Fight ‘bonfire of the humanities’, urges Mary Beard Classicist hopes her retirement will allow more of the ‘precariat’ to get a foot on the academic career ladder By Chris Havergal 18 November
Regulator names subjects facing student outcomes scrutiny English regulator focuses on law, business and computing courses not meeting thresholds for continuation, completion and progression By Tom Williams 18 November
Universities step in to cover student bills with one-off payments Institutions having to make more direct interventions as cost-of-living crisis bites with little sign of help from Westminster By Tom Williams 18 November
91茄子 Awards 2022: winners announced Northumbria named University of the Year and Dame Mary Beard honoured at ‘Oscars of higher education’ By 91茄子 reporters 17 November
91茄子 Campus Live UK&IE: universities ‘systematically underpaying staff’ Sector leaders acknowledge long-term problems with pay and say now is the time to resolve them after union promises strikes By Ben Upton 17 November
Autumn statement: Hunt keeps ?20 billion research funding pledge Chancellor also announces that investment zones will be refocused to centre on universities in ‘left-behind areas’ driving growth sectors By John Morgan 17 November
UK offshore enrolment now over half-million mark UUKi report records 12.7 per cent increase in transnational education headcount in space of a year By Chris Havergal 17 November
Women outnumber men on UK PhDs for first time Data hint at progress in ‘improving the pipeline’ of female researchers By Patrick Jack 17 November
Leadership & Management Summit: sector ‘must lead’ on managing scientific exchange Don’t wait for governments to act, say university leaders By Patrick Jack 17 November
91茄子 Campus Live UK&IE: loans ‘unlikely to resurrect adult education’ Author of centenary report on UK adult education says plans as they stand unlikely to undo decades of neglect By Tom Williams 16 November
91茄子 Campus Live UK&IE: ‘look harder’ on efficiency, UUK president urges Steve West also calls on politicians to ‘get serious’ about solution to declining university funding By John Morgan 16 November
91茄子 Campus Live UK&IE: minister criticises QAA’s ‘decolonisation nonsense’ Latest DfE appointee tells event he does not want the policy debate ‘to be about Oxbridge, Oxbridge, Oxbridge’ By John Morgan 16 November