USS pension costs tip universities into multibillion-pound losses Rising Universities Superannuation Scheme provisions mean three-quarters of institutions report deficits, with losses totalling £3.6 billion Patrick Jack 1月 24日
Cutting collaborative funding is not the way to widen UK participation The government must invest significantly in a national infrastructure to develop more effective interventions, say Antony Moss and Deborah Johnston Antony Moss 1月 24日
Oxford sued by tutors over ‘Uberisation’ of teaching Two authors who taught on university’s creative writing course were employed on temporary contracts for 15 years Tom Williams 1月 23日
What is the real carbon footprint of universities? Major report seeks to establish true emissions for the whole of the UK sector – and suggest route to net zero Tom Williams 1月 23日
University ‘will never pay ransoms’ despite darknet data leak Duisburg-Essen has had to rebuild entire IT infrastructure and postpone admissions deadlines, although teaching and exams are able to continue Ben Upton 1月 23日
Open access accord ‘to weaken publishers’ negotiating position’ Rights retention agreement aims to end ‘unhelpful’ model under which universities ‘give IP to publishers and buy access to it in perpetuity’, says Manchester librarian Jack Grove 1月 23日
Spain’s university reforms collide with independence debate Open letter calling for political neutrality of public universities has gathered over 1,000 signatures Ben Upton 1月 23日
The Turing Scheme’s teething troubles could hamper ‘Global Britain’ Inclusivity would be boosted if the Erasmus replacement offered funding more promptly and flexibly, say Richard Davies and Andrew Griff-Owen Richard Davies 1月 23日
Hungarians want ‘parental reintegration grant’ to tackle pay gap Government with decade-old birth policy must strengthen support for post-maternity return to work, young academicians say Ben Upton 1月 22日
Westminster Accounts reveal MPs with second jobs in universities MPs earn more than £250,000 from roles in sector, while all-party parliamentary groups get in excess of £500,000 Patrick Jack 1月 20日
International students ‘less likely’ to report sexual misconduct Paper calls for mandatory consent training and improved complaints processes Patrick Jack 1月 20日
German universities taking six years to act on plagiarism claims Ombudsmen need more resources and voluntary investigators need recognition if fabrication is finally to be taken seriously, says sleuth Ben Upton 1月 20日
