Can the EU make a ‘parallel publishing system’ work? As anger mounts over cost of open access deals, moves to finance diamond journals and expand state-run digital platforms have divided opinion Jack Grove 5月 17日
University of Oxford drops Sackler name from buildings Buildings and academic positions endowed by the US family linked to US opioid crisis will be renamed Jack Grove 5月 16日
Halfon: universities get a fair deal on funding Minister says strong financial health of majority of institutions suggests struggles may be due to poor management, not lack of funding Tom Williams 5月 16日
International students ‘contribute ?42 billion to UK economy’ Amid speculation that visas for dependants will be restricted, new report finds that students from overseas contribute ?560 per citizen Patrick Jack 5月 16日
Tension and confusion as exams begin amid UK marking boycott Universities seek to change procedures to ensure greater flexibility in case marks are delayed Tom Williams 5月 16日
Enforcing new English free speech rules needs proper consultation A new registration condition, complaints scheme and system of penalties all require careful thought, says Jamie Roberts Jamie Roberts 5月 16日
EU research and education chief quits for Bulgaria’s top job Mariya Gabriel’s resignation splits her education and research briefs just as officials are shaping the successor to Horizon Europe and other flagship programmes Ben Upton 5月 15日
Turkish higher education ‘needs deep reform’ post-election As voting finishes in divisive poll, scholars say two decades of government under Erdo?an has left universities in a perilous state Ben Upton 5月 15日
In Germany, university leaders from the east are still a rarity Progress is being made on promoting women to top positions, but very few presidents hail from the former Communist bloc Ben Upton 5月 14日
USS warns members’ data may have been stolen by Capita hackers Outsourcing firm used by UK’s largest academic pensions scheme targeted in cyberattack Tom Williams 5月 12日
Animal rights petition ‘existential threat’ for EU research Groups gather more than a million signatures to ‘modernise science’ by phasing out animal research, forcing commission to respond Ben Upton 5月 12日
English voters quizzed on tuition fee preferences Poll will provide first constituency-by-constituency breakdown of how voters see issue of higher education funding Tom Williams 5月 12日
