How to write a grant application? Tell a story, but analyse too Close reading of ERC Starting Grant proposals finds secrets to success and raises concerns about smoke and mirrors from narrative CVs By Ben Upton 24 March
UK hails ‘significant savings’ as Elsevier open access deal struck Deal includes prestigious Cell Press and Lancet journals By Chris Havergal 23 March
Western scholars appeal to Russian colleagues to ‘end bloodshed’ Signatories of letter urging peace include dozens of top academics and Nobel prizewinner By Pola Lem 23 March
Students ‘could save ?40K’ by cancelling gap years before reforms Potential for ‘mass cancellation of gap years’ in rush for 2022 entry as finance expert warns 2023 starters could face huge hike in costs By John Morgan 23 March
Is globalisation dead? And what would this mean for universities? War in Ukraine may reshape university internationalisation, but most academics do not expect a knockout blow By John Ross 23 March
UK ministers urged to bridge post-Brexit EU structural funds gap University-led projects ‘directly supporting local employers, jobs, and communities’ at risk, UUK tells government By John Morgan 23 March
The false market in degrees is ruining higher education Universities’ oligarchic control of degree provision and metrics’ misguided focus are shortchanging both students and academics, says Murdoch Gabbay By Murdoch Gabbay 23 March
Sewell controversy at Nottingham ‘shows free speech bill needed’ Withdrawal of honorary degree from government race review chair raises Tory ire, while OfS chief executive says legislation would allow it to act on such cases By John Morgan 22 March
Russia bars academics from international conferences Researcher shrugs off ban, saying Russians are ‘used to avoiding such useless regulations’ By Pola Lem 22 March
Bristol picks King’s vice-president Evelyn Welch as v-c Renaissance historian will be first woman to lead the Russell Group institution By Chris Havergal 22 March
Social sciences park ‘will support innovation and job security’ Head of Cardiff University’s new social sciences centre says virtual working has not dented the case for new ‘superlab’ By Jack Grove 22 March
Striking staff tired but determined in third wave of walkouts Sunny start to the latest round of UK industrial action couldn’t mask the frustrations felt by many union members By Tom Williams 21 March
