Recruitment reforms urged to curb French ‘moustache positions’ Parisian professor says hers is the first to appoint a selection committee by lot, an approach that should be taken up nationwide Ben Upton 6月 28日
John Cater: UK higher education’s longest-serving leader The vice-chancellor of Edge Hill University discusses centralising spending, climbing up the rankings and leading the institution for almost 30 years Ellie Bothwell 6月 28日
Donelan tells universities to consider leaving equality schemes English institutions told to ‘reflect carefully’ on whether initiatives such as Race Equality Charter are in conflict with duty to uphold free speech Jack Grove 6月 27日
English regulator paid ?80K to ‘terminate’ access chief’s role Office for Students accounts also confirm ?915,000 payment to for-profit college that successfully challenged refusal of registration in court Chris Havergal 6月 27日
Will Labour commit to a graduate tax in England? Starmer also expected to consider ‘fudge’ manifesto pledge to review university funding, with party set to drop Corbyn-era policy John Morgan 6月 27日
No 10’s U-turn on UK maths funding ‘short-sighted’ Ditching high-profile pledge to spend ?300 million more on maths research over next five years will harm under-pressure discipline, experts warn Jack Grove 6月 26日
What does Macron’s lost majority mean for French universities? President must learn to work with a fragmented parliament, but experts say likely allies will back his push to liberalise higher education Ben Upton 6月 24日
Dutch funding boost comes with strings attached for universities Winners of internal competitions will not be eligible for research council grants, as power shifts to government Ben Upton 6月 24日
UCU: ‘laughable’ that agency staff could cover striking academics Universities urged to rule out taking advantage of planned redrawing of UK legislation Tom Williams 6月 24日
Tackling campus sexual misconduct ‘needs actions, not just words’ Change is finally beginning to happen across higher education but campaigners say structural change is needed, not sticking plasters Tom Williams 6月 23日
Most ‘transformative’ journals miss Plan S open access targets Big publishers finding switch away from paywalls challenging, says European-led coalition Jack Grove 6月 23日
Commission head urged to smooth UK and Swiss Horizon association Science leaders beg Ursula von der Leyen to break political impasse Chris Havergal 6月 23日
