French historians ‘being shut out of?state archives’ Years of restrictions have stymied scholars’ work on topics such as the Algerian war of independence, and a new law could cement this lack of access By David Matthews 15 July
Is it a good idea to treat postgraduate researchers as?staff? As a union steps up the fight in the UK, wide variation in the treatment of PhD candidates continues around the world By Jack Grove 13 July
Economics ‘standing still or going backwards’ on diversity in UK Decline in female representation at undergraduate and master's level is cause for concern, says Royal Economic Society By Jack Grove 13 July
France to back not-for-profit diamond journals Frustrated by rises in publishers’ article processing charges, the country wants to expand non-commercial journals instead By David Matthews 13 July
Keep campus mask mandates, union urges, as Covid restrictions end University and College Union warns English universities could become ‘incubators for Covid’ without robust safety measures By Chris Havergal 12 July
Labour: campus free speech bill ‘gives free rein to extremists’ Opposition says it will vote against bill at second reading and urges Tories to join them By Chris Havergal 12 July
New IoE director wants institute to lead decolonisation agenda Li Wei also expresses concern about state of modern language teaching in UK By Anna McKie 12 July
The UK’s percentage scale is unfair and fuels grade inflation Unequal degree classification ranges mean that improvements get more reward at the higher end, say Andy Grayson, Susannah Lamb and Chris Royle By Andy Grayson 12 July
The story behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green tell the inside story of how they fought back against conspiracy theories, bureaucracy and hostile press coverage By Matthew Reisz 10 July
UKRI accepts open access monographs must be ‘fully funded’ Funder’s policy lead on open access talks of ‘ring-fenced path’ to cover costs By Simon Baker 9 July
Liverpool hit with union boycott in escalation of job cuts row North-west institution is second university to be ‘greylisted’ by UCU in three months By Chris Havergal 9 July
Spending review consultation delay ‘may deny sector fair hearing’ Non-appearance of consultation first promised for spring suggests ‘no agreement yet’ between ministers on what they want from change By John Morgan 9 July