Alain Fuchs: managing a university merger The PSL president discusses bringing staff on board and not over-centralising services Rosa Ellis 3ÔÂ 29ÈÕ
Gove: levelling up could mean new universities for UK regions Cabinet minister says he would like to see new institutions in places like Doncaster, Wigan and Grimsby Tom Williams 3ÔÂ 28ÈÕ
¡®Change fatigue¡¯ dampens desire to scrap journal impact factors Turbulence caused by pandemic may have reduced appetite for radical reform of research assessment and rewards, suggests study Jack Grove 3Ô 28ÈÕ
Russian universities must suffer tougher sanctions Complicity of Russian universities in the savage assault on Ukraine must lead to severe punishments, write four Ukrainian academics Dmytro Chumachenko 3ÔÂ 28ÈÕ
Task force aims to cut data burden on English sector Announcement comes amid growing criticism of extra regulatory load placed on universities by reforms Simon Baker 3ÔÂ 28ÈÕ
English free speech bill stalls but ministers ¡®remain committed¡¯ Clash of views on whether controversial legislation¡¯s support is dwindling and whether it will be carried over to next session of Parliament John Morgan 3Ô 28ÈÕ
This is what practical support for Ukrainian refugees actually looks like The University of Gda¨½sk is housing hundreds, and expects thousands. But couldn¡¯t the burden be shared more widely, asks Agnieszka Piotrowska Agnieszka Piotrowska 3Ô 28ÈÕ
Half of academics admit to ¡®questionable¡¯ research practices Findings from Dutch confessional covering methods, supervision and publishing likely to be repeated in other countries, authors say Ben Upton 3Ô 27ÈÕ
UK cuts most Russian research ties and funds Ukrainian refugees Ministers halt funding to programmes with ¡®state and institutional collaborators¡¯ but ¡®small number¡¯ of partnerships remain under review Chris Havergal 3Ô 27ÈÕ
A one-woman crusade has turned Romania¡¯s tide of plagiarism Emilia ?ercan has exposed a vast array of senior public officials for plagiarising their theses, writes J¨²lius Kravjar J¨²lius Kravjar 3Ô 27ÈÕ
Three in five UK university staff ¡®set to quit within five years¡¯ Four in five postgraduates who responded to union survey say they are likely to leave sector Tom Williams 3Ô 25ÈÕ
Concern as Brussels ¡®borrows¡¯ €400 million from Horizon Europe EU officials want to take money for Chips Act, but government purseholders have ruled out using unspent project funds to replace it Ben Upton 3Ô 25ÈÕ
