Geneva calls in police over transgender talk no platforming Protesters who disrupted gender theory book talk accuse university of ‘repression’ after criminal complaint lodged Ben Upton 5月 25日
Habib: UK v-cs unwilling to build more equitable global academy SOAS director says he’s seen little evidence colleagues are prepared to confront ‘difficult questions’ of African brain drain and ‘unequal’ relationships with institutions in the developing world Tom Williams 5月 25日
REF 2021: Did game-playing shift from researchers to outputs? Increased use of ‘team science’ may have been a major factor in latest REF scores, say experts, but this may be no bad thing Simon Baker 5月 25日
Fixed-term university staff ‘missing out’ on maternity provision Women on fixed-term contracts in Russell Group universities less likely to return to work after maternity leave than permanent peers, study finds John Morgan 5月 25日
Greenhalgh: disciplinary ‘power plays’ delayed pandemic action Oxford professor says dismissive attitudes to Covid case studies meant evidence that mask wearing saved lives was overlooked Jack Grove 5月 24日
‘Illiberal’ universities risk ‘polarisation tending to civil war’ Free Speech Union chair issues warning as Conservative adviser poses question on new free speech bill in event of ‘stonking’ election majority John Morgan 5月 24日
Academics pledge to appeal after USS case dismissed by High Court UK higher education’s biggest pension fund clocks up second legal victory in a week Tom Williams 5月 24日
Universities told to take action on student spikings Every institution in England to draw up a policy, with sector response coordinated by new working group Chris Havergal 5月 24日
UK rejects ‘inexplicable’ price hike for Nature journals Universities seeking significant savings after Elsevier victory Jack Grove 5月 24日
Study: paid essay writers often well educated and based locally Researcher debunks idea that assignment writers are typically based in the Global South Tom Williams 5月 24日
Polish president stifles genocide researcher’s professorship bid Head of state accused of ‘chilling’ research with three-year block Ben Upton 5月 24日
