Stay of execution for UK’s European Research Council grants Funder pushes deadline for awardees to finalise departure plans or lose EU funding back to 29 June Ben Upton 6月 10日
MPs bid to hand ministers power to block Confucius Institutes Amendment to free speech legislation would require higher education providers to report proposed partnerships with overseas organisations Tom Williams 6月 10日
Professors contest Oxford harassment rules in free speech row Policies ‘frustrating academic freedom’ by supressing lawful free speech, dons argue Tom Williams 6月 10日
UK universities strike local deals to end marking boycotts Local union branches secure major wins in long-running disputes but others left with nothing Tom Williams 6月 10日
UCL architecture school staff suspended over ‘toxic’ bullying Independent report claims racism and sexual misconduct were covered up by ‘boys’ club’ Chris Havergal 6月 9日
UK losing ground on international PhD student recruitment UK has lost market share to research rivals despite taking on many more self-funded Chinese doctoral students, report finds Jack Grove 6月 9日
Standards crackdown ‘not anti-university’, minister insists Michelle Donelan addresses criticisms of flagship policies at Higher Education Policy Institute conference Tom Williams 6月 9日
Class attendance plummets post-Covid Global survey conducted by THE finds far fewer students turning up and engaging in lectures and seminars Tom Williams 6月 9日
What cancel culture? Most students happy with freedom of speech Major survey finds most UK undergraduates hear wide variety of opinions shared on campus and share their views freely Tom Williams 6月 9日
My precious! How academia’s Gollums guard their research fields Over-possessive scholars may resort to foul play to protect their research domains, say postdocs Jack Grove 6月 9日
Horizon Europe: EU leaders ‘snub’ Freeman’s dash to Brussels ‘Real shame’ that European Commission heads declined to agree to ‘last round’ of talks, says UK official Ben Upton 6月 8日
Birmingham apologises for history of gay conversion therapy Man came forward to report sexual reorientation practices he endured on campus in the 1970s Jack Grove 6月 8日
