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Ministers could still have the final say on whether Les Ebdon is appointed as the next director of fair access, even though it looks likely that a committee of MPs has voted against his appointment.

Speculation is rife that the government’s preferred candidate for the post of director of fair access – Les Ebdon – has been blocked from the role by Conservative MPs after a delay in the announcement over the appointment.

The potential takeover of a private higher education college with degree-awarding powers has entered a crucial stage, with education giant Pearson reportedly the front-runner to secure the deal.

By Mitch Smith, for Inside Higher Ed

An independent inquiry has been launched to investigate postgraduate education.

The University of Essex has appointed a senior manager at Durham University as its new vice-chancellor.

Further education colleges are set to receive more student places from the price-based “margin” than universities after the initial allocations were revealed by the government.

Les Ebdon has used his first appearance before MPs as the government’s preferred choice for the post of director of fair access to lay down the gauntlet to highly-selective universities with “patchy” records on access.

V-c's package rose 6% in year when Sheffield targeted lowest paid's pensions. John Morgan writes

Manchester Metropolitan University

South African institution's positive-discrimination policy stirs up fresh debate. Dan Newling reports

A project that funds African academics whose careers are "stuck" because they lack the time or money for postgraduate study is asking the World Bank to help it grow tenfold.

The British Sociological Association's next head tells Matthew Reisz about his plans and priorities

The coalition government must take the tough political decision to make student loans less generous if it wants to fix the "central impediment" to an "efficient, competitive and high-quality" higher education sector, according to a report...

United States

Fee cutting is no guarantee of place allocation; merger opposition persists. David Matthews writes

The two universities aim to offer global market 'best of both worlds'. John Morgan reports

With Dream Act faltering, president links federal aid to 'responsible' fees. Sarah Cunnane writes

Expanding the number of international students in the UK is not necessarily a good thing, immigration minister Damian Green has suggested.

Reports that the government is to shelve its higher education bill raise the prospect of the coalition sneaking controversial changes through not only by ministerial directives that avoid parliamentary scrutiny, but also in other unrelated...