UK’s top-paid vice-chancellors earn more from sector pension fund Sir David Eastwood earns ?90,000 as USS chair, while Dame Glynis Breakwell gets ?50,000 By Chris Havergal 21 December
91茄子 books of the year 2017: part one Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading By Contributors 20 December
Swiss universities launch gender equality action plan Range of initiatives designed to help women unveiled By Matthew Reisz 20 December
Back to Pentonville: ex-con academic takes teaching behind bars Westminster course brings serving prisoners together with students By Matthew Reisz 20 December
Dutch universities struggle to hit female professor targets Interventions such as women-only fellowships have improved gender balance – but some professoriates are still more than 85 per cent male By David Matthews 20 December
Teenage hacker behind university network attacks spared jail Jack Chappell launched distributed denial of service attack against Janet service By Chris Havergal 19 December
Cross-border academic ‘pushed out of UK’ by healthcare delay Scholar who lives in Germany and works in UK blames Brexit after waiting months for certificate By Ellie Bothwell 19 December
A salamander and a Star Trek uniform: perfect Christmas gifts for academics Got some last minute scholarly Christmas shopping to do? Glen Wright has got your back By Glen Wright 18 December
Student visa rules loosened at 23 more UK universities in pilot Scheme streamlines immigration process for master's courses and allows graduates to stay in the UK for six months in search of work By Rachael Pells 18 December
English universities risk multimillion-pound fines under OfS Proposed penalties for intuitions that fall foul of new regulator called “eye-watering” By Holly Else 18 December
Labour’s student vote ‘could melt away’ over Brexit backing Hepi/YouthSight poll finds 68 per cent of students now back the party, up from 55 per cent prior to June’s general election By Chris Havergal 18 December
I was part of a successful EU funding bid, but as a UK academic I am not needed now Clare McGlynn is not surprised that the UK was overlooked as a focus country after a successful EU funding bid By Clare McGlynn 17 December