USS whistleblower ‘sidelined’ and faces conduct investigation Jane Hutton says that pension fund is trying to deny her ‘whistleblower’ status Nick Mayo 6月 25日
Academics oppose advertising heads of department posts externally Leeds accused of attempting to extend control of central management by ending practice of selecting heads of school from within the faculty Anna McKie 6月 25日
V-cs welcome QR funding signal but fear Westminster instability Sector leaders question why it has taken so long to address long-running decline in value of quality-related research funding Rachael Pells 6月 25日
More vice-chancellors with Oxbridge educations appointed University leaders more likely to have attended Oxford or Cambridge compared with five years ago, but also to have gone to a comprehensive school Nick Mayo 6月 25日
A society that relies solely on pedagogy is?not kosher The Augar review should prompt the creation of a network of secular synagogues devoted to adult peer learning, says Tom Schuller Tom Schuller 6月 25日
Aberdeen ex-principal’s ?282K pay-off probed by funding council Sir Ian Diamond reportedly did not trigger his 12-month notice period until his departure from the university Nick Mayo 6月 24日
Foreign Affairs Committee backs UK post-study work visa call MPs’ report on UK-India relations also says ‘leading universities’ should be allowed to issue visas direct to ‘the best’ Indian students John Morgan 6月 24日
REF: 15% of academics in survey ‘made to change research focus’ Nearly one in five respondents to four-campus study said they feared role change if they underperformed Rachael Pells 6月 24日
Journal articles ‘should cost ?300 to?publish’ Calculation by open access campaigners questions supposedly unnecessary spending by publishers on lobbying, marketing and executive pay David Matthews 6月 24日
ETH apologises for postdoc job advert demanding ‘Nature paper’ Swiss university has signed San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, which says academics should not be judged on the journals they publish in Nick Mayo 6月 24日
UK campus will teach China to open education to world, says dean Wen Hai, head of Peking University HSBC Business School’s Oxford outpost, says venture will help foster collaboration between Britain and China Rachael Pells 6月 22日
Cambridge’s Trinity faces union boycott after confirming USS exit Academics may be asked not to apply for jobs, give lectures or conduct external examining at Trinity Nick Mayo 6月 21日
