Anger as social sciences lose cash to STEM under REF rule change
Sciences gain £145 million that would have gone to humanities and social sciences under old system
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Partnership model mooted for long-term EU alliance funding
As bids are polished for the latest round of university alliance grants, debate is building over where longer-term funding should come from
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Is it time for UCU members to go on indefinite strike?
Jo Grady’s more gradualist approach to industrial action offers better prospects for success, say Jak Peake and Adam Ozanne
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As UK industrial disputes drag on, should union rethink tactics?
UCU pushes on with shrinking rounds of strike action despite calls to regroup and rethink
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UK Horizon alternative ‘aims to make Brussels pick up the phone’
George Freeman ‘still pushing’ and ‘still hopeful’ on association, but thinks forthcoming plan for UK global science role could be catalyst
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What is the real carbon footprint of universities?
Major report seeks to establish true emissions for the whole of the UK sector – and suggest route to net zero
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Indefinite strike or ‘escalating’ action? The choice facing UCU
Long-running divisions brought back to the fore at crucial period in UK pay negotiations
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Rice, with path-breaking leader, eyes new directions
Haitian-born DesRoches aims to grow enrolment and diversity, boost research and create new global footprint
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New Zealand signs association deal for Horizon Europe
European Commission hails first association of a highly industrialised country outside of Europe
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A year on, edX sale to 2U leaves both sides struggling
Year after MIT and Harvard’s abandonment of non-profit online course platform, universities slow in finding promised new beneficial mission, while for-profit buyer sheds staff and loses market value
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UK extends Horizon Europe funding guarantee for third time
Stopgap solution will run out in April, when symbolic deadline for resolving a wider EU-UK dispute over Northern Ireland will present itself
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What would a President DeSantis mean for US higher education?
Florida’s Trumpian governor has repeatedly attacked the freedom and expertise of the state’s university sector. With the Yale and Harvard graduate widely tipped as the 2024 Republican presidential...
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UCU split on plans to call ‘indefinite strike’ from February
Union leader Jo Grady distances herself from higher education committee decision as key pay negotiations begin
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Concerns over dozens of papers from Marseilles medical institute
Plos puts warnings on almost 50 papers after alleged reuse of ethical approvals, undeclared conflicts of interest and publication rates equivalent to an article every three days Â