Pass rate drops again as Scottish results day hit by email errors More Scottish students given places at university or college, with small uptick in international undergraduates Tom Williams 8月 6日
Labour confirms death of university minimum service levels plan Tories had wanted to extend legislation limiting impact of industrial action to higher education sector Chris Havergal 8月 6日
Can OfS really be transformed from sector’s scourge to saviour? Labour has placed its faith in better regulation sorting out the financial issues in the sector, but what tools and powers does an already overburdened organisation need to tackle its biggest challenge yet? Tom Williams 8月 6日
Free speech complaints ‘not going away’ despite law pause Universities urged to continue work to tackle free speech concerns after being ‘handed reprieve’ by minister Tom Williams 8月 6日
The USS’ money down the drain on Thames Water should cause a stink Pension scheme members are entitled to ask why so much was lost and why the raw sewage continues to flow into rivers, says Bernard Casey Bernard Casey 8月 6日
Gazan medical students granted Norway visas as ministers step in Ten students from Gaza’s Al-Azhar University were originally denied study permits last month Emily Dixon 8月 5日
Teesside thanks volunteers who joined campus clean-up after riot Windows of university building smashed during anti-immigration disorder Chris Havergal 8月 5日
UCU: union staff announce continuous strike action Increasingly bitter relations could result in prolonged strike action in September Juliette Rowsell 8月 5日
Public sector pay rises put pressure on universities to up offer Big pay hikes for doctors and teachers could trigger mood change on more industrial action, say experts Juliette Rowsell 8月 5日
Lynn Dobbs: ‘I wouldn’t have made it to university under OfS’ Departing London Met vice-chancellor says English regulator’s data-driven rules do not help socially disadvantaged students Jack Grove 8月 5日
The freedom of speech act may be gone, but existing law is strong The OfS needs only to tweak its guidance in light of the considerable free-speech duties by which universities are already bound, says James Murray James Murray 8月 5日
Irish academics ‘optimistic’ about new research funder But formation of Research Ireland must be accompanied by funding increase, researchers say, as questions over leadership remain Emily Dixon 8月 4日
