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UCU threatens to dock staff pay in row over working from home

Union¡¯s new policy mandating three office days a week resisted by some staff, who are refusing to come in at all

Nick Gibb: education faculties ¡®absent from schools revolution¡¯

Longest-serving education minister explains why he ignored ¡®abstract¡¯ and ¡®ideological¡¯ academic research in fight to improve school performance

NZ university review ¡®moved the dial¡¯, says chair Gluckman

Exercise ¡®triggered a lot of work that¡¯s still got to be completed¡¯ but succeeded in being ¡®provocative¡¯, according to country¡¯s former chief science adviser

¡®Irreconcilable¡¯ pressures as watchdog derails UTS restructure

Vice-chancellor feels ¡®pulled in different directions¡¯ as health concerns force pause in job cuts plans he says are needed to break even

Researchers linked to fake network awarded millions in funding

Digital Science said its investigation showed how weaknesses in research and publishing systems can be systematically exploited

¡®Keep focus on excellence and impact,¡¯ say v-cs after REF pause

Using REF to tackle research culture risks making it too ¡®bureaucratic and burdensome¡¯, university leaders warn as Vallance rethinks changes to weightings

The Israel-Hamas war is killing academic freedom

The suppressive precedents being set in the US, Germany and Israel can and will be applied to other issues, too, say?Katharina Galor and?Noga Wolff?

Don¡¯t ¡®circumvent¡¯ immigration rules, UK universities warned

Intervention by sector leader comes amid concern about growth in master¡¯s by research degrees following dependants ban for other courses

OfS recruits for ¡®provider board¡¯ as Peck signals new approach

Regulator wants vice-chancellors to advise on policy as part of new chair¡¯s attempts to build better relationship with sector

UKRI chief: ¡®Do fewer things in research but do them really well¡¯

Ian Chapman backs ministers¡¯ calls for more research specialisation by universities in first public comments since taking over at ?9 billion-a-year research funder

Head of troubled Alan Turing Institute to step down

Outgoing chief says it is ¡®right time for new leadership¡¯ after political pressure to switch to defence focus

International scholars help drive UK success in new ERC funding

Country in second for starting grants but remains some way behind Germany, with UK nationals receiving smaller share

Northwestern president to step down after Trump funding freeze

Don¡¯t let funding crisis derail push for growth, says Kyle

Science secretary wants institutions to use their ¡®colossal resource¡¯ to lead innovation drive, expressing concern about research cuts

Patrick Vallance hits pause on Research Excellence Framework

Science minister announces review of controversial changes to research environment assessment