Anti-university narrative ‘politically motivated’, say UK v-cs Institutional leaders tell survey that current avalanche of criticism ‘lacks substance’ By Chris Havergal 18 January
For-profit university director pocketed ?1.6 million Office for Students asked to tackle huge pay awards given to leaders of private providers By Jack Grove 18 January
Professors warn of recruitment ‘disaster’ over USS changes Senior academics express fears for younger colleagues as strike deadline looms By Sophie Inge 18 January
Hundreds of hate speakers allowed on campuses, claims ex-OIA head Baroness Deech tells parliamentary committee that UK universities are ‘complicit’ in censoring lawful speech while giving hate preachers access to students By Jack Grove 17 January
?1.1 million for new centre tackling decline of technicians Initiative is part of bid to tackle impending shortage of 700,000 university technicians expected in UK by 2020 By Rachael Pells 17 January
Luxembourg increases higher education funding by 25 per cent More than half of new budget will go to the University of Luxembourg By Matthew Reisz 17 January
UCL to launch open-access megajournal London institution thought to be the first in UK to launch open-access publishing platform, as academics move away from traditional scholarly journals By Rachael Pells 17 January
Anger over pay spikes for departing vice-chancellors Union takes aim at ‘out of touch’ leaders after accounts show outgoing Kent head got ?45,000 uplift in final year By Jack Grove 17 January
Germany fears university growth threatens apprentice tradition Companies blame a ‘social shift’ for young people viewing campus as their only option, but others see positives in student boom By David Matthews 17 January
Malta’s ‘American’ university fires nearly all its staff Jordanian-established institution has fallen short of recruitment expectations By Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed 16 January
Ministers vetoed student champions from Office for Students board Three student candidates deemed 'appointable' to regulator's board were overlooked in favour of engineering undergraduate By Jack Grove 16 January
18 practical steps to help universities better serve Generation Z Mary Visser asks if universities are delivering for people born in the late 1990s By Mary Visser 15 January
