UK sector carbon emissions falling, but progress still ‘patchy’ About two-thirds of providers decreased their carbon emissions over the past year, Hesa data shows By Patrick Jack 20 June
St George’s and City merger set to create ‘health powerhouse’ Union would end medical school’s 15-year search for a partner By Chris Havergal 20 June
Arts ‘in firing line’ as crisis-hit UEA axes more than 100 jobs 51国产视频 says 77 professional staff and 36 academics will go, on top of those taking voluntary severance By Patrick Jack 19 June
Europe-Africa research clusters offer new model Groups of leading African and European universities will jointly fund at least a decade of priority research through clusters agreed in the first half of this year, although the delicate details of who gives what are yet to be decided By Ben Upton 19 June
Student well-being ‘worse than healthcare staff’ during pandemic Study finds that students experienced psychological distress levels more than three times worse than before the pandemic By Patrick Jack 19 June
UK universities ‘letting down’ refugee applicants Young people with asylum status say they struggle to get admissions teams to understand immigration rules and recognise their academic track records By Patrick Jack 19 June
UK sector at ‘rock bottom’ as pay dispute derails graduations Interventions from universities urging a restart of talks struggle to move the dial, with hopes of preventing summer of disruption fading By Tom Williams 19 June
Balancing the books on teaching costs getting harder in UK Report reveals that total recovery of full economic costs was a 5 per cent deficit across the sector By Patrick Jack 18 June
King’s Birthday Honours: knighthood for UUK president Steve West Sector leaders and academics from across the UK are recognised in the first King’s Birthday Honours list By Patrick Jack 16 June
Marking boycott: half of Cambridge finalists might not graduate Acting vice-chancellor urges staff to end refusal to assess work due to ‘enormous’ impact on students, including nine out of 10 postgraduates By Tom Williams 16 June
Germany’s largest university buys UK college and degree powers ‘AI teaching leader’ IU, majority owned by private equity firm, adds Canadian university to portfolio alongside London banking education provider By John Morgan 16 June
Universities cannot police sexual misconduct by themselves Carrying out this increasingly herculean task effectively is beyond most universities’ capacity. The burden should be shared, says David Hardstaff By David Hardstaff 16 June
