Staff out of pocket as sector splits on aid for foreign recruits Academics call on employers to provide clarity over support provided amid huge variance in policies within sector, but sky-high costs could deter institutions extending their generosity By Rachael Pells 10 January
Talks on UK joining EU research post-Brexit ‘could last a year’ UK ‘would still like to explore option’ of association but talks cannot begin until April at the earliest, says new universities minister By John Morgan 9 January
Proposed metrics for knowledge exchange framework announced Research England says that institutions will be assigned a decile rank in seven broad areas of knowledge exchange By Ellie Bothwell 9 January
Watchdog bans ‘misleading’ Oxbridge Essays advertisement Regulator rules against firm over implication students could submit essays as own and claims about writers’ university backgrounds By John Morgan 9 January
Suspended Swansea v-c attacks ‘negligently flawed’ investigation Richard Davies accuses registrar of attempting to ‘seize the position of vice-chancellor’ By Jack Grove 8 January
Alarm over exodus of professorships from southern Italy Positions are being redistributed to Italy’s richer regions, academic group warns, exacerbating long-standing inequalities By David Matthews 8 January
Access hurdles facing white working-class males ‘overblown’ Birmingham academic says scale of issue in England is ‘dramatically misrepresented’ By Chris Havergal 8 January
Which nations in Europe are attracting the most young scholars? Data for age profile of academic workforces across the continent show wide variation between countries By Simon Baker 7 January
Postgraduate numbers plummet amid fears for no-deal Brexit Leading figures in UK higher education warn sector will ‘take decades to recover’ from no-deal Brexit By Jack Grove 4 January
The REF games are even more brutal this time around Forcing academics on to teaching-only contracts based on flawed assessments of their research is ruining careers, an anonymous academic says By Anonymous 3 January
Universities must face up to the reality of student sex work Institutions that pride themselves on inclusivity should be doing all they can to defend student sex workers’ rights and safety, says Adi MacArtney By Adi MacArtney 3 January
Online ‘intimidation’ of ‘left-biased’ academics spreads worldwide In Germany, Brazil and Hungary, students are being encouraged to film ‘biased’ professors, mirroring far-right tactics in US By David Matthews 3 January
