Open question on v-c pay as jobs come up for grabs Sector observers predict that universities will take the chance to rein in executive remuneration By Anna McKie 4 October
Soas to pay former student £20K over ‘no supervision’ PhD Law graduate urges research students to ‘take institutions to task’ on inadequate supervision By John Morgan 4 October
Performance management is performance mismanagement Research will suffer from the collapse of professional development into financially fixated assessments of ‘capability’, say Gill Evans and Dorothy Bishop By Gill Evans 4 October
University campuses and buildings must remain public places Restricting access to university property is a sorry symptom of commercialisation that is making students poorer, laments Les Back By Les Back 4 October
Birkbeck mulls withdrawing from domestic league tables University says its mission and nature of its students ‘make it difficult to climb much above 90’ in UK rankings By Ellie Bothwell 3 October
German Catholic abuse study raises questions over church control German academics have uncovered thousands of suspected abusers in a landmark project. But should they have had a freer hand? By David Matthews 3 October
Elite ‘club’ predicted to dominate UK-EU research post-Brexit Russell Group institutions dominate tie-ups announced since vote to leave bloc By Anna McKie 3 October
Muscatelli: no-deal Brexit would be ‘unhinged self-sabotage’ Russell Group chair says politicians have ‘moral obligation’ to stop UK crashing out of EU without an agreement By Chris Havergal 2 October
Conservative conference: Gyimah blasts ‘right on’ attitudes Universities minister continues campaign on campus free speech at Tory conference By John Morgan 2 October
Registration delays bring recruitment worries on English campuses Office for Students fails to meet schedule for latest tranche of register of providers amid concerns about approach By John Morgan 2 October
Conservative conference: ex-minister brands UUK visa plans ‘obvious nonsense’ Lord Lilley describes post-study work visas as route to ‘mass migration’, while v-c stresses universities’ ability to ‘promote global Britain’ By John Morgan 1 October
Cambridge to raise £500 million for bursaries and student support University hopes funding will help widening participation goals By Anna McKie 1 October
