History’s confinement to older universities must not be repeated As post-92 departments close, non-traditional students and scholars risk being shut out – again, says Panikos Panayi Panikos Panayi 5月 31日
USS reforms ‘would cut guaranteed pension income by 35 per cent’ Union says vice-chancellors’ shake-up would leave staff thousands of pounds out of pocket annually, but universities say current benefits are unaffordable Chris Havergal 5月 28日
Give Scotland a seat at top table of UK research, MPs urge Scottish affairs committee calls for universities north of border to be better represented in UK Research and Innovation decision-making Chris Havergal 5月 28日
Europe Universities Summit: overseas students ‘under surveillance’ by home regimes THE event hears that ‘policing’ of social media posts from students studying abroad is stifling classroom debate Simon Baker 5月 28日
Theatre academic in legal challenge over disputed PhD thesis Legal bills for claim could reach ?120,000, says theatre director Jack Grove 5月 28日
Europe Universities Summit: cross-border universities ‘could extend far beyond EU’ European Commission says it has heard pleas for more long-term funding, and is considering allowing extra universities to join existing alliances David Matthews 5月 27日
UK Research and Innovation budget falls as overseas aid cuts bite Total budget for UK’s main public research funder is down 5 per cent Simon Baker 5月 27日
English tuition fee cut a ‘myth’, says universities minister Michelle Donelan also quizzed on campus free speech and antisemitism at GuildHE conference Chris Havergal 5月 27日
Is the age of the campus bookshop over? LSE’s iconic Economists’ Bookshop is latest casualty but scholars and booksellers insist the university bookstore still matters Jack Grove 5月 27日
Swiss misconduct code targets self-citation and authorship abuse Updated scientific rules for the social media age could set a global trend, with supervision neglect and management cover-ups also in the frame David Matthews 5月 27日
Europe Universities Summit: data sharing on Covid research ‘disappointing’ Just 9 per cent of coronavirus papers have made efforts to help replication of experiments, European Commission open science champion tells summit Jack Grove 5月 26日
