Big universities pay more as Germany strikes Springer Nature deal ‘Publish and read’ pact leaves Elsevier as last of three big publishers yet to reach agreement with country’s negotiators David Matthews 8月 23日
Knowledge exchange framework review before funding link Assessment of English universities’ commercialisation activities and industry partnerships to guide allocations ‘in the longer term’ Chris Havergal 8月 23日
Poor students less likely to pick ‘golden triangle’ for master’s Working-class graduates half as likely to move to Oxford, Cambridge or elite London institutions Anna McKie 8月 23日
Strike warning as increase in USS pension contributions backed Joint negotiating committee says scheme members should contribute 9.6 per cent of their salaries, up from 8.8 per cent currently Chris Havergal 8月 22日
Abuse case professor ‘could have been stopped sooner’ Former colleagues call for investigations to disclose what Strathclyde and Heriot-Watt universities knew about Kevin O’Gorman’s conduct Nick Mayo 8月 22日
No more guitar heroes? Questions over attractiveness study Male guitarists may be disappointed to learn that a study showing they are more attractive to women may be unsound Jack Grove 8月 22日
A little more honesty would go a long way in academia Schools used to be more honest about the pupils they were putting forward to universities, and not all applicants were predictably ‘passionate’ about their subjects. We would do well to recreate some of that spirit, says Lincoln Allison Lincoln Allison 8月 22日
University stops barring graduations over outstanding rent More than 2,000 students affected by Liverpool’s ‘academic sanctions’ in two years Chris Havergal 8月 21日
Male economists more likely to accept papers by other men Gap in acceptance rates for major European conferences entirely down to behaviour of male referees Nick Mayo 8月 21日
Czech totalitarianism institute faces questions over research Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes has often been at the centre of contemporary political battles over the country’s communist past David Matthews 8月 20日
Tory ‘rebalancing’ from HE to FE a ‘policy and political project’ Director of Onward thinktank says polling showing public opposition to university expansion justifies shift in emphasis John Morgan 8月 20日
Top universities replace UK school-leavers with foreign students Non-European Union recruitment likely to widen resources gap between elite and rest of sector Anna McKie 8月 16日
