Private providers leave UK higher education ‘cold spots’ untouched Hopes that for-profit institutions would head for disadvantaged communities not served by universities have not been realised By Jack Grove 13 April
Research intelligence: how to support black postgraduate students UK academia’s champion for black postgraduate students, Anne-Marie Imafidon, and others explain how scholars can help diversify graduate education By Jack Grove 13 April
Glasgow School of Art rapped on standards and student experience Director promises action as QAA says prestigious institution failing to meet sector standards and struggling to adapt to Covid-19 By Anna McKie 12 April
Number of researchers submitted to REF up 46 per cent on 2014 More than 76,000 academics at 157 universities participating in research evaluation By Chris Havergal 12 April
Scottish funding debate ‘needed but won’t come before election’ Scottish Parliament poll will see consensus on fee-free HE and may leave universities looking towards independence implications By John Morgan 12 April
UK ‘needs coherent plan’ for research spending after Horizon row ‘Unpredictable’ sequence of cuts and increases for UK science budgets is undermining faith in spending promises, say sector leaders By Jack Grove 9 April
Provide year-round accommodation for care leavers, says regulator OfS says group needs ‘increased flexibility and greater support’ to overcome challenges By Chris Havergal 9 April
Michael Barber: did Office for Students’ first chair deliver? Ex-chair discusses his time at regulator, next project reviewing delivery for the Westminster government and new book Accomplishment By John Morgan 8 April
The extra ?250 million of UK research funding does not answer every doubt Long-term public and economic health depends on empowering universities, businesses and health systems to work together, says Michael Spence By Michael Spence 8 April
UUK proposes less generous pensions to stave off USS price hike Union warns that employers ‘have offered very little to dissuade members from voting for another round of industrial action’ By Anna McKie 7 April
‘Illogical’ that campuses can’t fully reopen next week, says?UUK Organisation writes to Boris Johnson asking why shops and gyms can reopen but 1 million students can’t return By Chris Havergal 7 April
‘Anti-left’ group targets Dutch academics with home visits Online harassment is now spilling into the real world, with politically outspoken historians doxed and subject to posters warning: ‘You are being watched’ By David Matthews 7 April
