What's the upper limit on overseas student fees?
That's the question being asked in a couple of articles in the Times Higher this week, as annual research on overseas student fees by a former LSE academic shows that the average fees for classroom and lab-based courses have gone up by an inflation-busting 5.6% and 6.1% respectively in the last year.
Widening participation / narrowing immigration
The US looks at widening participation, while Australian reports immigration worries.
HEFCW news
A round-up of all the latest HEFCW news.
BPP to run 'University College'
BPP, which already has degree-awarding powers, has been given the go-ahead to create the first private university in 30 years with the Minister for HE, David Willetts, announcing the venture on Monday.
Act now to prevent Allegro University
The Graduate tax idea is not proving popular amongst commentators.
USS reforms approved by trustees
Report of the USS trustees' decision to implement JNC recommendations to reform the pension scheme, but the resistence campaign to the changes by UCU is set to unsettle HE over the coming months.
Size of the cake
A look at how budget cuts would affect the sciences and engineering.
What's Hot: employability
How does your HEI do on the employability front?
No more 'Club Med'
A university places apocalypse is nigh, according to the media this week.
USS latest
UCU would prefer a ballot rather than a 'comprehensive consultation'.