Union criticises UEL over deals to house firms where v-c had ties V-c ‘declared potential conflicts of interest and recused herself’ from deals with UCFB and IGPP, says university By John Morgan 11 May
England: in-person teaching can resume on all courses from 17 May Prime minister’s announcement comes as most universities move into examinations period By Chris Havergal 10 May
Liverpool union members to strike during end-of-year exams Industrial action continues despite university reducing number of planned redundancies and revising selection criteria By Chris Havergal 10 May
Warning against ‘politicised appointments’ as key OfS roles open New chair and ministers have scope to reshape regulator, as leadership and board roles potentially open up at politically fraught time By John Morgan 10 May
An ill-defined skills agenda is a high-risk sleepwalk into the future The opportunity exists to reimagine the UK’s post-18 education system in a way that will improve society as well as the economy, says Susan Lea By Susan Lea 10 May
Merkel successor rallies behind ‘attacked and defamed’ scientists ‘It is important that we clearly stand by scientists’ says Armin Laschet, as Germany gears up for September election By David Matthews 7 May
Tie-up puts northern universities in big league for spin-offs New alliance of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield will put them on more equal footing with golden triangle institutions when seeking investment for start-ups, says adviser By Jack Grove 7 May
LGBT+ university staff face slurs ‘at least monthly’ Three in 10 respondents to UCU survey say that they have experienced homophobic language in workplace By Anna McKie 6 May
Female researchers join forces to make fieldwork safer Network aims to highlight problem of gender-based harassment in the field, support victims and encourage institutions to improve safeguarding By Anna McKie 6 May
German universities’ teaching in English is unavoidably flawed Limited fluency and cultural concerns could lead to a backlash against German institutions’ pitch to the international market, says Brian Bloch By Brian Bloch 6 May
Adam Habib to resume SOAS director role after N-word probe Report criticises newly appointed leader but says use of term in student meeting did not make him a racist By Chris Havergal 5 May
Durham picks Oxford humanities head as next v-c Karen O’Brien to head north following retirement of Stuart Corbridge By Chris Havergal 5 May
