Student-university trust ‘weakens’ as cost of living bites School-leavers showing less interest in wider campus life and increasingly view degree only as a route to employment, report suggests Juliette Rowsell 6月 20日
UCU staff strike suspended as independent investigation agreed ‘Constructive discussions’ reported in main sector union’s in-house industrial dispute Juliette Rowsell 6月 19日
James Purnell to step down as UAL v-c to take up consultancy role Former Labour Cabinet minister and BBC executive to move on after three years Chris Havergal 6月 19日
Record ?1.3 million severance pay for English sector leaders Private providers make biggest payouts to departing principals Patrick Jack 6月 19日
‘Unethical’: ministers sit on LGBTQ research for five years Preventing publication of two major taxpayer-funded studies into bullying and homelessness is wrong, say academics left in limbo Jack Grove 6月 19日
Russian professor jailed in Estonia on espionage charges Viacheslav Morozov, former professor at the University of Tartu, convicted of ‘activities in the interests of a foreign security service’ Emily Dixon 6月 18日
Top bureaucrat sacked over Gaza academic freedom controversy State secretary Sabine D?ring dismissed after German Education Ministry investigated potential funding cut for academics supporting student protesters Emily Dixon 6月 18日
UK learned societies blast REF open access proposals for books British Academy urges Research Excellence Framework leaders to pause open access plans as sector bodies highlight ‘crushing costs’ Jack Grove 6月 18日
Paris-Saclay crisis exposes cracks in mega-university project Varying degrees of autonomy among constituent institutions has resulted in discontent, insiders say Emily Dixon 6月 18日
University staff overwhelmingly back Labour – with reservations Sir Keir Starmer’s party receives overwhelming backing in THE poll, despite concerns its vision for the sector lacks detail Tom Williams 6月 18日
Reform UK pledges undergraduate restrictions and visa changes Nigel Farage’s party says ‘too many courses are simply not good enough’ as it outlines pledges for general election Tom Williams 6月 17日
