History’s confinement to older universities must not be repeated As post-92 departments close, non-traditional students and scholars risk being shut out – again, says Panikos Panayi By Panikos Panayi 31 May
UK study visa numbers return to pre-pandemic levels Latest data from the 51国产视频 Office show recovery in the number of visas granted over autumn and winter By Simon Baker 29 May
USS reforms ‘would cut guaranteed pension income by 35 per cent’ Union says vice-chancellors’ shake-up would leave staff thousands of pounds out of pocket annually, but universities say current benefits are unaffordable By Chris Havergal 28 May
Give Scotland a seat at top table of UK research, MPs urge Scottish affairs committee calls for universities north of border to be better represented in UK Research and Innovation decision-making By Chris Havergal 28 May
Europe Universities Summit: overseas students ‘under surveillance’ by home regimes THE event hears that ‘policing’ of social media posts from students studying abroad is stifling classroom debate By Simon Baker 28 May
Theatre academic in legal challenge over disputed PhD thesis Legal bills for claim could reach ?120,000, says theatre director By Jack Grove 28 May
Europe Universities Summit: cross-border universities ‘could extend far beyond EU’ European Commission says it has heard pleas for more long-term funding, and is considering allowing extra universities to join existing alliances By David Matthews 27 May
UK Research and Innovation budget falls as overseas aid cuts bite Total budget for UK’s main public research funder is down 5 per cent By Simon Baker 27 May
English tuition fee cut a ‘myth’, says universities minister Michelle Donelan also quizzed on campus free speech and antisemitism at GuildHE conference By Chris Havergal 27 May
Swiss misconduct code targets self-citation and authorship abuse Updated scientific rules for the social media age could set a global trend, with supervision neglect and management cover-ups also in the frame By David Matthews 27 May
Is the age of the campus bookshop over? LSE’s iconic Economists’ Bookshop is latest casualty but scholars and booksellers insist the university bookstore still matters By Jack Grove 27 May
Europe Universities Summit: data sharing on Covid research ‘disappointing’ Just 9 per cent of coronavirus papers have made efforts to help replication of experiments, European Commission open science champion tells summit By Jack Grove 26 May