Marking boycott looms as UCU promises more strikes next month Union faces divisions internally as well as impasse with vice-chancellors in negotiations Chris Havergal 1月 21日
Pay rises stall for v-cs as rank-and-file staff face freeze Alice Gast emerges as top-paid leader among Russell Group Simon Baker 1月 21日
Covid recovery projects held up for months by red tape Tardy response to UKRI request meant greenlit research projects on pandemic could not begin, investigation concludes Jack Grove 1月 21日
The EU’s university strategy is a good start – but more is needed Kick-starting a conversation on national funding levels is useful, but collaboration on frontier-led research needs attention, says Jan Palmowski Jan Palmowski 1月 21日
TEF gets ‘requires improvement’ badge for ‘absence of?excellence’ Label would apply to providers failing to get a rating and in England would limit the fees they can charge, according to consultation Simon Baker 1月 20日
Six in 10 graduates must get professional jobs, universities told Latest stage of English plan to tackle ‘poor quality’ via absolute baselines for student outcomes brings threat of punishment for institutions that fall short John Morgan 1月 20日
Universities spend ?600 million on severance pay in four years Data reveal 69 per cent increase in outlay between 2016-17 and 2019-20 in England Simon Baker 1月 20日
Christ Church’s internecine war is a huge failure of governance The Oxford college’s vast expenditure of charitable funds to try to dislodge its own dean could have serious repercussions, says Alan Rusbridger Alan Rusbridger 1月 20日
Flights for one ERC funding round ‘equivalent to 12 Moon trips’ Researchers decry ‘ridiculous’ travel for 30-minute interviews and ask colleagues and funders to commit to flying less Ben Upton 1月 19日
Academic fraud factories are booming, warns plagiarism sleuth Firms that sell co-authorship on papers accepted by reputable journals are likely turning over millions of pounds a year Jack Grove 1月 19日
UK universities near Elsevier deal after publisher drops price Rigorous ‘no deal’ planning paved way for significant concessions, says library head Jack Grove 1月 19日
