If the UK is concerned about women鈥檚 safety, it shouldn鈥檛 cut the GCRF The cuts will hit organisations helping women and girls to evade violence and access justice, say Christine Chinkin and Sanam Naraghi Anderlini By Christine Chinkin 29 March
Former major general jailed for fraud exits university post Nick Welch, chief operating officer at Arts University Bournemouth, given 21-month sentence By Chris Havergal 26 March
China sanctions UK academic in Xinjiang row Newcastle University scholar says she 鈥榳ill not be silenced鈥 By Ellie Bothwell 26 March
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
Ireland鈥檚 once all-male sector leadership nears gender equality Minister behind gender equality plan reflects on influx of female university presidents ahead of Trinity College Dublin鈥檚 provost election By Jack Grove 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
