QAA’s departure leaves English sector ‘lacking expertise’ at crucial time Internationally renowned experts relinquish quality role just as English regulator steps up interventions By Tom Williams 29 July
Trigger transition funds or ‘face brain drain’, says UK’s Plan B architect Whitehall advisor who devised alternative Horizon programme says stablisation funds should be released immediately while talks over UK membership continue By Jack Grove 29 July
Hakim Adi: Millions of black Britons ‘written out of history’ Britain’s first history professor of African heritage discusses Colston, the ‘myth’ of Windrush and surviving in academia without support By Jack Grove 28 July
UK REF environment statements at unit level ‘should be scrapped’ Narratives describing research in departments should be replaced by institution-level document, recommends funder-backed study By Jack Grove 28 July
National Student Survey changes: satisfaction out, free speech in Overall satisfaction question to go in shake-up of influential poll, regulator confirms By Tom Williams 28 July
Reform ‘wasteful’ research grant process, says UK bureaucracy review More innovative screening of grant applications that avoid full peer review could remove red tape burden on researchers, says Adam Tickell By Jack Grove 28 July
Participation gap remains for poorer pupils, despite steady improvement New figures show record-breaking levels of progression to higher education for pupils on free school meals By Ben Upton 28 July
Most summer school students ‘already want to go to university’ Commonly used widening participation initiative not targeting those who would benefit most from such schemes, study finds By Tom Williams 27 July
Rosa Freedman: REF impact rules ‘unfair on researchers’ Human rights expert claims ‘inaccurate’ impact submission written on her work by old employer highlights why funding rules should change By Jack Grove 27 July
English regulator to push ahead with numerical ‘quality’ measures OfS to introduce new quality condition, including proportion of graduates securing ‘managerial or professional employment’, in October By John Morgan 26 July
Regional universities hit hardest as Danish applications drop 11 per cent ‘Generation lockdown’ wanting a break from the books blamed for steep decrease as high employment rate lures some away from study By Ben Upton 26 July
Paris-Saclay president aims for global profile After predecessor exits to become higher education minister, Estelle Iacona is tasked with completing integration of ambitious, elite amalgam By Ben Upton 26 July
