Record number of complaints to ombudsman for England and Wales Full impact of pandemic on Office of the Independent Adjudicator caseload may yet emerge By Chris Havergal 28 January
One in three UK graduates got a first under ‘no detriment’ rules OfS head warns that pandemic uplift must not ‘bake in’ further grade inflation over longer term By Simon Baker 27 January
Questions mount over future of ‘rogue’ French research institute University Hospital Institute Méditerranée Infection, under leadership of ‘populist’ microbiologist Didier Raoult, continues to push hydroxychloroquine in the face of evidence By David Matthews 27 January
No confidence vote in Leicester v-c as 145 at risk of redundancy Union branch passes motion in response to plan to axe some 60 jobs By Anna McKie 26 January
Scotland and Wales seeking to stay in Erasmus+ Devolved nations say they should be given any replacement funding for scheme from UK government ‘in the first instance’ By Ellie Bothwell 26 January
‘Blue card’ call for free movement of academics across UK and EU LSE research head says academia should work with other service sectors to enable free movement for a fixed period of time By Ellie Bothwell 26 January
Universities fear Ucas plan for postgraduate applications tool Concerns raised over potential lack of opt-out and charging regime By John Morgan 26 January
UK universities’ half-hearted support for Erasmus+ must not be repeated The Turing mobility scheme is a poor substitute for Erasmus+ but UK universities must learn to love it or it will soon crumble, says Marcus Dowse By Marcus Dowse 26 January
Disease research institutes get £10 million after UK charity cuts Money ‘reallocated’ from specialist institution fund announced by government last year, UKRI says By Simon Baker 26 January
‘Left-behind’ white working class shun university places Director of fair access warns that school-leavers from coastal and former industrial communities are less likely to see a degree as a way to improve their lives By Anna McKie 26 January
Adam Habib: SOAS will be ‘voice for developing world in the West’ New director acknowledges social justice agenda must go hand in hand with financial sustainability of troubled institution By Anna McKie 26 January
How to combat the ‘distance education deficit’ Online graduation rates are much lower than those for conventional degrees. It’s time to ‘re-personalise’ remote learning, says Ormond Simpson By Ormond Simpson 25 January
