Freeze in Russia relations ¡®end of era¡¯ for science cooperation Sweeping sanctions suggest international collaboration could become fragmented into regional power blocs, says sector leader By Ben Upton 8 March
Ex-minister warns against admissions ¡®micromanagement¡¯ via caps Student number controls idea seen as response to ¡®handing over levers¡¯ to shape English provision in 2010 switch to loans-based system By John Morgan 8 March
Sigbritt Karlsson: struggling to get women into STEM The president of KTH Royal Institute of Technology discusses the fallout of a scientific scandal and immigration rules in Sweden By Rosa Ellis 8 March
Russian rectors¡¯ union echoes Kremlin propaganda on Ukraine Heads of learned institutions back Putin in the ¡®most difficult decision in his life¡¯ By Pola Lem 7 March
¡®Conditional unconditional¡¯ offers out under UK admissions code Institutions set to sign up to new guidelines promising to ¡®prioritise the interests of applicants¡¯ By Chris Havergal 7 March
UK regional innovation pilots ¡®should shun Silicon Valley myth¡¯ Levelling-up plans for ¡®innovation accelerators¡¯ bring hope for local decisions on R&D, but warnings against Whitehall¡¯s ¡®Stanford-Silicon Valley¡¯ concept By John Morgan 7 March
Regional overseas recruitment targets will help level up the UK Local authorities should work in close collaboration with academic institutions to make international students feel welcome, says James Pitman By James Pitman 6 March
Five more days of strike action this month in UK sector disputes University and College Union members will again walk out over pay, pensions and working conditions By Chris Havergal 4 March
Dutch universities freeze Russia relations over Ukraine war Research and education partnerships, participation in events and peer review all put on hold after appeal from ministry By Ben Upton 4 March
¡®I can¡¯t tell my son when I¡¯ll see him¡¯: academic life in Ukraine Ukrainian professor turned politician Inna Sovsun on coordinating student resistance and why international scholars must boycott Russia By Jack Grove 4 March
OfS chair defends tycoon amid ¡®Russian-linked¡¯ funding scrutiny Tory peer Lord Wharton ¡®disgusted¡¯ by ¡®attacks¡¯ on Ukrainian-born energy tycoon, whose firm he has advised and who donated to him as MP By John Morgan 4 March
New strike ballot at Queen Mary over ¡®brutal¡¯ pay deductions University refuses to pay staff who have returned to work until they reschedule lectures lost to last round of walkouts By Chris Havergal 3 March
