Laboratory note-taking burden ‘falls on female science students’ Women are given less time on equipment and more administrative duties than men in mixed gender laboratory groups, new research indicates Jack Grove 10月 11日
Offer international students more on post-study work, UK told While Britain has gained ground as top-choice destination, it is being pipped by a resurgent Australia John Ross 10月 11日
Funding council budgets fall despite hike in research spending Core budgets of UK grant-awarding agencies eroded as new money goes elsewhere Jack Grove 10月 11日
Labour conference: Tories against ‘working-class university aspirations’, says Starmer Labour leader hits back at Rishi Sunak’s claim that higher education expansion target was one of ‘great mistakes of last 30 years’ John Morgan 10月 10日
Halt gender critical book launch, Edinburgh told by UCU branch ‘Astonishing demand’ to suspend book launch over claims that its essays ‘delegimitise trans people’ shows activists have been ‘emboldened’, say editors Jack Grove 10月 10日
‘Neighbourhood effect’ drags down students’ academic achievement Hesa research seeks to establish whether area-based measures of deprivation accurately reflect the challenges faced by specific households Patrick Jack 10月 10日
Conservative attacks on universities ‘not a vote winner’ New polling shows strong support for degrees from parents, while Tory tactic may be of ‘near-zero interest’ to public John Morgan 10月 10日
Israeli universities delay start of academic year after attacks Start of classes pushed back, with longer postponement probable, as reservist staff, academics and students called up Ben Upton 10月 9日
Support for poorer students ‘bigger priority than reducing fees’ Voters have little enthusiasm for paying higher taxes to fund universities, new polling finds Tom Williams 10月 9日
Labour conference: university funding ‘keeps shadow minister awake at night’ Matt Western calls sustainable sector funding ‘a big ask’ as two vice-chancellors back graduate tax John Morgan 10月 9日
UK sector expansion fails to close rich-poor gap in access Sutton Trust finds limited progress on opening up leading universities to less affluent school-leavers Patrick Jack 10月 9日
