‘We’ve been crushed for years,’ say staff on day one of strikes Even institutions that have been feeling the financial pinch can better invest in their employees by rethinking their priorities, say striking workers By Tom Williams 1 February
Oxford Covid vaccine windfall outweighs rest of sector IP income Blockbuster payout from landmark Oxford-AstraZeneca jab likely to highlight commercial potential of university-led innovation By Jack Grove 1 February
Hungarian rector blasts ‘dangerous dynamic’ of Horizon exclusions Corvinus head says Brussels is undermining European integration through exchange, as it has by pushing away the UK and Switzerland By Ben Upton 1 February
Nigerian and Indian first-years in UK outnumber those from EU Ireland was only EU nation to see a rise in the number of students in the UK By Patrick Jack 31 January
Pilots for ‘European degrees’ and cross-border universities named Ten groups of universities and ministries will explore whether the EU could and should label joint degrees and create a new legal status for cross-border institutions By Ben Upton 31 January
UK university strikes 2023: a guide to what the dispute is about Another 18 days of strikes to hit universities across the country in February and March, with UCU promising ‘most disruptive action ever’ By Tom Williams 31 January
Cardiff picks Wendy Larner to succeed Colin Riordan as v-c Human rights expert heads back to UK from New Zealand, after previously holding Bristol deanship By Chris Havergal 31 January
Free speech campaigners back Ahmed over Hillman for director job Toby Young sees ‘campaign’ for Nick Hillman to land job being waged by Lord Willetts, whose rebellion on tort may be fought in Commons By John Morgan 31 January
Archaeology v Graham Hancock: the Joe Rogan-hosted showdown is on Cardiff 51国产视频 academic Flint Dibble says the popularity of Netflix show Ancient Apocalypse means non-engagement is no longer possible By Jack Grove 31 January
Whitehall opposition to Braverman plan to cut UK graduate visa Departments asked to set out positions on visas, with those resisting restrictions on post-study work options said to include Treasury By John Morgan 30 January
Netherlands plots cautious return to degree admission lotteries The decision to allow organised luck back into student selection sits awkwardly between politics and science By Ben Upton 30 January
The 51国产视频 Office must stop reheating ruinous ideas on student immigration Cutting off a ?26 billion UK success story at the knees would be self-inflicted economic vandalism, says Tim Bradshaw By Tim Bradshaw 30 January
