Sheffield staff back more strikes over compulsory redundancy risk
Sheffield Hallam union members ballot on following suit and London Met walkout dates confirmed as sector financial crisis drives cuts

Sheffield Hallam union members ballot on following suit and London Met walkout dates confirmed as sector financial crisis drives cuts

Union claims sector pensions are ‘under attack’ from ‘aggressive’ lobbying as disputes continue at post-92 institutions

Ongoing restructures expected to ease long-term pressures on institutions after sector records collective £79 million deficit

No evidence of ‘systemic malpractice’ implied by ministers when implementing new ‘visa brake’, according to research-intensive group

New programmes in K-pop and tech signal shift in recruitment strategy, but academics raise concerns over segregation and long-term sustainability

Universities told to engage potential students before they write off higher education as ‘not for them’

Leading institutions see drop in proportion of students from surrounding area despite renewed access drives

Regulator steps in to outline free speech and academic freedom obligations for English universities that work with states overseas

Concerns abound that authors who publish on a weekly basis are cutting corners, corrupting authorship norms and overburdening the peer review system – with AI likely to make matters worse. But if...

The issues concerning AI and copyright are far more complicated than the ‘Big Music v Big Tech’ paradigm presented in the media, says Benjamin White

Countries representing a quarter of bloc’s population receive just one in 20 grants, finds new report

Financial challenges and lack of work experience identified as key barriers for graduates hoping to progress to further study or employment

Research groups told funding for early career posts will fall by two-thirds despite reassurances that postdocs will not bear brunt of cuts

Shadow home secretary accosts students at university outposts in the capital, asking if some ‘just want to get the visa to come in’

Graduation rates less than half of enrolment figures as institutions face ‘considerable dropout issue’, Unesco warns