Sexual consent training on two-thirds of UK campuses, survey says UUK report says progress in implementing new guidance on handling complaints has been more mixed By Anna McKie 9 October
Keep trade books out of open access policy, says Universities?UK New report also calls for policy to consider embargo periods By Ellie Bothwell 8 October
German researchers’ dilemma over new attack on climate science Many scientists believe publicly debating the Alternative for Germany is pointless, but one new study suggests rebutting deniers can be useful By David Matthews 8 October
Tory manifesto co-author bemoaned ‘activist academics’ Munira Mirza claimed some academics wished to suppress intellectual freedom, in article written while working for King’s College London By John Morgan 8 October
New Danish government ends budget squeeze – except for humanities New Social Democrat administration drops annual 2 per cent saving target, but could end teaching subsidy for humanities and social sciences By David Matthews 7 October
The Italian miracle is an illusion Improved citation performance amid falling funding is the result of gaming, say Alberto Baccini, Eugenio Petrovich and Giuseppe De Nicolao By Alberto Baccini 7 October
REF should accommodate more diverse outputs, says study Report for Research England warns assessment may be constraining academics' publishing options By Chris Havergal 4 October
Death of the monograph greatly exaggerated, say academics Report suggests researchers feel there is no substitute for the traditional book-length contribution to knowledge By Matthew Reisz 4 October
MEPs supportive of research chief’s drive to close east-west gap Some parliamentarians hope Bulgaria’s Mariya Gabriel will reshape the EU’s new research package to spread grants more evenly across the continent By David Matthews 4 October
UUK president aims to show degree value ‘not all about money’ Julia Buckingham also aims to protect funding, as response to Augar review is debated By John Morgan 3 October
Most European campuses ‘use journal impact factor to judge staff’ Preliminary results of EUA survey suggest three-quarters of responding institutions draw on much-criticised metric By Anna McKie 3 October
Matthew Hedges: universities fail to protect staff working abroad Researcher held in UAE for five months suggests commercial relationships may trump concern for researchers’ well-being By Ellie Bothwell 3 October
