UCU leader: strikes coming as staff are ‘burnt out and leaving sector’ V-c warns pension and pay strikes will damage whole sector but union members believe experience shows industrial action will force change Anna McKie 11月 5日
UCU announces eight days of strikes, starting late November Staff will walk out at 60 universities starting from 25 November Anna McKie 11月 5日
MPs call for action on ‘threats’ to UK academia from autocracies Foreign Affairs Committee hears report of academics in UK being bugged as they discussed Russia John Morgan 11月 5日
Impact agenda ‘enables climate change scholar-activists’ Philosopher and Extinction Rebellion campaigner highlights ‘genuine synergies’ between academia and activism Ellie Bothwell 11月 5日
Why shouldn’t the UK’s Darpa be within UKRI? Conservative mistrust of the existing research funding system demands a re-examination of its uneasy compromises, says John Womersley John Womersley 11月 5日
Government trust in universities ‘diminished’, says EUA head Michael Murphy fears universities are now seen as being in ‘perpetual opposition’ by politicians David Matthews 11月 4日
Academic lost research contacts as Facebook deleted page Geographer Maddy Thompson warns scholars against relying on social network, as Facebook deletes then reinstates account Anna McKie 11月 4日
UK non-participation in Horizon Europe is becoming ever more possible As mistrust between the EU and UK deepens, politics could scupper British association to the next framework programme, says Jan Palmowksi Jan Palmowski 11月 4日
Careers intelligence: Nancy Rothwell on female leadership Manchester president says women should focus on their strengths when applying for jobs, not worry about how they fall short compared with male predecessors Chris Havergal 11月 2日
OfS criticised for lack of diversity on student hate crime panel English regulator promises to make Student Welfare and Safeguarding Expert Advisory panel more representative Anna McKie 11月 1日
December election puts UK policy progress on hold Augar response, TEF direction and research funding plans could all remain at a red light while UK goes to the polls Simon Baker 11月 1日
Swiss face ‘huge challenge’ securing timely EU research deal Talks unlikely to take place until referendum clarifies whether country will undergo its own ‘Brexit moment’ John Morgan 11月 1日