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 Moqi Groen-Xu 5月 8日
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 Ben Upton 5月 7日
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 Ben Upton 5月 5日
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 Patrick Jack 5月 5日
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 Tom Williams 5月 5日
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 Jack Grove 5月 4日
‘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 Jack Grove 5月 3日
‘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 Patrick Jack 5月 3日
Starmer to ditch Labour’s ‘free’ university tuition pledge Labour leader also says £9,250 fee status quo in England is ‘unfair’ John Morgan 5月 2日
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 Jack Grove 5月 2日
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 Ben Upton 5月 1日
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 Jack Grove 4月 29日
