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More transparent and democratic decision-making within UK universities could have helped institutions avoid the financial mistakes that are now resulting in mass redundancies, argue Nicholas Grant and Nadine Zubair

UK universities must end use of year-long contracts that keep researchers in ¡®perpetual limbo¡¯, says union-led manifesto

Students ¡®left in limbo¡¯ by Chichester¡¯s decision to make pioneering black professor redundant

Proposal to merge maths and computer science at under-fire institution risks damaging one of its ¡®crown jewels¡¯, says open letter

Talent pipeline for the UK¡¯s ?100 billion creative arts industries is under threat as universities shutter loss-making arts degrees, says Ravensbourne vice-chancellor Andy Cook

Lecturers fear rising staff-student ratios will exacerbate ¡®gulf¡¯ between elite institutions and the rest, and create unmanageable workloads

¡®Real challenges only now emerging,¡¯ says John Cater in paper looking back over decades-long university career

Hopes quashed that things were improving for badly affected groups

Universities looking to lose nearly 300 roles between them as financial challenges take their toll

Subscribing to nearly everything published by journals is no longer feasible in these financially straitened times but librarians can provide creative workarounds to ensure journal access, says Liam Bullingham

Rectors want more flexibility over rules that mandate international researchers and teaching staff to learn Norwegian

Report by former prime minister¡¯s institute also urges new UKRI leadership to oversee urgent changes to overcome ¡®patchy¡¯ adoption of AI in research community