher shortages

Paul Wakeling and Adél Pásztor consider the alternatives

Paul Webley calls on the academy to follow the institution’s lead and divest from fossil fuels

The University of Oxford has announced publicly that it does not invest in oil and tar sands companies.

‘Domino theory’ points to UK academy’s future financial environment

David Bell has some words of wisdom for Jo Johnson, the new minister for universities and science, as an ‘eventful’ five years loom

The University of Oxford is on track to meet an ambitious fundraising target after hitting the £2 billion milestone

But university does not opt for full divestment from industry

Support for living costs is vital to participation, but grants that help to provide it are under threat, say Nick Hillman and Nicholas Robinson

The value of donations peaks at £807m, annual Ross/CASE survey finds, but challenges of limited outreach and elite domination persist

Which institutions are building the reserves to cushion potential shocks from uncapped student recruitment and rocketing research costs?

Soas, University of London, is to divest from fossil fuels within the next three years after the institution’s governing body today approved the decision.

Washington releases ‘secret’ document naming hundreds of institutions under scrutiny

University pension costs rose slightly last year, but may increase significantly in 2016 as major reforms take effect, according to pension experts.

A different method of funding study could allow institutions to raise fees and also save the state money, argues Alfred Morris

Did rises for vice-chancellors outpace those of academic staff, and did the REF swell the salaries of star researchers? Jack Grove rings up the benefits accrued

University leaders command huge salaries. Lincoln Allison examines how asceticism gave way to abundance

England’s universities risk being “unable to deliver the scale of investment” needed to “remain internationally competitive”.

REF-based distribution of £1.6bn research pot results in some big changes

A £120 million redevelopment of the London School of Economics has been given the green light by planners.

The case for research funding in the humanities is stronger if we recognise the similarities, argues David Eastwood

Campaigners have accused the University of Oxford of dithering over a decision on whether or not to divest from fossil fuels.

As a consultation launches, employees consider the impact of the USS reforms

The UK’s universities increased their income from overseas students once again last year, with their fee payments rising to 12.7 per cent of total income.

Labour’s proposal to cut tuition fees will be funded by removing a perk from the UK’s super-rich, writes the professor of geography

As Ed Miliband announces Labour’s policy on university tuition fees, the shadow universities minister sets out his party’s plans for higher education

Ending support for cross-border students does not mean tuition fee cash would be reinvested in institutions, report warns

Allowing some universities to charge tuition fees above £9,000 a year would “create further inequity” in higher education funding, a university group has warned

University faces £17m deficit as enrolments fall while expenditures rise

Northampton is revolutionising financing by going to the market for the money it needs to ‘future-proof’ itself, says Nick Petford

Madeleine Atkins says student opportunity funding ‘will go’ unless government can see a ‘return on investment’

Excellent teaching shouldn’t cost the earth, even in a market where price is used as a proxy for quality, argues Carl Lygo

University funding levels will remain broadly similar next year to those announced in 2014, the government’s annual has today confirmed

Alumni expected to become lifelong investors in higher education, UUK and CASE Europe conference hears

A vague policy on higher education could help the party win the next election, argues Nick Hillman

The performance of the whole European research system could be harmed if changes to EU budgets go ahead, it has been warned.

Incoming Case president Sue Cunningham says that move would herald ‘real engagement’ and help to drive success

South America’s neoliberal pioneer is taking higher education out of the market. The UK should take heed, says Bahram Bekhradnia

Funding council installs overseer after permitting University of Northampton to borrow £300m for Waterside campus

Teaching postgraduates costs £11,300 on average while the figure for undergraduates is £7,700, according to a study for England’s funding council.

The impact of the introduction of £9,000 tuition fees at English universities is detailed in a new report

Despite the introduction of postgraduate loans, the government’s education funding aims remain a puzzle, says Nigel Carrington

Criticism of postgraduate loans scheme smacks of the adage: ‘never let a good deed go unpunished’, writes Andrew Wathey

Loans of up to £10,000 to be available for master’s students under the age of 30

Paul Wellings and Toni Pearce consider the impact of higher fees

Student numbers will be uncapped from 2015. Chris Havergal examines arguments for and against expansion

Removing student number caps in Australia led to a marketing explosion and a sharp rise in public spending, English higher education has been warned.

UCU passes motion as government guarantees £230 million public bond to fund Waterside campus

Some English universities are interested in the idea of buying the debt of their graduates, but it ‘may not be the smartest investment’

The current £9,000 fee system is financially unsustainable and puts higher education at risk from a failed market, according to a report

UEL vice-chancellor says it is wrong that students’ money is used to prop up local government schemes

But higher education still biggest recipient of major gifts