UK universities strike local deals to end marking boycotts Local union branches secure major wins in long-running disputes but others left with nothing By Tom Williams 10 June
Professors contest Oxford harassment rules in free speech row Policies ‘frustrating academic freedom’ by supressing lawful free speech, dons argue By Tom Williams 10 June
UCL architecture school staff suspended over ‘toxic’ bullying Independent report claims racism and sexual misconduct were covered up by ‘boys’ club’ By Chris Havergal 9 June
UK losing ground on international PhD student recruitment UK has lost market share to research rivals despite taking on many more self-funded Chinese doctoral students, report finds By Jack Grove 9 June
Standards crackdown ‘not anti-university’, minister insists Michelle Donelan addresses criticisms of flagship policies at Higher Education Policy Institute conference By Tom Williams 9 June
What cancel culture? Most students happy with freedom of speech Major survey finds most UK undergraduates hear wide variety of opinions shared on campus and share their views freely By Tom Williams 9 June
My precious! How academia’s Gollums guard their research fields Over-possessive scholars may resort to foul play to protect their research domains, say postdocs By Jack Grove 9 June
Class attendance plummets post-Covid Global survey conducted by THE finds far fewer students turning up and engaging in lectures and seminars By Tom Williams 9 June
Horizon Europe: EU leaders ‘snub’ Freeman’s dash to Brussels ‘Real shame’ that European Commission heads declined to agree to ‘last round’ of talks, says UK official By Ben Upton 8 June
Birmingham apologises for history of gay conversion therapy Man came forward to report sexual reorientation practices he endured on campus in the 1970s By Jack Grove 8 June
Don’t abandon ‘micro’ courses to ‘Wild West’, says ex-minister Lifelong Learning Commission says proposals to exclude microcredentials from loan entitlement are a mistake By Jack Grove 8 June
Bumper postgraduate fee rises at some UK universities Variable data in benchmarking tool suggest inflationary pressures yet to have full impact By Simon Baker 8 June
