Decisive action must follow the warm words about degree apprenticeships More support and less complex regulation will allow the hybrid qualifications to flourish across more English institutions and sectors, says Dan Lally By Dan Lally 9 February
Ministers win free speech bill vote on right to sue universities Minister calls statutory tort an essential step to ‘cultural transformation’ By John Morgan 8 February
How a soaring deficit brutalised UEA’s modernising ambitions Institution famed for its brutalist campus has paid price for bad luck and bad decisions, staff say By Tom Williams 8 February
A 10 per cent UK pay rise would risk the livelihoods of many post-92 staff The ‘sector’ may be able to afford more than the current offer, but many individual universities cannot, says Peter Sloane By Peter Sloane 8 February
Universities say loss of EU funding puts 1,000 Welsh jobs at risk Vice-chancellors say 60 research projects will come to an end this year without bridging funding By Patrick Jack 7 February
Michelle Donelan to lead new science department in UK government Prime minister shakes up structures within government as well as ministerial team By John Morgan 7 February
Karen Holford on how a degree apprenticeship was the first step to becoming a v-c In National Apprenticeship Week, we talk to the vice-chancellor who kicked off a stellar career with an apprenticeship By Rosa Ellis 7 February
Brussels threatens Italy over failure to end lettori dispute European Commission warns of further legal action after Italian universities refuse to offer back pay to unjustly treated foreign lecturers By Jack Grove 7 February
Ucas applicants to be shown apprenticeships alongside degrees UK higher education admissions service moves to put vocational routes into careers on an ‘equal footing’ with traditional options By Tom Williams 6 February
Nine out of 10 students get first or 2:1 at leading universities Most students got a higher-class degree at every major institution in 2021-22, data show By Patrick Jack 6 February
More fluid routes between academia and industry would boost innovation Better alignment of pay and benefits, working cultures and expectations will clear the way for research to have impact, say nine Future Leaders fellows By Laura Carter 6 February
The website aiming to bring greater transparency to spin-outs Analysis of the database suggests UK universities take greater equity in spin-outs than others in Europe By Patrick Jack 5 February
