USS chief executive Bill Galvin to step down next year Head of UK higher education’s biggest pension scheme to depart once successor is appointed By Chris Havergal 28 September
New UK-Africa partnerships confront science’s ‘colonial legacy’ New wave of funding schemes aims to counter ‘parachute research’ and brain drain By Jack Grove 28 September
OfS seeks collaboration, not intervention, in access reboot Hitting targets ‘not the be-all and end-all’, John Blake tells 91茄子, as national risk register for higher education participation planned By Tom Williams 28 September
Andrea Jenkyns confirmed as minister covering higher education Minister’s title no longer includes ‘higher education’ and responsibilities no longer include ‘universities and higher education reform’ By John Morgan 27 September
Charge lower fees to students from developing world, says Habib SOAS director rails against ‘unjustly’ high mark-up on UK fees for overseas learners By Tom Williams 27 September
KEF 2022 results: Russell Group leads on spin-off turnover Spin-off companies from Russell Group universities boast largest annual turnovers, data reveal By Jack Grove 27 September
Support students through cost-of-living crisis, says ombudsman OIA says universities should apply regulations ‘with some flexibility’ as more learners forced to take on work or struggle to make ends meet By Chris Havergal 27 September
Labour conference: party urged to dispel ‘woke universities’ myth Party conference hears Tony Blair Institute economist and Coventry provost call for change of tone on sector expansion and cultural attacks By John Morgan 26 September
Labour conference: major expansion of NHS training pledged Shadow chancellor promises to reinstate top rate of income tax to fund ‘biggest expansion of medical school places ever’ By John Morgan 26 September
Cambridge picks Princeton provost Deborah Prentice as next v-c Psychologist will become first American to lead institution when she succeeds Stephen Toope By Chris Havergal 26 September
Labour conference: English funding system ‘broken’, says Phillipson Status quo ‘not sustainable’ for universities or students and even Tory government ‘will recognise that soon’, shadow minister says By John Morgan 26 September
Labour conference: Truss plans ‘mean more funding’ for ‘golden triangle’ Labour conference hears that levelling up is now ‘dead’ for Tories, meaning alternative vision for regional innovation needed By John Morgan 26 September