Union criticises UEL over deals to house firms where v-c had ties V-c ‘declared potential conflicts of interest and recused herself’ from deals with UCFB and IGPP, says university John Morgan 5月 11日
Munich universities join forces as citywide strategies take?off Country’s excellence strategy has pushed German universities to dial back rivalry and instead coordinate their research plans David Matthews 5月 11日
England: in-person teaching can resume on all courses from 17 May Prime minister’s announcement comes as most universities move into examinations period Chris Havergal 5月 10日
Liverpool union members to strike during end-of-year exams Industrial action continues despite university reducing number of planned redundancies and revising selection criteria Chris Havergal 5月 10日
Warning against ‘politicised appointments’ as key OfS roles open New chair and ministers have scope to reshape regulator, as leadership and board roles potentially open up at politically fraught time John Morgan 5月 10日
An ill-defined skills agenda is a high-risk sleepwalk into the future The opportunity exists to reimagine the UK’s post-18 education system in a way that will improve society as well as the economy, says Susan Lea Susan Lea 5月 10日
Merkel successor rallies behind ‘attacked and defamed’ scientists ‘It is important that we clearly stand by scientists’ says Armin Laschet, as Germany gears up for September election David Matthews 5月 7日
Tie-up puts northern universities in big league for spin-offs New alliance of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield will put them on more equal footing with golden triangle institutions when seeking investment for start-ups, says adviser Jack Grove 5月 7日
LGBT+ university staff face slurs ‘at least monthly’ Three in 10 respondents to UCU survey say that they have experienced homophobic language in workplace Anna McKie 5月 6日
Female researchers join forces to make fieldwork safer Network aims to highlight problem of gender-based harassment in the field, support victims and encourage institutions to improve safeguarding Anna McKie 5月 6日
German universities’ teaching in English is unavoidably flawed Limited fluency and cultural concerns could lead to a backlash against German institutions’ pitch to the international market, says Brian Bloch Brian Bloch 5月 6日
Adam Habib to resume SOAS director role after N-word probe Report criticises newly appointed leader but says use of term in student meeting did not make him a racist Chris Havergal 5月 5日
