V-cs fear more delays to full reopening of English campuses Universities UK and Russell Group push for all students to return from 12 April amid concern that it could be pushed back to mid-May By Chris Havergal 26 March
University helps 鈥榚ven out鈥 earnings gaps between ethnic groups Latest analysis of English graduate earnings still finds large 鈥榰nexplained鈥 differences in salaries By Simon Baker 26 March
Universities are key to city centre survival post-Covid As physical retail declines, universities can keep high streets vibrant by moving into vacated shops, says Matthew Andrews By Matthew Andrews 26 March
University pledges action after senior officer鈥檚 fraud conviction Nick Welch, chief operating officer at Arts University Bournemouth, found to have conned the British army out of private school fees By Chris Havergal 25 March
Academics want greater recognition for team efforts in research Concern that Covid and award incentives deter scholars from pooling their skills By Ellie Bothwell 25 March
No black applicants for some Royal Society grants for three years Analysis highlights 鈥榰nacceptable鈥 disparities in racial representation in UK science By Anna McKie 25 March
UK seals first European transnational education deal post-Brexit Agreement with Greece鈥檚 Education Ministry will facilitate academic collaboration with country鈥檚 state university sector By Ellie Bothwell 25 March
China steps up targeting of European academics Beijing has banned dozens of China researchers and their families, while the country鈥檚 embassy to France called an expert a 鈥減etty thug鈥 on Twitter By David Matthews 25 March
Bristol happiness course 鈥榠mproves student well-being鈥 Review of UK鈥檚 first university course on happiness reveals 鈥榩ositive impact鈥, even during Covid-19 By Ellie Bothwell 24 March
Oxford career oasis gives scholars time to escape tunnel vision At the Future of Humanity Institute, early career researchers are given two years to work out which questions are really worth asking By David Matthews 24 March
Sir Paul Nurse: UKRI cuts are 鈥榚xistential threat鈥 to science Nobelist and Crick director calls on UK government to 鈥榗ome to its senses鈥 over possible 鈥榯riple whammy鈥 hit to science funding By Jack Grove 24 March
Tory ex-minister warns PM against 鈥榙evastating鈥 UK research cuts Cutting existing research budgets by up to 拢2 billion would put 鈥榮cience superpower鈥 aim at risk, Greg Clark tells Boris Johnson By John Morgan 23 March