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
MEP: 鈥榮ymbolic鈥� budget cut 鈥榙efunds 50 potential Nobel winners鈥� European finance ministers told to abandon 鈥榓bsurd鈥� plan to shift unspent Horizon funding elsewhere in their squeezed 2023 budget By Ben Upton 5 October
Deborah Prentice: Cambridge鈥檚 鈥榩ragmatic鈥� psychologist-in-chief Princeton 鈥榣ifer鈥� moves to Cambridge without ever totally shaking off her outsider status By Tom Williams 5 October
Paying gas bills with reserves 鈥榬isks punishing good management鈥� French ministry wants universities to use unallocated funds to cover up to 500 per cent increases in energy costs By Ben Upton 5 October
Tory conference: 鈥楬arry Potter studies鈥� jibe was 鈥榓ppalling鈥� Claim universities feed students 鈥榓nti-British history鈥� was 鈥榗heap wisecrack鈥� when 鈥榤ature debate鈥� needed, says ex-No 10 adviser By John Morgan 4 October
UK sector agencies Jisc and Hesa complete merger Union achieves key aim of 2017 Bell review of sector organisations By Chris Havergal 4 October
Reactionary lecturers 鈥榚mboldened鈥� by incoming Italian government But political scientists and politician-scientist say the country鈥檚 rightward shift poses 鈥榥o risk鈥� to academic freedom or international recruitment By Ben Upton 4 October
Retraction of masturbation study 鈥榯roubling for free speech鈥� New York-based manga comic expert claims withdrawal of Karl Andersson鈥檚 controversial paper may 鈥榮tifle innovation and scholarship鈥� in future By Jack Grove 4 October
Alice Gast: championing international students Compelling stories of how foreign-born founders drive economic prosperity are more likely to convince policymakers about the need to embrace overseas students, says Alice Gast, who recently stepped down as president of Imperial College London By Jack Grove 4 October
Tory conference: Jenkyns says universities offer 鈥楬arry Potter studies鈥� Minister鈥檚 comments at Conservative conference reignite culture wars over universities By John Morgan 3 October
Nusrat Ghani named UK science minister Strong critic of Chinese human rights abuses takes on brief after hiatus of several months By Jack Grove 3 October
V-cs 鈥榙isappointed鈥� by Braverman鈥檚 overseas students comments New home secretary concerned about dependants 鈥榩iggybacking鈥� on family members鈥� student visas By Patrick Jack 3 October