UKRI sorry for pursuing Researchfish Twitter complaints Funder admits it contacted universities over critical tweets relating to impact platform but did not factor this into grant-awarding decisions Jack Grove 4月 19日
Cambridge finally set to recognise University and College Union University had been last public institution in UK not to formally recognise main sector union Tom Williams 4月 19日
Reform of research assessment must avoid unintended consequences Discontent about the shortage of university posts and funding will also continue regardless of how people are judged, says Jan Palmowski Jan Palmowski 4月 19日
Simone Buitendijk: ending precarious working The University of Leeds vice-chancellor discusses why UK higher education should go Dutch and the national scandal that drew her to academia Rosa Ellis 4月 19日
Russian student reporters track campus oppression despite arrests Doxa editor Armen Aramyan discusses year-long house arrest, narrowing academic freedom and the future of Russia’s independent media Pola Lem 4月 15日
UK ERC grantees inundated with offers as two-month deadline nears Researchers on tight deadline to decide whether to jump ship or accept replacement funding guarantee Tom Williams 4月 14日
Free tuition for Ukrainian refugees at Scottish universities Holyrood creates ?1 million fund for international students facing hardship Chris Havergal 4月 14日
Germany’s ‘extremely elitist’ Excellence Strategy changes tack Compromise between egalitarian and competitive ideals could usher in bigger university groupings and more interdisciplinary evaluation Ben Upton 4月 14日
Inflation drives English student loan interest rate upwards Graduates facing interest rate ‘rollercoaster ride’ in coming years unless changes are made to the way cap is implemented, Institute for Fiscal Studies says Tom Williams 4月 13日
Another English funding review ‘inevitable’ after fees freeze V-cs increasingly predict next government will have to look again at sector funding as costs rise and universities face ‘running on fumes’ John Morgan 4月 13日
Hopes of ‘passionate’ replacement for top EU research official Approval of Jean-Eric Paquet’s transfer to Japan ambassador would create space for a more evangelical approach, observers say Ben Upton 4月 13日
One in four UK universities polled get fresh strike mandate Disruption will hit summer assessment period, but employers call on unions to ‘move on’ Tom Williams 4月 12日