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Bridget Phillipson confirms inflationary fee rise and adds ?414 extra per year to maintenance loans

Chancellor goes ahead with 1.2 percentage point increase, hiking staff costs for already cash-strapped institutions

New Sheffield provost discusses the future of diversity initiatives, the importance of free movement of scholars and why he is missing from sector statistics

Universities will struggle to grow their way out of current financial crisis as predictions of 350,000 more students by 2035 now seen as unrealistic

New post-16 regulator finally comes into being as Welsh institutions face funding crisis

James Tooley vows to contest ¡®serious¡¯ claims as he faces inquiry at UK¡¯s oldest private university 

Diverging financial pressures are putting untold strain on common pay and pension arrangements. As recent pay awards constrain richer universities¡¯ ability to reward their staff as they see fit while pushing others into further strife, might a breaking point be close? Tom Williams reports 

Former minister says his government was right to focus on outcomes of degrees but disowns talk of ¡®Mickey Mouse degrees¡¯

Labour has put skills front and centre of its plan for government but where does the omission of higher apprenticeships from the growth and skills levy leave universities ¨C and how will these skills be funded otherwise?

Conservative Party conference divided on impact of Labour¡¯s rebalancing of skills funding

Leaders urged to be more ambitious in their proposals in order to secure long-term health of universities