Students risk being 鈥榝orgotten鈥� in cost-of-living crisis 鈥� v-cs Families increasingly having to help students to get through their studies as inflation erodes value of loans By Tom Williams 21 September
Free speech champions seen as fix for academic freedom 鈥榗risis鈥� Institutions should assign a senior university manager to uphold academic freedom in same way as equality is promoted at board level, says report By Jack Grove 21 September
Friday feeling: well-being survey responses 鈥榙iffer on weekends鈥� Graduates report feeling happier on Saturdays and Sundays, skewing findings for researchers trying to measure well-being By Tom Williams 21 September
Amsterdam 鈥榚xperiment鈥� with language caps 鈥榣egally risky鈥� A groaning university wants ministerial permission to impose separate English- and Dutch-language course caps By Ben Upton 21 September
Unison members out on strike as new term gets under way Union members begin walkouts at 16 universities amid calls for higher wage rises due to cost-of-living crisis By Tom Williams 20 September
Rees-Mogg role raises questions on 鈥榣aissez-faire鈥� R&D approach Truss government and business secretary urged to affirm commitment to using research spending to drive innovation, particularly in regions By John Morgan 20 September
Pensions 鈥榠njustice鈥� pressures Hungary鈥檚 last public universities Some doubt government will really lavish foundation-governed universities with extra funding it has promised By Ben Upton 20 September
Far-right medicine plans would 鈥榗ollapse鈥� Italian universities Shortage of doctors can鈥檛 be fixed by pushing back admissions decisions, says centre-left rival By Ben Upton 19 September
Research-intensive post-92s can drive levelling up Northumbria University鈥檚 transformation, reflected in its QR allocation, will allow it to do more for its students and its region, says Louise Bracken By Louise Bracken 18 September
Rise of Swedish right tipped to turn off international scholars Lund University dean says many foreign researchers face 鈥榥uisance鈥� of an increasingly strict system By Ben Upton 16 September
Wiley investigates 鈥榝ake peer review鈥� at psychology journal Research fraudbuster says publication of six papers with hallmarks of Russian paper mills indicates why periodicals must commit to more post-submission transparency By Jack Grove 16 September
Admissions 鈥榮ea change鈥� leaves thousands without university place Lower tariff providers have enjoyed their best clearing in years as elite universities abandon expansionist ambitions due to fees freeze By Tom Williams 16 September