Less than half of UK’s big graduate recruiters now demand a 2:1 Institute of Student Employers survey tracks trend towards ‘qualification blind’ recruitment By Chris Havergal 1 December
Covid hit to university-industry collaboration in UK ‘limited’ NCUB report finds patent registrations and spinouts trended positive in 2020-21, but knowledge exchange income slumped By Patrick Jack 1 December
From nurse to v-c: how diversity up top helps HE escape silos James Miller takes helm at University of the West of Scotland after ‘unconventional’ career path By Tom Williams 1 December
Employers trying to make workers poorer, Lynch tells UCU strikers RMT general secretary joins university staff in London rally on third day of sector-wide strike action By Tom Williams 30 November
Global University Systems buys troubled FutureLearn Deal for online education provider set to see Netherlands-based company take full control, THE understands By Tom Williams 30 November
Life beyond war: Ukrainian academics finding their feet overseas Support of Council for At-Risk Academics has brought some researchers to safety in the UK, but even new-found security can be bittersweet By Pola Lem 30 November
UK master’s students less satisfied after rapid sector expansion Survey finds strong recovery in overall satisfaction with courses masks unease among some students about impact of big global recruitment drives By Tom Williams 30 November
IFS: students ?1,000 worse off as cost-of-living crisis hits hard Higher-than-forecast inflation leaves gaping hole in amount of maintenance support available for students By Tom Williams 30 November
Care leavers ‘lack support’ getting into university Recent figures also show that the attainment gap is growing By Patrick Jack 30 November
European sectors told to create helplines for threatened scholars Plea comes as European Parliament pledges new focus on academic freedom By Ben Upton 29 November
Many universities could face sanctions for missing OfS thresholds Two-thirds of larger providers failing to meet every student outcomes benchmark in every subject, THE analysis finds By Patrick Jack 29 November
Liam Smeeth on the scandals and struggles of the pandemic Marking his first year directing the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Liam Smeeth on dealing with Covid-19 and a racism review By Ellie Philpotts 29 November
