Queen Mary staff allowed to challenge marking boycott pay cuts Case which could have significant influence on sector response to industrial action ‘jumps the first hurdle’ Juliette Rowsell 10月 4日
Is academia to blame for the bloody trade in antiquities? Papyrologist Roberta Mazza faced intimidation and legal threats when she blew the whistle on the multimillion-pound trade in illicit papyri Jack Grove 10月 4日
Major London college criticised over ‘excessively high’ grading Booming business school that withheld 20 per cent of lecturers’ pay unless they passed nearly all students is heavily criticised by watchdog Jack Grove 10月 3日
If ‘skills, skills, skills’ is the new mantra, what role for HE? Labour has put skills front and centre of its plan for government but where does the omission of higher apprenticeships from the growth and skills levy leave universities – and how will these skills be funded otherwise? Tom Williams 10月 3日
Europe will ‘fail’ without increased research budget, MEP warns Christian Ehler insists that additional funding must not come with political strings attached Emily Dixon 10月 2日
Student transition scheme urged to bridge school-university gap Disadvantaged students reported feeling under-supported in their transition to higher education Juliette Rowsell 10月 2日
Tory students marked down because of their views, claims Badenoch Leadership hopeful takes aim at universities in latest of series of controversial remarks at party’s conference Tom Williams 10月 2日
Irish universities welcome budget funding boost But increases to PhD stipends are ‘too little, too late’, postgraduate union says Emily Dixon 10月 2日
Back UK research but not HE funding for growth, Labour urged Survey of pro-growth economists by innovation thinktank UK Day One finds weak support among economists for extra higher education spending Jack Grove 10月 2日
Tory conference: take degree apprenticeships out of levy, says Willetts Conservative Party conference divided on impact of Labour’s rebalancing of skills funding Tom Williams 10月 1日
Tory conference: Johnson warns on ‘opportunistic’ fee rise opposition Party was ‘irresponsible’ to let per-student funding erode during last six years of governing, says ex-universities minister Tom Williams 10月 1日
