Revive minimum entry requirement plan for loans, say Tory MPs ‘New Conservatives’ say young people ‘do not have the right to study Mickey Mouse courses at the taxpayer’s expense’ Patrick Jack 9月 11日
UCU staff hold ‘last resort’ strike ballot over union cuts Decision to reduce resources for postgraduate rights campaign goes against wishes of members, Unite says Patrick Jack 9月 11日
Swap authorship for ‘movie credits’ approach, academics suggest Listing all contributors would avoid damaging rows and properly reflect work of scholars, says elite European university group Jack Grove 9月 11日
Care leaver university entry-gap ‘would take 100 years to close’ Just 0.4 per cent of student populations at elite universities have experienced being in care, finds new report Patrick Jack 9月 10日
Albania’s HE reforms are more about political control than modernisation Rationalising resources is the official reason for proposed mergers, but Albanian history suggests a darker motive, says Arjan Shahini Arjan Shahini 9月 9日
Raac: UEA moves students out of Ziggurats over concrete fears Discovery adds to multimillion-pound repair bill on brutalist campus and comes as managers battle spiralling deficit Chris Havergal 9月 8日
Under-desk heat sensors track staff at Norwegian institute Initiative intended to check office requirements redesigned after privacy panic Ben Upton 9月 8日
Raac closures and disruption ‘worst case scenario’ as term begins Urgent inspections of university estates after government warnings complicated by scale of buildings involved, and shortages of expertise Tom Williams 9月 8日
Undercover with the female influencers of the American far right Researcher disturbed by how easy it was to get sucked into lives of women who serve up beauty advice alongside racial hatred Matthew Reisz 9月 8日
UUK conference: HE strikes are ‘lose lose lose’, says Burnham Greater Manchester mayor urges sector to get ready to show next government it can ‘kick-start regional growth’ John Morgan 9月 7日
UK universities ‘vulnerable’ to money laundering New research finds 20 per cent of universities still accepting cash for tuition fees and accommodation costs, despite risks posed by criminal gangs Patrick Jack 9月 7日
UUK conference: Blunkett urges Labour funding commission Labour should push for cross-party review but take lead if Tories unwilling to ‘put needs of UK first’, says former education secretary John Morgan 9月 7日
