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Funder admits it contacted universities over critical tweets relating to impact platform but did not factor this into grant-awarding decisions

University had been last public institution in UK not to formally recognise main sector union

Discontent about the shortage of university posts and funding will also continue regardless of how people are judged, says Jan Palmowski

The University of Leeds vice-chancellor discusses why UK higher education should go Dutch and the national scandal that drew her to academia

Doxa editor Armen Aramyan discusses year-long house arrest, narrowing academic freedom and the future of Russia’s independent media

Researchers on tight deadline to decide whether to jump ship or accept replacement funding guarantee

Holyrood creates £1 million fund for international students facing hardship

Compromise between egalitarian and competitive ideals could usher in bigger university groupings and more interdisciplinary evaluation

Graduates facing interest rate ‘rollercoaster ride’ in coming years unless changes are made to the way cap is implemented, Institute for Fiscal Studies says

V-cs increasingly predict next government will have to look again at sector funding as costs rise and universities face ‘running on fumes’

Approval of Jean-Eric Paquet’s transfer to Japan ambassador would create space for a more evangelical approach, observers say

Disruption will hit summer assessment period, but employers call on unions to ‘move on’