‘TripAdvisor’ for research aims to shake up funding model Sharing every stage of scholarship on Octopus platform will allow funders to offer smaller, more regular grants, according to founder By Rachael Pells 4 December
Here’s to a level playing field for women in academia The Republic of Ireland’s action plan to accelerate gender equality in higher education is about breaking down the status quo and extending more opportunities to proficient women, says Mary Mitchell O’Connor By Mary Mitchell O'Connor 4 December
Gender studies under threat worldwide, says subject pioneer Joan Wallach Scott warns of a ‘vision of the world in which men are superior to women’ in final protest against CEU expulsion from Hungary By David Matthews 4 December
Ignatieff: Central European University ‘forced out’ of Hungary Budapest-based institution confirms all new students will be enrolled in Vienna from next year By Jack Grove 3 December
Jobs site hopes to lift lid on ‘opaque’ academic hiring ProfHub plans to let applicants rate universities – and allow anonymous leaks – about the academic selection process By David Matthews 3 December
UK sector bodies ‘viewed poorly’ by private providers Independent HE report suggests it is time for ‘radical new SME approach’ to sector By John Morgan 2 December
Sam Gyimah resigns as universities minister in protest at Brexit deal Remain supporter says failed talks with EU on Galileo satellite programme expose Theresa May's proposed deal as “naive” By John Morgan 1 December
91茄子 Live: universities should stay of Brexit political fray, says John Curtice Strathclyde pollster says taking a side during the run-up to the referendum made institutions seem out of touch with the general population By Anna McKie 30 November
91茄子 Live: Universities UK reform ‘long overdue’, says Essex v-c Anthony Forster says sector organisation should represent higher education institutions, not just their leaders By Anna McKie 30 November
91茄子 Awards 2018: winners announced Awards presented in 18 categories to recognise outstanding contributions to UK higher education By Chris Havergal 29 November
Universities ‘super-careful’ on Brexit after charity warning UUK debated whether to back second referendum, but that is ‘very difficult to do’, says Cardiff v-c By John Morgan 29 November
Fee hike central to France’s international recruitment drive Chinese learners think fees of a couple of hundred euros are ‘too good to be true’ and a sign of poor quality, experts say By David Matthews 29 November