Ministers ‘interested’ in Buckingham risk-sharing finance plan Private university to offer students chance to pay for fees via future earnings agreements in deal with finance firm John Morgan 1月 26日
Share of firsts stays high despite end to ‘no-detriment’ policies Figures could prompt further concerns over whether pandemic-era grading uplift is now ‘baked in’ Simon Baker 1月 25日
Invest in team builders, not science stars, urges Nobelist Laureate recalls his serendipitous route to chemistry and California, and how he would turn the UK’s ‘lean and mean’ science system into a world leader Jack Grove 1月 25日
Policy influence of UK research ‘severely underestimated’ Analysis of global database of policy documents suggests projects, especially in natural and social science, have widespread impact Simon Baker 1月 25日
Gunman dead after attack in Heidelberg University lecture hall Several people seriously injured, one fatally, after campus shooting, say police Jack Grove 1月 24日
Cash is king as UK universities shore up finances Financial accounts for 2020-21 suggest tension may now grow between saving money and investing in staff and facilities Simon Baker 1月 24日
Marking boycott looms as UCU promises more strikes next month Union faces divisions internally as well as impasse with vice-chancellors in negotiations Chris Havergal 1月 21日
Covid recovery projects held up for months by red tape Tardy response to UKRI request meant greenlit research projects on pandemic could not begin, investigation concludes Jack Grove 1月 21日
Pay rises stall for v-cs as rank-and-file staff face freeze Alice Gast emerges as top-paid leader among Russell Group Simon Baker 1月 21日
The EU’s university strategy is a good start – but more is needed Kick-starting a conversation on national funding levels is useful, but collaboration on frontier-led research needs attention, says Jan Palmowski Jan Palmowski 1月 21日
TEF gets ‘requires improvement’ badge for ‘absence of?excellence’ Label would apply to providers failing to get a rating and in England would limit the fees they can charge, according to consultation Simon Baker 1月 20日
