The REF is ruining UK research Short time horizons and a focus on cost-efficiency are limiting production of truly groundbreaking research, say Moqi Groen-Xu and Peter Coveney By Moqi Groen-Xu 8 May
Hungarian universities sue EU over funding freeze Six legal cases lodged in bid to release billions of euros of funding, locked away because of threats to university autonomy By Ben Upton 7 May
Talking leadership: EUA head wants ‘fundamental’ leader training Former University College Cork president Michael Murphy reflects on pandemic, Ukraine and Brussels experience as he prepares to step down from top of representative body By Ben Upton 5 May
Northern Irish universities ‘in limbo’ after year of no government Failure to restore power-sharing means funding issues leading to brain drain are not being resolved, warns Queen’s University Belfast v-c By Patrick Jack 5 May
More than 100 jobs at risk as Brighton seeks to save £17 million University says cuts will ‘strengthen its position’ amid ongoing fee freeze, but union blames costly campus redevelopment By Tom Williams 5 May
Campus free-speech crisis inspires new stage comedy ‘Creeping authoritarianism’ and university expansion behind Ryan Craig’s play, after academia largely absent from UK stage since 1980s By Jack Grove 4 May
‘Significant reservations’ on UK’s Springer Nature open-access deal Anger over high cost of publishing in Nature and other titles as UK universities sign up for three-year agreement By Jack Grove 3 May
‘Privilege pays’ as rich graduates ‘out-earn’ disadvantaged peers Earnings gap for poor graduates applies even taking into account university attended and subject studied, Taso report finds By Patrick Jack 3 May
Starmer to ditch Labour’s ‘free’ university tuition pledge Labour leader also says £9,250 fee status quo in England is ‘unfair’ By John Morgan 2 May
France’s ‘unequal’ research system faces fresh scrutiny Government-led review of ‘low-performing’ research system will increase pressure to reform the role of France’s biggest scientific agency By Jack Grove 2 May
Online offerings fuel rapid rise of German private universities More prepared to pay for education because of innovations in flexible learning, despite demographic shifts that are harming public sector By Ben Upton 1 May
UK should rejoin Erasmus+, says Lords report Success of Turing Scheme should not obscure lost benefits of deeper, reciprocal student exchange initiatives, explains House of Lords review By Jack Grove 29 April
