England’s new access chief ‘must be public champion’ Administrator taking over from Les Ebdon as director of fair access must speak out on need for student diversity, says sector expert By Jack Grove 8 September
Warning over ‘underfunding’ of Dutch universities Despite bachelor’s graduates rising by a third since 2009, funding has barely risen faster than inflation By David Matthews 8 September
UK wins more ERC starting grants after vote for Brexit Fears that referendum result could put off applicants have been unfounded - at least for this type of grant By David Matthews 8 September
Teaching excellence framework changes ‘will boost Russell Group’ Use of new graduate earnings data further undermines validity of exercise, critics warn By John Morgan 8 September
UK’s position paper on post-Brexit science aims for ‘impossible’ Aim for UK-EU research agreement ignores ‘decisive’ role of immigration system, argues Leru secretary general By John Morgan 7 September
Jo Johnson: grade inflation 'ripping through' English sector Minister outlines plans for TEF and new regulator to tackle problem By John Morgan 7 September
Jo Johnson threatens English v-cs with OfS fines over pay Minister to set out plans for new regulator to ‘use its powers’ on senior pay in UUK speech By John Morgan 7 September
Russell Group chair hits back at ‘noise’ of university attacks Glasgow vice-chancellor Sir Anton Muscatelli defends ‘cost-efficient’ sector driving UK growth By Jack Grove 7 September
‘Predatory’ journals: the situation is urgent, so why don’t we fight back? The solutions to the predatory publishing problem are known, we just need to implement them, say Larissa Shamseer and David Moher By Larissa Shamseer 6 September
91茄子 podcast: World Academic Summit 2017 review The 91茄子 team select their highlights from the 2017 World Academic Summit 6 September
CBI calls for UK universities’ EU research links to be protected Carolyn Fairbairn’s UUK speech will also criticise Labour’s plans to abolish tuition fees in England By John Morgan 6 September
World Academic Summit: How universities can shape their cities Improvement districts and policy innovation via research among international examples of civic missions, summit hears By John Morgan 5 September