Irish university leadership’s gender rebalance may not persist Senior management may be responding to national requirements, but fundamental, sustainable change needs more work, says Pat O’Connor By Pat O’Connor 23 May
Cambridge urges end to talks impasse as marking delays loom Vice-chancellor and union rep make rare joint statement appealing to national negotiators to resolve dispute By Ben Upton 22 May
Graduate tax ‘hybrid’ fairer for all, says top-up fees architect Economist Nicholas Barr, whose research shaped Labour’s 2006 fee policy, says mixed graduate tax and loan system can fix funding crisis By Jack Grove 22 May
‘Minimum offer’ needed in ‘Wild West’ of doctoral study PhD candidates face ‘inconsistencies and inequalities’ in the support provided by supervisors, says British Academy-funded study By Jack Grove 22 May
The free speech bill has finally become law – what happens next? Wide-ranging new powers aimed at cancelling cancel culture predicted to have a ‘seismic’ impact on English universities By Tom Williams 22 May
Elite universities ‘only support diversity if it benefits them’ Gatekeeping systems used by big brand institutions ‘legitimise race and class inequalities’, scholars claim in book By Patrick Jack 21 May
UK migrants more likely to have HE qualification than British-born Census data shows 44 per cent of adult residents born outside the UK had a higher education qualification By Patrick Jack 19 May
International education must not be caught in the UK’s electoral crossfire Reinforcing public support for student immigration is vital amid increasingly hostile rhetoric from politicians, says Wendy Alexander By Wendy Alexander 19 May
Union members back push for student number controls Mechanism needed to stem ‘unlimited recruitment’ by wealthy institutions and resulting job cuts at other universities, say UCU activists By Tom Williams 19 May
Dutch minister: ‘changing education is like open-heart surgery’ Challenge of balancing huge international expansion with sustainability leaves academic-turned-politician urging careful thinking By Ben Upton 19 May
Increased pension costs could take modern universities to the precipice Increased contributions to the Teachers’ Pensions Scheme will require cuts to student support services, warns Graham Baldwin By Graham Baldwin 19 May
Goldsmiths opens lawyer-led antisemitism inquiry Investigation will look at whether enough has been done to welcome Jewish students and staff By Ben Upton 18 May
