The Irish political earthquake could have aftershocks in the north Sinn Féin’s desire for an all-Ireland education system could see it reject fee rises north of the border, says Diana Beech Diana Beech 2月 18日
Universities fear loss of policy focus as ministerial roles split Experts say appointment of separate universities and science ministers means no one in government will ‘care about universities as a whole’ Ellie Bothwell 2月 17日
Humanities scholars warn over UKRI’s plan for open-access books Proposals to mandate open access monographs from 2024 will make it harder to publish and will limit career chances, says professor Jack Grove 2月 17日
Plan S does the wrong things to the wrong people UKRI and other funders must prevent good intentions on open access from undermining good science, says Lee Cronin Lee Cronin 2月 17日
Imperial’s Simone Buitendijk named as next Leeds v-c Vice-provost for education will replace Alan Langlands at Yorkshire university Anna McKie 2月 14日
Researchers ‘unaware’ of extent of assessment influence Danish-Australian paper finds researchers unconsciously adjust to accommodate assessment exercise John Ross 2月 14日
Higher education researchers ‘stuck on their own islands’ Analysis of 17,000 articles in the field finds lack of integration between different areas of study Simon Baker 2月 14日
Michelle Donelan named universities minister as science split off Chippenham MP appointed following sacking of Chris Skidmore Chris Havergal 2月 13日
Skidmore sacked from universities and science post in reshuffle Boris Johnson’s shake-up ends second of two spells in post for Kingswood MP, with Andrea Leadsom also sacked as business secretary John Morgan 2月 13日
Lack of teaching help for students linked to well-being problems Analysis of responses to major experience survey suggests teaching factors have bigger influence on mental health than student background Simon Baker 2月 13日
Polish academics fear Catholic group’s role in ‘free speech’ law Changes will give platform in universities to anti-abortionists and climate change deniers, claim opponents John Morgan 2月 13日
UKRI wants monographs to be open access by?2024 Proposals are likely to raise concerns over the future of longer-form academic publishing Jack Grove 2月 13日
