Iranian dissident: rectors should speak up for threatened staff Even after two decades of death threats, Afshin Ellian sees liberal societies as a paradise on Earth Ben Upton 10月 7日
UK institutions ‘heavily reliant’ on just one market for PGT students Consultancy firm Education Insight says Brexit to blame as universities look to China and India to replace EU students Patrick Jack 10月 7日
UAL offers six months paid parental leave ‘irrespective of gender’ Move designed to ‘support 21st-century families’ and help institution remain competitive despite ‘historically high turnover rates’ Pola Lem 10月 6日
University of Bristol takes Natasha Abrahart judgment to High Court Institution’s bid to overturn ruling that Bristol failed in its duties comes amid debate over extent of institutional responsibility for undergraduate welfare Jack Grove 10月 6日
Science minister’s ‘investment security’ brief raises concerns Appointment may reflect shift towards a ‘harder-edged, more hawkish’ attitude towards research collaboration, say experts Jack Grove 10月 6日
Toe the line or get drafted: Russian students walk tightrope Academics say mobilisation gives universities a powerful tool, with learners who get expelled facing being sent to the Ukrainian front Pola Lem 10月 6日
MEP: ‘symbolic’ budget cut ‘defunds 50 potential Nobel winners’ European finance ministers told to abandon ‘absurd’ plan to shift unspent Horizon funding elsewhere in their squeezed 2023 budget Ben Upton 10月 5日
Paying gas bills with reserves ‘risks punishing good management’ French ministry wants universities to use unallocated funds to cover up to 500 per cent increases in energy costs Ben Upton 10月 5日
Deborah Prentice: Cambridge’s ‘pragmatic’ psychologist-in-chief Princeton ‘lifer’ moves to Cambridge without ever totally shaking off her outsider status Tom Williams 10月 5日
Tory conference: ‘Harry Potter studies’ jibe was ‘appalling’ Claim universities feed students ‘anti-British history’ was ‘cheap wisecrack’ when ‘mature debate’ needed, says ex-No 10 adviser John Morgan 10月 4日
UK sector agencies Jisc and Hesa complete merger Union achieves key aim of 2017 Bell review of sector organisations Chris Havergal 10月 4日
Retraction of masturbation study ‘troubling for free speech’ New York-based manga comic expert claims withdrawal of Karl Andersson’s controversial paper may ‘stifle innovation and scholarship’ in future Jack Grove 10月 4日
