Contract cheating campaigners turn focus to UK devolved nations Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland must follow English lead on outlawing essay mills By Anna McKie 15 October
Gopal accuses government of ‘double standards’ over cancellation ÌÇÐÄVlog Office staff were due to hear from prominent scholar as part of series to mark Black History Month By Simon Baker 14 October
Embed climate change education into all degrees, academics urge Paper released ahead of COP26 says lecturers need more support to integrate environmental issues into their teaching By Simon Baker 14 October
Four in 10 UK PhD students ‘at high risk of suicide’, says study Loneliness and intellectual insecurity highlighted as prime reasons for elevated suicide risk among doctoral researchers By Jack Grove 14 October
Post-qualification offers would improve fairness in UK admissions Basing offers on actual results, uniformly adjusted for previous educational disadvantage, would be more transparent and just, says Quintin McKellar By Quintin McKellar 14 October
UK research faces an autumn of political reckoning The spending review must confirm the substance beneath the government’s froth about becoming a science superpower, says James Wilsdon By James Wilsdon 14 October
BAME awarding gap shrinks under ‘flexible’ Covid marking policies Use of ‘no-detriment’ rules during pandemic may have contributed to shrinkage, Advance HE report suggests By Simon Baker 13 October
Don’t ‘write people off’ by restricting access, urges UUK chief Steve West draws on experience of his ‘very different’ educational path to warn against limiting university admissions By John Morgan 13 October
Kathleen Stock: UCU statement ‘ends my career’ at Sussex Union calls for university management to take a ‘clear and strong stance against transphobia’ By Anna McKie 12 October
Sage needs more disciplinary and geographic diversity, say MPs In early days of crisis, ministers should ‘act quickly’ rather than wait for scientific certainty, committees add By Anna McKie 12 October
English universities await clarity on impact of GCSE entry bar As spending review looms, government debate on grade threshold for entry bar may decide whether it is ‘symbolic’ or more By John Morgan 12 October
The Trick: can BBC ‘Climategate’ drama reset global warming debate? Jason Watkins stars in show exploring human costs and political ramifications of hacking of emails from University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit in 2009 By Matthew Reisz 12 October
