Universities ‘poisoning student minds’, says Farage
Populist leader takes aim at higher education in speech on first day of the Reform UK conference in Birmingham
Populist leader takes aim at higher education in speech on first day of the Reform UK conference in Birmingham
Keir Starmer reshuffles Cabinet?after Angela Rayner resignation, with big implications for higher education
Research England to use REF pause to consider whether institutions must meet baseline performance measures as a condition of receiving funds
Union’s new policy mandating three office days a week resisted by some staff, who are refusing to come in at all
Longest-serving education minister explains why he ignored ‘abstract’ and ‘ideological’ academic research in fight to improve school performance
Exercise ‘triggered a lot of work that’s still got to be completed’ but succeeded in being ‘provocative’, according to country’s former chief science adviser
Vice-chancellor feels ‘pulled in different directions’ as health concerns force pause in job cuts plans he says are needed to break even
Digital Science said its investigation showed how weaknesses in research and publishing systems can be systematically exploited
Using REF to tackle research culture risks making it too ‘bureaucratic and burdensome’, university leaders warn as Vallance rethinks changes to weightings
The suppressive precedents being set in the US, Germany and Israel can and will be applied to other issues, too, say?Katharina Galor and?Noga Wolff?
Intervention by sector leader comes amid concern about growth in master’s by research degrees following dependants ban for other courses
Regulator wants vice-chancellors to advise on policy as part of new chair’s attempts to build better relationship with sector
Ian Chapman backs ministers’ calls for more research specialisation by universities in first public comments since taking over at ?9 billion-a-year research funder
Outgoing chief says it is ‘right time for new leadership’ after political pressure to switch to defence focus
Country in second for starting grants but remains some way behind Germany, with UK nationals receiving smaller share