After four years serving as minister for universities and science, David Willetts has resigned as part of a major government reshuffle. He is being replaced by Greg Clark, who takes on the Science and Universities brief in addition to his role as Minister in charge of cities and constitution at the Cabinet Office.

A new regulatory policy "is coming" that will pave the way for parity of policy between UK HE institutions and Alternative Providers (APs) from the private sector. Universities Minister David Willetts addressed Study UK members this week, whose members represent the "voice of independent education". He also spoke about student number controls at APs.

The UK's Office of National Statistics will separate student immigration figures from net migration figures in its presentation of results from the International Passenger Survey (IPS) in August 2013. The news comes after net migration to the UK was reported to be down by a quarter to March 2012, with foreign students the main reason for this.

A year after appointing a new CEO, the Association of Business Schools (ABS) organised a compelling conference this week, attended by Universities Minister, David Willetts, that sought to enable its members to understand global opportunities.

UK universities and science minister, David Willetts, has said he wants to attract private investment to help universities expand overseas. He said UK HE had a world-leading brand but was not maximising its potential..

On March 7, the outgoing Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Higher Education announced a reduction in the number of recognised "excellent" universities in the UK, for scholarship students. Since then, many UK universities have been pushing for re-recognition, and a UK Minister has backed them.