Visas: UK rolls out red carpet for Nobel laureates Winners of top academic prizes to be fast-tracked through immigration process By Chris Havergal 5 May
Ireland launches post-Brexit push to?recruit Chinese students Country accelerates overseas marketing in light of fallout from Brexit and Covid By Joyce Lau 5 May
Innovation theorist challenged to walk the talk on ‘levelling up’ Richard Jones has chance to put into practice influential theories on boosting regions through research and development with role in new Innovation GM By John Morgan 5 May
England’s knowledge exchange framework ‘could fizzle out’ Results show impact that ‘diverse’ sector has on communities, but questions remain on project’s future use and links to funding By Simon Baker 5 May
Metrics would ruin the REF The REF and TEF should be brought together, but adopting low-quality shortcuts would undermine the whole purpose, says Thom Brooks By Thom Brooks 5 May
Leicester hit with union boycott in jobs row University and College Union ‘grey-lists’ institution, asking academics to refuse to have any dealings with it By Anna McKie 4 May
UK university pension fund aims for net zero Universities Superannuation Scheme will develop ‘meaningful short-, medium- and long-term targets’ towards carbon neutrality By Anna McKie 4 May
UK universities urged to cover Indian student quarantine costs Concerns mount over impact of quarantine fee on recruitment, but expert says government should shoulder the cost By Ellie Bothwell 4 May
Two decades on, EU’s single market for science still ‘unfinished’ As Brussels tries again to push forward the European research area, the bloc remains fractured by investment levels, researcher mobility and national rules By David Matthews 4 May
Limit use of one-year research contracts, says Russell Group New study by elite university group says open-ended contracts, not rolling one-year deals, should become ‘norm’ for UK research staff By Jack Grove 4 May
Force researchers to declare tobacco funding, scholars?say Bath academics say journals should standardise conflict of interest policies, but Philip Morris-funded foundation warns against boycott By Jack Grove 2 May
Welsh leader advocates ‘system to system’ internationalisation Iwan Davies says Wales’ partnership with Vietnam has provided opportunities ‘one university could never ever have achieved’ By Ellie Bothwell 1 May
