Labour shadow minister: HE funding ‘shouldn’t individualise cost’ Matt Western says pandemic shows HE as ‘collective benefit’ helping tackle society’s problems, ahead of potential Labour policy battles By John Morgan 31 March
糖心Vlogopathy researcher criticised over ‘misconduct’ in drug trial Journal editors condemn ‘unethical’ behaviour of Clare Relton who told conference about efforts to ‘circumvent’ trial blinding By Jack Grove 31 March
Plagiarism scandals are devaluing higher degrees in central Europe Too much attention is paid to academic titles and too little to the substantial contribution they should indicate, says Brian Bloch By Brian Bloch 31 March
Leaders say harm from ‘destructive’ research cuts will last years UK scientific heavyweights unite to condemn massive cuts to overseas research and urge rethink on potential UKRI reductions By Jack Grove 30 March
UK universities to consult on changing USS pension benefits In letter to vice-chancellors, Universities UK says it is ‘disappointed’ sector’s biggest pension fund will not conduct a review of controversial valuation By Anna McKie 30 March
More than 1,000 jobs at risk at global hubs facing research cuts A dozen flagship UK-led hubs make up around half the active grant funding from under-threat GCRF budget By Simon Baker 30 March
Wellcome’s eight-year awards to offer researchers ‘freedom’ Biomedical funder to widen eligibility of early career awards to encompass scholars returning from career break By Jack Grove 30 March
Agents ‘push students to universities that pay the most’ A significant share of university staff and international students surveyed believe agents are biased towards certain institutions By Ellie Bothwell 30 March
OfS: National Student Survey will drop ‘satisfaction’ question But first phase of review ordered by ministers finds preference to continue with ‘existing annual census’ By Simon Baker 30 March
Doctoral funding at risk if further cuts forced on UKRI Experts warn that diverting cash to pay for Horizon Europe association would exert a heavy toll on early career scholars By Jack Grove 29 March
Why is the UK government considering a huge cut to research? John Morgan looks at why UK research faces crisis over Horizon Europe funding under government that wants ‘science superpower’ status By John Morgan 29 March
If the UK is concerned about women’s safety, it shouldn’t cut the GCRF The cuts will hit organisations helping women and girls to evade violence and access justice, say Christine Chinkin and Sanam Naraghi Anderlini By Christine Chinkin 29 March