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Action is clearly needed to shore up the USS, but the trustee needs to be more flexible, says Alistair Jarvis

Rama Thirunamachandran says metrics could be effectively used to assess quality for many disciplines

The pandemic has curtailed urgent discussion of open access¡¯ impact on scholarly societies, says Frank James

Office for Students calls for universities to review sexual misconduct policies by summer, following publications of thousands of claims of abuse across sector

Boris Johnson ¡®completely wrong¡¯ about vaccine success, while UK industrial strategy vacillation ¡®reeks of insecurity¡¯, innovation expert tells THE summit

The woeful environmental record of the UK¡¯s research-intensive universities illustrates a lack of leadership and incentives to cut emissions, says Bill Spence

Qualities of silent endurance and self-containment embodied by the Duke of Edinburgh are unlikely to resonate with, or help, a generation of students faced with adversity, says Adrian Furnham

German study finds academics favouring Springer Nature and Wiley, with authors warning smaller publishers could be squeezed out

Universities UK and GuildHE say ¡®unintended consequence¡¯ of pandemic was less time for socialising, more time for studying

Advert for student finance director post indicates minimum entry requirement idea proceeding, as sources suggest government may use GCSEs rather than A levels

Merging metrics for the REF, KEF and TEF would free up time for academics to become researchers once again, says Robert MacIntosh

Union passes motion in favour of industrial action over risk to 145 staff