Has the bubble burst on edtech’s rapid expansion? Financial difficulties faced by major players like FutureLearn show Mooc market ‘appears to be on a drastic downturn’ By Tom Williams 26 October
Gillian Keegan is fifth education secretary in four months Ex-skills minister joined in Cabinet by Grant Shapps as business secretary, while Suella Braverman reappointed home secretary By John Morgan 25 October
Kit Malthouse departs as education secretary in Sunak’s reshuffle Successor, when named by new PM Rishi Sunak, will become fifth education secretary to serve within four months By John Morgan 25 October
Jacob Rees-Mogg resigns as UK business secretary Arch-Brexiteer ends short spell in charge of research funding and energy policy as Rishi Sunak takes over as PM By John Morgan 25 October
Flipped learning benefits ‘easy to replicate in normal classroom’ Improvements to students’ grades usually down to spending more time on tasks rather than ‘active learning’, says landmark study By Tom Williams 25 October
Stephen Toope: culture wars and collaboration The outgoing vice-chancellor reflects on his five years at Cambridge and the future of higher education By Rosa Ellis 25 October
Norwegian rectors fear course closures if overseas fees come in Students plan nationwide protests as experts dismiss claim that freed-up places will be taken up by Norwegian nationals By Ben Upton 25 October
To end grade inflation, we must ditch the fantasy of absolute standards Each university should define and proclaim its own mission, and then be measured against it, says Peter Main By Peter Main 25 October
UK set for sector-wide strikes as UCU secures historic ‘yes’ vote Union passes 50 per cent threshold in aggregated ballot for first time since trade union laws introduced in 2016 By Tom Williams 24 October
‘Things can’t go on like this’ on university funding – UUK chief Vivienne Stern aims to reach agreement on ‘long-term’ solution that works for universities, students and government By John Morgan 24 October
Netherlands trialling shorter academic year Institutions have been asked to experiment with curricula that create lighter workloads for staff and students By Ben Upton 24 October
Beware ballooning publication rates, says research fraudbuster Tenfold increase in article output should be a research integrity ‘red flag’ for publishers, says Cambridge researcher Nick Wise By Jack Grove 24 October
