Oxbridge v-cs and unions call for ‘urgent’ pensions redesign
Ending automatic inflationary increases in benefits should keep contributions below 30 per cent of salary, says joint statement
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Turing scheme launches with 120 universities on board
Australia, Canada and US confirmed as potential exchange destinations, alongside key European sectors
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Forcing needless grant applications is a waste of public money
But journals’ open access fees are suddenly increasing researchers’ need for funding, says Adrian Furnham
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University ‘fudging figures’ on sociology cuts
Course cut critics castigate Australian institution for using data selectively, as sociologists elsewhere watch on nervously
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Fresh strike over Liverpool job cuts targets clearing
Union members overwhelmingly back action even as number of compulsory redundancies slashed to two
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US revives pursuit of academic in China spying case
Amid silence from universities and protests from Democrats, Biden prosecutors seek new trial for Anming Hu
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Ruskin College joins University of West London after cash crisis
Takeover will preserve ‘rich heritage’ of trade union college, say leaders
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Research intelligence: how to write a compelling narrative CV
With ‘storytelling’ CVs becoming crucial in hiring and funding decisions, Jack Grove explores how academics can craft compelling research statements
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Australian universities to profit from students going elsewhere
Investment in education services provider IDP set to pay multimillion-dollar dividends as students use its language tests to head to Canada and UK
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Universities refuse to ‘slavishly follow’ teacher training plans
Westminster reforms would force leading providers out of sector, representative body warns
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Don’t delay publishing English funding plans, ministers urged
Wrangling between DfE and Treasury over direction of policy appears to be main roadblock
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Banning journal impact factors is bad for Dutch science
Abandoning measurable evaluation criteria will make judgements more political and more random, say Raymond Poot and Willem Mulder
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Ole Miss settles with lecturer who claimed sacking was political
University insists historian Garrett Felber was let go for failing to communicate effectively with department chair
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Books interview: Paul Hirsch
The historian and author of Pulp Empire: The Secret History of Comic Book Imperialism on cool kids, a comic book shop as edgy as its contents, and international culture wars
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Australia plots international education restart from the bunker
Representative groups put preparatory work in place as latest infections undermine plans to reboot arrivals