New female principal investigators in UK ‘paid ?5K less than men’ Female PIs awarded lower starting salaries than similarly qualified male research group leaders, survey suggests By Jack Grove 23 March
More than quarter of UK HE institutions post deficits Latest sector-wide figures likely to increase concerns about financial sustainability By Simon Baker 22 March
Germany offsets demographic decline with recruitment abroad One in six campuses is shrinking as low birth rates bite, says study By David Matthews 22 March
Nature editor: researchers should be forced to make data public But funders still need to create standardised data repositories for all fields, says Magdalena Skipper By David Matthews 22 March
‘Unparalleled public intellectual’ Mary Warnock dies aged 94 Tributes paid to pioneering philosopher who established guidelines on embryo research in the UK By Anna McKie 21 March
Failed Horizon 2020 bids ‘cost European universities ?6 billion’ Average success rate for European Commission programme stands at 12 per cent By Simon Baker 21 March
Grade threshold ‘exemptions for poorest’ risk Treasury rift Post-18 education review also said to have looked at proposals to allocate top-up public funding according to subjects’ cost of provision By John Morgan 21 March
Scrapping post-study work visas ‘cost UK ?750?million’ Evidence on international students’ tax payments raises ‘serious concerns’ about rejection of post-study work visa return, says report for Hepi By John Morgan 21 March
UK academics should not rely on their universities to save them from Brexit fallout For those reliant on EU funding, seeking appointments at continental universities is the only sensible course, says Peter Coveney By Peter Coveney 21 March
Global reputation of UK universities declines ahead of Brexit Canada and China are among nations that have seen a boost on measures of internationalisation in past year, based on latest 91茄子 ranking By Ellie Bothwell 20 March
Conference axed after threats from transgender activists The Open University cancels prison reform conference after pressure from militant feminist groups over organiser’s advice on transgender prisoners By Jack Grove 20 March
Minister pressures PayPal to stop taking essay mill payments Google and YouTube have removed hundreds of contract cheating advertisements, says Damian Hinds By Anna McKie 20 March