Dutch universities making ¡®very slow¡¯ progress on inclusion Twente president says €4 million a year for national EDI efforts ¡®a start¡¯, but that famed tolerance ¡®emphatically¡¯ not the same as inclusion Ben Upton 10Ô 8ÈÕ
FutureLearn to ¡®significantly reduce expenditure¡¯ after losses Open 51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ confirms plans to sell its stake in company it helped to found Patrick Jack 10Ô 7ÈÕ
¡®No cause for alarm¡¯ as UK ¡®hits 2.4 per cent R&D target¡¯ Surprise news that the UK is achieving its long-term target for research spending does not dent case for more public investment, says David Willetts Jack Grove 10Ô 7ÈÕ
Iranian dissident: rectors should speak up for threatened staff Even after two decades of death threats, Afshin Ellian sees liberal societies as a paradise on Earth Ben Upton 10ÔÂ 7ÈÕ
UK institutions ¡®heavily reliant¡¯ on just one market for PGT students Consultancy firm Education Insight says Brexit to blame as universities look to China and India to replace EU students Patrick Jack 10Ô 7ÈÕ
UAL offers six months paid parental leave ¡®irrespective of gender¡¯ Move designed to ¡®support 21st-century families¡¯ and help institution remain competitive despite ¡®historically high turnover rates¡¯ Pola Lem 10Ô 6ÈÕ
51¹ú²úÊÓÆµ of Bristol takes Natasha Abrahart judgment to High Court Institution¡¯s bid to overturn ruling that Bristol failed in its duties comes amid debate over extent of institutional responsibility for undergraduate welfare Jack Grove 10Ô 6ÈÕ
Science minister¡¯s ¡®investment security¡¯ brief raises concerns Appointment may reflect shift towards a ¡®harder-edged, more hawkish¡¯ attitude towards research collaboration, say experts Jack Grove 10Ô 6ÈÕ
Toe the line or get drafted: Russian students walk tightrope Academics say mobilisation gives universities a powerful tool, with learners who get expelled facing being sent to the Ukrainian front Pola Lem 10ÔÂ 6ÈÕ
Paying gas bills with reserves ¡®risks punishing good management¡¯ French ministry wants universities to use unallocated funds to cover up to 500 per cent increases in energy costs Ben Upton 10Ô 5ÈÕ
Deborah Prentice: Cambridge¡¯s ¡®pragmatic¡¯ psychologist-in-chief Princeton ¡®lifer¡¯ moves to Cambridge without ever totally shaking off her outsider status Tom Williams 10Ô 5ÈÕ
MEP: ¡®symbolic¡¯ budget cut ¡®defunds 50 potential Nobel winners¡¯ European finance ministers told to abandon ¡®absurd¡¯ plan to shift unspent Horizon funding elsewhere in their squeezed 2023 budget Ben Upton 10Ô 5ÈÕ