Russell Group matches UKRI research stipend uplift for PhDs One-off payments to those in need also among multimillion-pound package of support By Tom Williams 9 November
Who’s in Sunak’s government? Meet the ministers set to shape HE Ministerial reshuffle nears completion as faces new and old take up key positions in business and education departments By Tom Williams 9 November
Immigration check refusenik stripped of Keele fellowship Long-serving medieval historian Philip Morgan evicted from office after refusing to show his passport for ‘right-to-work’ check By Jack Grove 9 November
Top labs’ younger staff ‘most exposed’ to basic funding freezes Pause of Norway’s prestigious investigator-led grants comes as EU alternatives also face the chopping block By Ben Upton 9 November
UCU pledges strikes on ‘scale never seen before’ as dates named Around 70,000 members at 150 UK universities set to walk out in disputes over pay, working conditions and pensions By Tom Williams 8 November
Halfon as HE minister spells apprenticeship push for sector Former education committee chair ‘appears to have interest in detail of policy’ and sees employability as purpose of university By John Morgan 8 November
Sheffield Hallam to open London campus Outpost for up to 5,000 students will be part of ?8 billion Brent Cross Town development By Chris Havergal 8 November
Accept number controls if you want higher fees, English v-cs told Iain Mansfield aims to work on ‘breaking the impasse’ on funding in new thinktank role and denies being ‘culture warrior’ By John Morgan 8 November
Strip curricula of ‘YouTube knowledge’, business schools told Business education should engage more with contemporary realities, which means abandoning things that can be learned for free elsewhere, according to Lord Hastings By Tom Williams 7 November
Scale of gender-based violence on European campuses ‘terrifying’ First results of landmark survey of 42,186 employees and students released By Ben Upton 7 November
UK needs ‘clear vision’ on overseas recruitment, says Skidmore International students are ‘part of the solution, and not the problem’, says ex-minister on launch of new commission By Chris Havergal 7 November
Universities cream off cash as UK business school income rebounds A sunny outlook on student enrolments is marred by the persistent lack of money for research in the field, says association chair By Pola Lem 7 November
