The UK has already met its overseas recruitment target. Time for another With concerted efforts, the UK could attract far more than 600,000 international students to its shores, says James Pitman By James Pitman 9 January
Sacked lecturer who university refused to reinstate awarded £100K Union accuses Huddersfield of ‘cold and calculated’ decision not to give Jonathan Duxbury his old job back By Chris Havergal 7 January
‘Stupid’ squabble over Paris name ‘sets France back 15 years’ Decision by top court means another rebrand will be needed to help outsiders understand who’s who among republic’s reassembled universities By Ben Upton 7 January
Transgender disputes threaten to split university unions Gender critical theory and harassment move up agenda as major battles over pay and pensions loom By Jack Grove 6 January
UK ‘missing out on talent’ as eastern European enrolment plummets Figures suggest just a tenth of previous entrant numbers from some countries got a study visa By Simon Baker 6 January
Hepi: ‘first-generation student’ tag unhelpful for admissions Appealing narrative attached to ‘first-in-family’ students may obscure the actual extent of their social disadvantage, says researcher By Jack Grove 6 January
New UK rules on international research partnerships now in force Legislation gives Westminster government power to block or impose conditions on acquisition of intellectual property in 17 areas By Chris Havergal 5 January
Macron’s pan-European academy ‘welcome but needs work’ French president seeks to rejuvenate thinking about common continental identity By Ben Upton 5 January
Bespoke robot-written exams to curb student cheating Creating unique datasets for online exams preferable to ‘naive’ honour codes or faulty online surveillance, experts say By Jack Grove 5 January
Tackle precarity or lose ‘sense of community’, says v-c Cara Aitchison says UK universities should prioritise concerns like precarity, gender pay gap and ‘compassion for deep tired’ staff By Simon Baker 4 January
Rianne Letschert: radically altering how academics are assessed The Maastricht University president and rector is shifting the emphasis away from only research, despite pushback from Nobel laureate By Rosa Ellis 4 January
Frost’s departure offers hope of thaw in Horizon Europe impasse But experts warn there is little hope of progress while relations remain in ‘freezer’ By Ben Upton 3 January
