V-c: ‘muddle-headed’ fee cuts would wreck ‘progressive’ system Aston University head warns mooted cuts to tuition fees in England will only benefit wealthiest graduates By Jack Grove 24 January
Academics fear loss of sector research under OfS regime Unclear whether new regulator will maintain programme that informs English higher education policy By Holly Else 24 January
Female academics told image more important than quality of work Programme aimed at empowering women, used in more than 35 universities, ‘unfit for an academic institution’ By Sophie Inge 24 January
Want your students to think creatively? Teach them at lunchtime Experiment finds groups of students came up with twice as many ideas in classes around midday By Chris Havergal 24 January
Strikes on as USS talks fail to end pensions dispute Walkouts at 61 universities set to go ahead as chair’s casting vote backs UUK reforms By Sophie Inge 23 January
NHS crisis puts nurse training efforts in spotlight Loss of bursaries is not only cause of dramatic fall in applications for UK nursing courses, say university leaders By Rachael Pells 22 January
Interdisciplinarity and global view ‘priorities for humanities’ Scholars in English and other disciplines need to engage with big challenges facing planet, conference hears By Matthew Reisz 20 January
More European academics are leaving the UK – can you blame them? Almost 2,350 academics from non-UK European countries have resigned from UK universities in the past year, and Layla Moran fears that could be just the tip of the iceberg By Layla Moran 19 January
New universities minister promises review of English tuition fees In first public appearance since his appointment, Sam Gyimah claims Labour’s plan to scrap fees is unrealistic By Jack Grove 19 January
Blockchain 'could help combat mistrust in research' Technology behind Bitcoin is not just hype, say advocates, but could prevent data tampering and improve reproducibility By David Matthews 19 January
Jailed Turkish physicist recounts research struggle in prison Working with pen and paper and cut off from the outside world, Ali Kaya wrote three papers, re-deriving physical formulas from scratch By David Matthews 19 January
French university scrutinises ethics of AI research University of Paris-Saclay will incorporate ethical considerations into research on emerging technologies By Holly Else 19 January
