Europe Universities Summit: overseas students ‘under surveillance’ by home regimes THE event hears that ‘policing’ of social media posts from students studying abroad is stifling classroom debate By Simon Baker 28 May
Theatre academic in legal challenge over disputed PhD thesis Legal bills for claim could reach ?120,000, says theatre director By Jack Grove 28 May
Europe Universities Summit: cross-border universities ‘could extend far beyond EU’ European Commission says it has heard pleas for more long-term funding, and is considering allowing extra universities to join existing alliances By David Matthews 27 May
UK Research and Innovation budget falls as overseas aid cuts bite Total budget for UK’s main public research funder is down 5 per cent By Simon Baker 27 May
English tuition fee cut a ‘myth’, says universities minister Michelle Donelan also quizzed on campus free speech and antisemitism at GuildHE conference By Chris Havergal 27 May
Is the age of the campus bookshop over? LSE’s iconic Economists’ Bookshop is latest casualty but scholars and booksellers insist the university bookstore still matters By Jack Grove 27 May
Swiss misconduct code targets self-citation and authorship abuse Updated scientific rules for the social media age could set a global trend, with supervision neglect and management cover-ups also in the frame By David Matthews 27 May
Europe Universities Summit: data sharing on Covid research ‘disappointing’ Just 9 per cent of coronavirus papers have made efforts to help replication of experiments, European Commission open science champion tells summit By Jack Grove 26 May
Wharton: ‘wrong’ pick for free speech job would mean ‘challenges’ Tory peer hopes for role in selecting ‘thoughtful’ appointee to free speech champion role By John Morgan 26 May
Universities grant administrators’ post-Covid home-working wish Surveys reveal widespread support among professional staff for working remotely at least some of the time By Anna McKie 26 May
More European staff leaving UK for universities abroad post-Brexit Many EU academics also now likely to choose ‘simpler option’ of staying in bloc even after trade agreement, expert warns By Simon Baker 26 May
UK government team to advise universities on China research links Experts on research security will help UK researchers to navigate concerns over growing research dependence on China By Jack Grove 25 May