FutureLearn to ‘significantly reduce expenditure’ after losses Open University confirms plans to sell its stake in company it helped to found By Patrick Jack 7 October
‘No cause for alarm’ as UK ‘hits 2.4 per cent R&D target’ Surprise news that the UK is achieving its long-term target for research spending does not dent case for more public investment, says David Willetts By Jack Grove 7 October
Iranian dissident: rectors should speak up for threatened staff Even after two decades of death threats, Afshin Ellian sees liberal societies as a paradise on Earth By Ben Upton 7 October
UK institutions ‘heavily reliant’ on just one market for PGT students Consultancy firm Education Insight says Brexit to blame as universities look to China and India to replace EU students By Patrick Jack 7 October
UAL offers six months paid parental leave ‘irrespective of gender’ Move designed to ‘support 21st-century families’ and help institution remain competitive despite ‘historically high turnover rates’ By Pola Lem 6 October
University of Bristol takes Natasha Abrahart judgment to High Court Institution’s bid to overturn ruling that Bristol failed in its duties comes amid debate over extent of institutional responsibility for undergraduate welfare By Jack Grove 6 October
Science minister’s ‘investment security’ brief raises concerns Appointment may reflect shift towards a ‘harder-edged, more hawkish’ attitude towards research collaboration, say experts By Jack Grove 6 October
Toe the line or get drafted: Russian students walk tightrope Academics say mobilisation gives universities a powerful tool, with learners who get expelled facing being sent to the Ukrainian front By Pola Lem 6 October
Paying gas bills with reserves ‘risks punishing good management’ French ministry wants universities to use unallocated funds to cover up to 500 per cent increases in energy costs By Ben Upton 5 October
Deborah Prentice: Cambridge’s ‘pragmatic’ psychologist-in-chief Princeton ‘lifer’ moves to Cambridge without ever totally shaking off her outsider status By Tom Williams 5 October
MEP: ‘symbolic’ budget cut ‘defunds 50 potential Nobel winners’ European finance ministers told to abandon ‘absurd’ plan to shift unspent Horizon funding elsewhere in their squeezed 2023 budget By Ben Upton 5 October
Tory conference: ‘Harry Potter studies’ jibe was ‘appalling’ Claim universities feed students ‘anti-British history’ was ‘cheap wisecrack’ when ‘mature debate’ needed, says ex-No 10 adviser By John Morgan 4 October
