Essex apologises to academics disinvited over gender views V-c admits university made ‘serious mistakes’ after external review finds it breached its free speech duties John Morgan 5月 18日
Fudan Hungary campus branded geopolitical pawn as backlash grows Part of a nexus of deals between Hungary and China, the project has become a flashpoint in local politics after it emerged locals will foot the bill David Matthews 5月 18日
Cambridge signals major shift towards online learning New short courses aimed at professionals come with ?2,000 price tag Anna McKie 5月 18日
Let’s give the UK’s new high-risk research funder a chance Changes to funding mechanisms can feel like a threat, but Aria will be a blast of fresh air for science and technology, says Tom Stephenson Tom Stephenson 5月 18日
Marc Stears: like Labour, academics are disconnected from society Ex-Miliband adviser turned Sydney Policy Lab director discusses globalised academia’s decoupling from ‘everyday society’ John Morgan 5月 17日
Plan to legislate on ‘low-quality’ courses alarms sector Government says it will give OfS powers to enforce ‘minimum expectations of quality’ before regulator responds to consultation on plan John Morgan 5月 17日
UK union says final pay offer of 1.5 per cent rise ‘unacceptable’ Employers up their offer at final negotiations but UCU says they should ‘reward the extraordinary efforts staff have made’ during Covid-19 Anna McKie 5月 17日
The return of in-person exams will be a relief – including to invigilators Online exams are unfair and hard to police, even with creepy levels of invasiveness, says Helen Soteriou Helen Soteriou 5月 17日
Mary Beard’s retirement gift to diversify ‘very white’ Classics Cambridge scholar says subject is not just for ‘posh people who’ve done Latin for ages’ Simon Baker 5月 14日
English regulator to measure progress on cutting bureaucracy Office for Students will reflect on whether it is inflicting needless red tape on higher education, says its new chair Jack Grove 5月 14日
Post-qualification applications plan ‘unworkable’, v-cs warn Moving to an entirely post-results admissions system would harm students and higher education institutions, says Universities UK Jack Grove 5月 13日
