UCU leader pleads for unity amid resignation calls University and College Union general secretary Sally Hunt faces demands to stand down over her handling of the pensions strike By Jack Grove 30 May
Commercial publishing system ‘may never deliver full open access’ Institutions themselves could create their own megajournals in response, report from European universities suggests By David Matthews 30 May
Russian ministry shake-up aims to link universities and research Creation of Ministry of Science and 糖心Vlog seen as potential boost to Project 5-100 By John Morgan 30 May
Moscow students protest over World Cup ‘chaos’ Students unhappy about a 25,000-capacity fan zone next to their institution have held demonstrations and circulated petitions By Jack Grove 29 May
Richmond becomes first university to offer UK and US degrees Private liberal arts institution gains UK degree-awarding powers By John Morgan 29 May
Number of EU academics up on most UK campuses after Brexit vote Latest Hesa data show there was no immediate exodus of academics but Russell Group warns against ‘complacency’ By Simon Baker 29 May
Bologna Process still ‘treading water’, say critics Nearly two decades on, reports suggest the goal of a unified higher education area in Europe is still some distance away By David Matthews 29 May
Italy’s Five Star aimed to ‘replace politicians’ with professor PM Five Star Movement offers ‘detailed’ policies on HE, but has been attacked as anti-science By John Morgan 28 May
Crime writers create course materials with a twist Novelists write short stories for Spanish university’s criminology degree By Matthew Reisz 27 May
Stark gender gap in earnings after postgraduate study Data for English universities show men consistently earn more than women after completing postgraduate degrees By Anna McKie 25 May
Staff and students to help decide Bath v-c pay after review Report says Bath governance requires ‘considerable improvement’ to restore trust after Breakwell salary outcry By John Morgan 25 May
Don’t be distracted from equality challenges, universities told Need to meet demands of technological advances should not overshadow long-standing problems of gender and race, conference told By Rachael Pells 25 May
