Keep off the Brexit barricades Partisan social media posts typically get more attention, but dispassionate analyses are what academics are valued for, says Stuart Brown By Stuart Brown 26 July
Vice-principal quits in protest at failure to punish colleagues Paul Hagan says Robert Gordon University principal and fellow deputy should have been sanctioned for failing to declare conflict of interest By Chris Havergal 25 July
USS announces increases in higher education pension contributions University and staff payments set to increase even though Joint Expert Panel is yet to report By Chris Havergal 25 July
NUI Galway lecturers promoted after gender discrimination row Four women settle legal action against university over 2008-09 promotion round By Ellie Bothwell 25 July
Predatory publishers probe snares prominent academics Investigation discovers 400,000 researchers worldwide have used ‘pseudoscientific’ journals By David Matthews 25 July
Extradition case against Catalan academic Clara Ponsati dropped Lawyer says Spanish warrant means that economics professor remains an ‘exile’ By Matthew Reisz 25 July
Lancaster mulls European branch campus post-Brexit University says it is ‘exploring options’, but sector leaders urge caution By Chris Havergal 25 July
Romanian universities cry foul over ‘political’ new ranking Institutions set to be rated on metrics including the number of classrooms and dormitories that they have By David Matthews 25 July
Treasury guarantees UK academics’ European funding to end of 2020 Grants awarded under Horizon 2020 will still be paid even in event of ‘no deal’ Brexit By Rachael Pells 24 July
Thomas Docherty: it’s time to kill off the social mobility agenda Leading critic of marketised higher education takes aim at external appointment of vice-chancellors and the ‘student experience’ By Matthew Reisz 24 July
Brain drain takes worst academics as well as the best, study says Analysis of Italian PhD graduates finds that the ‘milk’ as well as the ‘cream’ leave By David Matthews 24 July
Doctoral graduates ‘need five years of post-PhD career support’ Early career social scientists should be entitled to extensive support from their university long after attaining their doctorate, study says By Jack Grove 23 July
