Students happy to fund research, but not other departments Survey of more than 5,000 students fuels debate about cross-subsidies in English higher education By Chris Havergal 15 March
‘Little appetite’ for overseas collaboration fund post-Brexit Creating a separate pot of money for international research ‘risks funding second-rate’ work, conference hears By Ellie Bothwell 15 March
Demand for 300K new university places ‘threatens uncapped system’ Hepi report warns that surge in youth population and higher participation will add to government’s funding headache in England By Simon Baker 15 March
Martin Luther King inspires university workplace critique Research fellowship will explore how the US civil rights leader’s work could improve relations between academics and administrators By Jack Grove 15 March
Nicholas Phillipson, 1937-2018 Tributes paid to expert on the Scottish Enlightenment By Matthew Reisz 15 March
Threatened Central European University to open Vienna campus New outpost does not undermine commitment to remain in Budapest, institution insists By David Matthews 14 March
Stephen Hawking: physicist who revealed universe to millions dies Cambridge v-c says professor’s ‘exceptional contributions to scientific knowledge and the popularisation of science and mathematics have left an indelible legacy’ By Chris Havergal 14 March
Plans to link staff seniority to teaching quality in TEF ‘absurd’ Academics with higher qualifications or more experience could get higher scores in subject-level teaching excellence framework By Jack Grove 14 March
Mexican academics told to leave UK after doing research abroad Ernesto Schwartz-Marín and his wife Arely Cruz-Santiago told that their family has just 14 days to leave country By Sophie Inge 13 March
Nationalistic fraternity members join Austrian university boards Political appointees to governing councils are ‘the weakest and most provincial ones we’ve ever had’, says Universities Austria By David Matthews 13 March
Employers strike deal with UCU leaders in USS pension talks Agreement raises hopes that strike action could be suspended later this week By Chris Havergal 12 March
First Transgender Pride flag unveiled at Irish university Historic flying of Trans Pride flag at University College Cork follows similar commitment to equality by other Irish universities By Jack Grove 12 March
