University tells entire professoriate to reapply for their jobs Senior academics at Teesside University put at risk of redundancy as summer break gets under way By Jack Grove 7 July
Merkel’s party pledges to push Germany into R&D spending lead CDU wants country to invest 3.5 per cent of GDP in research and development – more than twice that of UK By David Matthews 6 July
Poland steps up efforts to track graduate employment Students embarking on degrees can now find out the likely returns on their different options By Matthew Reisz 6 July
First UK-EU branch campus post-Brexit under consideration King’s College London and TU Dresden ‘Transcampus’ aims to strengthen ties between UK and Germany By Ellie Bothwell 6 July
Oxford tribunal rules against compulsory retirement rule Reinstatement of professor over age discrimination must force rethink over ‘unfair’ retirement rules, say campaigners By Jack Grove 6 July
Nicola Dandridge to be CEO of England’s Office for Students Experienced sector figure to leave UUK post in September for powerful new regulator By John Morgan 5 July
TEF 2017: Social class and the TEF: a full picture of participation? A look at the split metrics suggests that some universities may have benefited from having a more advantaged student cohort By Simon Baker 5 July
IFS: English student loan changes ‘hit poorer graduates hardest’ Threshold freeze bites while poorest graduate ‘with largest debts’ of ?57,000 on average, researchers warn By John Morgan 5 July
Commission report calls on EU to double research spending Major study on successor to Horizon 2020 also suggests including Canada and Australia in European programmes By David Matthews 3 July
Universities minister says UK vice-chancellors are paid too much Jo Johnson takes aim at Southampton’s leader in outspoken attack on ‘sharp increase’ in salaries By Jack Grove 30 June
A year after Brexit: THE data symposium on strategies for success in higher education Video presentations and slides from the 2017 Times Higher Education Data Symposium in London 29 June
Postgraduate loans boost share of UK leavers in further study Latest data from Hesa's DLHE survey shows highest proportion going on to other courses since at least 2011-12 By Simon Baker 29 June
