Humanities and arts degrees disappearing in parts of UK
Students from rural and disadvantaged areas disproportionally affected by subject cuts, British Academy warns
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‘Urgent need’ to address lack of working-class medical students
More support needed for disadvantaged students during medical studies to compensate for lack of ‘insider knowledge’, researchers say
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Higher education does not teach critical thinking by default
Without specific classes, students may leave college still unable to separate science from nonsense, says Natalia Pasternak
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Do more to protect academic freedom, universities urge EU
Legal protections and sustainable funding key for Europe to be ‘beacon of open and free science’, guild says
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Academics say names added to Israel-Gaza letter ‘without consent’
Researcher whose name appeared on letter coordinated by the group Scholars for Truth About Genocide says he has no idea how it got there
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Equity students ‘risk being stranded’ in new system
A ‘disconnect’ between aspirational rhetoric and the realities of ‘live’ admissions risks undermining Australia’s inclusion goals
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Tertiary attainment at record high but growth slowing, finds OECD
UK’s high attainment and completion rates tempered by rising costs and inequalities, according to latest Education at a Glance report
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Explain how REF money is spent, universities told
Research England hopes transparency pilot could lead to more accountability but critics fear bureaucracy and government control
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Universities left as ‘piggy in the middle’ after skills reshuffle
Lack of clarity over how brief held by Jacqui Smith will be carved up risks delaying crucial policy interventions, critics fear
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Research integrity needs a kindness agenda or we will lose ECRs
Responding to early-career researchers’ honest questions with accusations of misconduct is a travesty of open science, says Madeleine Pownall
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UCU to hold nationwide strike ballot after ‘insulting’ pay offer
Union threatens ‘coordinated’ strikes to cause ‘maximum disruption’ at UK universities
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Red tape ‘stifling teaching and research’, Senate inquiry hears
Foreign arrangements scheme an example of the regulatory ‘thicket’ smothering universities’ core business, v-cs tell governance inquiry
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‘Wage theft’ claims ‘unfair on university payroll staff’
Australian employer association says ‘system complexity’, not governance or deliberate dishonesty, is ‘root cause’ of widespread underpayments
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‘Dynamic pricing’: overseas students offered thousands off fees
Some ‘scholarships’ advertised by UK universities contingent on grades or ‘ambassadorial duties’, with others applied automatically to all