The chair of the council of the University of Wales has stepped down after the education minister called for him to consider his position.

One in five higher education institutions in England is seeking to lower its fee levels to less than £7,500 to bid for additional student places, the Office for Fair Access has said.

The research councils might never recoup the money they have spent on the troubled Shared Services Centre, the National Audit Office has warned in a critical report.

With acceptances way up, is over-recruitment being used to beat drop in 2012-13? asks Simon Baker

Higher education's unions are divided on the £150 national pay offer, as employers predict tougher wage battles ahead when higher tuition fees create a belief that the sector is "awash with cash".

The business world's "counter-intuitive" failure to capitalise on the UK's ever-increasing research excellence needs to be addressed by the government, the author of a report into UK research has said.

Consultation on 'unfair' system could result in students sitting A levels early. Jack Grove reports

Widespread uncertainty among partner colleges after abrupt policy shift. David Matthews reports

LSE awaits outcome of probe into Gaddafi regime gifts to publish guidelines. David Matthews reports

Frustration with audit culture has driven a scholar to murder - in fiction. Matthew Reisz investigates

Collection of scholarly essays attacks 'distorting' effects of coalition reforms. Simon Baker reports

State repeals ban against police on campus after reports of criminal activity. Jack Grove reports

The Greek research system should be overhauled to help boost economic growth, a government-commissioned review has found, as the state-reliant sector faces a squeeze in the nation's debt meltdown.

Looking from outside, one might expect that Nigeria, a country of more than 150 million people and endowed with oil reserves, independent from the UK since 1960, would have an educational system that could accord opportunities to all its youth.

Degree courses lasting just over 18 months and costing £4,800 a year are to be offered by Coventry University.

Much has been made of the supposedly supine response of vice-chancellors to the wholesale reform of higher education by the coalition government.

Cutting teaching subsidies could "kill off" evening-class courses, which are a key route into part-time degrees, a conference has heard.

Too much emphasis on graduate employability in Key Information Sets could play into the hands of private for-profit providers at the expense of universities, a vice-chancellor has warned.

David Matthews reports from Kampala on problems with public funding and academic freedom

Bath v-c tells Simon Baker how appointment strategy is vital to sector's long-term health