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Articles by Simon Baker
University of Birmingham vice-chancellor David Eastwood has been selected as the new chair of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities.
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford during a ceremony at the institution’s Sheldonian Theatre.
The next government spending review and general election could bring changes for universities that would make recent reforms look like “marginal tinkering”, the new head of a mission group has warned.
Ministers are to move forward with plans to lower the qualifying threshold for university title from 4,000 to 1,000 students, the government has confirmed.
Dozens of university chancellors and heads of governing councils have written to the prime minister backing calls for international students to be removed from net migration statistics.
Data showing that Australian universities have continued to increase their revenue from overseas fees despite recent falls in applications have prompted a debate over rising charges.
Coalition government ministers have written to England’s funding council and the Office for Fair Access asking them to develop a “shared strategy” on helping students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The UK has been placed 10th in a ranking of the world’s best higher education systems, with the US topping the list.
Universities will work to give students “clear and accurate” information about the additional costs of courses following an agreement between the National Union of Students and bodies representing UK institutions.
Almost one-quarter of students in the UK receive less lecture time than they thought they would get before they started university, a new report has revealed.
The judges for this year's Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards have been announced, as the deadline for entries draws closer.
Tuition fees and education contracts took over from funding body grants as the most important income source for UK universities in the most recent full academic year, according to the latest statistics.
Sally Hunt has been re-elected as general secretary of the University and College Union after defeating her only opponent Mark Campbell by a margin of 6,835 votes and gaining 73 per cent of the ballots cast.
Conservative education secretary is said to be pushing for oversight of higher education. Simon Baker reports
Simon Baker asks if a unified department would mean more institutions open free schools
The University of Oxford has received a multi-million-pound gift for postgraduate humanities study aimed at the world's most promising scholars amid concern that public funding cuts could make such courses the preserve of elite institutions.
The UK's higher education system must become "less precious" and emulate the "messier" half of the US model if it wants to succeed, a leading scholar has argued in an analysis of the policy errors affecting the sector.
Les Ebdon could face a legal challenge from universities if he tries to use the "nuclear option" of capping their tuition fees because they are failing to recruit enough students from poor backgrounds.
Budget-driven cuts mean language studies are now unavailable in some regions. Simon Baker reports
Les Ebdon has been formally appointed as the new director of fair access, with business secretary Vince Cable telling the parliamentary committee that rejected him there were no “new, relevant facts” preventing his selection.
A private company that specialises in long-term multi-million pound deals to build and run student facilities has extended its reach in the sector with a new ?57.2 million contract with Nottingham Trent University.
Business secretary overrules committee on Ebdon in a politically charged process. Simon Baker writes
Ebdon's Iceland holiday may have facilitated BIS panel's cold shouldering, reports Simon Baker
Survey finds course suitability is still the overriding factor influencing applicants. Simon Baker writes
