Minister backs mental health charter for English universities Student Minds to lead in developing charter, but student mental health ‘isn’t just about universities’ John Morgan 6月 28日
UK gets world-first national learning analytics service Thirty providers already signed up to initiative, with another 30 interested in following suit Anna McKie 6月 28日
Student protests in Poland delay ‘authoritarian’ law Biggest campus protests since 1989 have disrupted legislation that many fear will lead to more state control of universities Jack Grove 6月 27日
Staffing and salary autonomy urged in ‘French MIT’ merger Jean-Lou Chameau pushes for formal merger of five grandes écoles Chris Havergal 6月 27日
Polling finds no evidence that UK students hostile to free speech ‘Essentially no difference’ for most part between views of students and general public, says YouGov John Morgan 6月 27日
King’s dean: English universities should consider going private Leaving state regulatory system might free institutions from ministers’ ‘deeply flawed’ fixation with value for money, says Frans Berkhout Anna McKie 6月 27日
TEF 2018: could metrics alone produce the same results? Analysis of latest data could spark similar debate to that seen in relation to the REF, about whether a complex assessment process is needed Simon Baker 6月 27日
Koen Lamberts swaps York v-c post for top job at Sheffield Belgian psychologist to succeed Sir Keith Burnett later this year Chris Havergal 6月 26日
Don’t suffer menopause in silence, university staff told Opportunities to discuss ‘taboo’ subject and new institutional guidelines will help women during the menopause, says University of Manchester Jack Grove 6月 26日
Suicide rate for university students ‘may be lower than thought’ But new government figures do suggest rate in England and Wales is higher now than a decade ago Simon Baker 6月 25日
Junior researchers ‘need funding for career development’ Report says early career academics should be given more opportunities to lead their own research teams to foster independence and improve job security Ellie Bothwell 6月 25日
Review aims to revive UK’s Race Equality Charter Independent study will examine why more institutions have not joined initiative Jack Grove 6月 25日
