Tie-up puts northern universities in big league for spin-offs New alliance of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield will put them on more equal footing with golden triangle institutions when seeking investment for start-ups, says adviser By Jack Grove 7 May
LGBT+ university staff face slurs ‘at least monthly’ Three in 10 respondents to UCU survey say that they have experienced homophobic language in workplace By Anna McKie 6 May
Female researchers join forces to make fieldwork safer Network aims to highlight problem of gender-based harassment in the field, support victims and encourage institutions to improve safeguarding By Anna McKie 6 May
German universities’ teaching in English is unavoidably flawed Limited fluency and cultural concerns could lead to a backlash against German institutions’ pitch to the international market, says Brian Bloch By Brian Bloch 6 May
Adam Habib to resume SOAS director role after N-word probe Report criticises newly appointed leader but says use of term in student meeting did not make him a racist By Chris Havergal 5 May
Durham picks Oxford humanities head as next v-c Karen O’Brien to head north following retirement of Stuart Corbridge By Chris Havergal 5 May
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
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
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
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
