One in four UK universities polled get fresh strike mandate Disruption will hit summer assessment period, but employers call on unions to ‘move on’ By Tom Williams 12 April
Russian universities expelling large numbers of anti-war students Staff scour social media to root out dissidents, with escalation of penalties meant to silence students By Pola Lem 12 April
Imperial-CNRS research centre ‘will be UK bridge to Europe’ French outpost is second worldwide and will host ‘transformational’ collaboration aligned with UN goals By Ben Upton 12 April
UK and Australian universities to work together on security Joint statement released by Russell Group and Group of Eight amid concerns about ‘overkill’ regulations By Tom Williams 12 April
Degree apprenticeship expansion is welcome but let’s beware of pitfalls New programmes must dovetail with higher technical qualifications and higher apprenticeships, says Graham Baldwin By Graham Baldwin 11 April
‘Contract inflation’ provokes Dutch protests Demonstrators push back against ‘exploitation’ of those struggling at the bottom of a sector seen as increasingly casualised By Ben Upton 9 April
Drama college closure spotlights struggle for acting courses Forty-year-old ALRA shut just days after students had paid fees By Tom Williams 8 April
Late reprieve allows scientists with UK grants to publish in Nature Temporary deal arrives on day of UK’s new open access policy, but raises issue of paying high price for ‘ego trip’ of Nature publication By Jack Grove 8 April
OfS: ‘hidden hierarchies’ blocking school-university partnerships New director of fair access calls for institutions to take greater role in improving attainment across education system By Tom Williams 7 April
Digital doctorates ‘cannot replace’ informal community Experts warn much of doctoral training must remain analogue, as European survey suggests almost all programmes are aiming for quality online By Ben Upton 7 April
Andy Haines: ‘still a vast amount to do’ on climate change Tyler Prize winner talks about a career combating climate change scepticism and why he is skipping his award ceremony By Jack Grove 7 April
The pandemic was a missed opportunity for science advocacy Only a handful of UK universities maximised their public profiles during the pandemic because press officers were diverted towards internal crises or social media engagement, says Fiona Fox By Fiona Fox 7 April
