Graft fears as Hungary completes university privatisation Eleven universities, their real estate and shares have been given over to foundations that observers say will be dominated by ruling party loyalists By David Matthews 30 April
Lost in (the third) space: knowledge brokers need career paths too Those who blur the lines between academic and professional staff are the connective tissue in the research ecosystem, say Matthew Flinders and Sarah Chaytor By Matthew Flinders 30 April
For non-Western scholars, Dutch universities are hostile environments An unfriendly and isolating ambience that descended into microaggressions and dismissed complaints shattered one academic's high expectations 30 April
UCU: students ‘could apply to fewer universities’ under PQA model Union report on post-qualification admissions model also suggests that institutions should consider scrapping interviews By Anna McKie 29 April
Pass sexual consent test if you want to enrol, say?students Call comes after publication of thousands of allegations of sexual harassment and abuse on UK campuses By Anna McKie 29 April
‘Truly extraordinary’: v-c’s ?322K award gets long justification Statement in financial accounts explaining Bolton leader’s pay runs to almost two and a half pages By Simon Baker 29 April
‘Unprecedented’ UK aid cuts have ‘enormous’ impact on researchers Research council head calls for ‘long-term vision’ to end cross-border funding ‘volatility’ By Jack Grove 28 April
Pandemic forces France to contemplate UK-style student loans Lockdowns decimated the part-time jobs on which French students relied, and debate is now under way over how to fix ‘broken’ system of state support By David Matthews 28 April
Overseas research cuts threaten UK’s ‘levelling up’ agenda Imminent research cuts linked to GCRF reductions could fall heavily on UK’s regions, figures show By Jack Grove 28 April
Oxford doctoral system criticised as Wolf thesis finally released Lack of transparency in examinations under spotlight as US feminist’s dissertation finally lodged in Bodleian By Jack Grove 28 April
Is the benefit of the REF really worth the cost? Simpler options are imperfect but perhaps no more so than the panels’ unavoidably cursory ‘peer review’ of submissions, says Dorothy Bishop By Dorothy Bishop 28 April
Tory MPs urge minister to intervene over campus ‘antisemitism’ Education Committee chair says Bristol’s handling of David Miller case has created ‘hostile environment’ for Jewish students akin to ‘1930s Germany’ By John Morgan 27 April
