Moscow students protest over World Cup ‘chaos’ Students unhappy about a 25,000-capacity fan zone next to their institution have held demonstrations and circulated petitions Jack Grove 5月 29日
Richmond becomes first university to offer UK and US degrees Private liberal arts institution gains UK degree-awarding powers John Morgan 5月 29日
Number of EU academics up on most UK campuses after Brexit vote Latest Hesa data show there was no immediate exodus of academics but Russell Group warns against ‘complacency’ Simon Baker 5月 29日
Bologna Process still ‘treading water’, say critics Nearly two decades on, reports suggest the goal of a unified higher education area in Europe is still some distance away David Matthews 5月 29日
Italy’s Five Star aimed to ‘replace politicians’ with professor PM Five Star Movement offers ‘detailed’ policies on HE, but has been attacked as anti-science John Morgan 5月 28日
Crime writers create course materials with a twist Novelists write short stories for Spanish university’s criminology degree Matthew Reisz 5月 27日
Stark gender gap in earnings after postgraduate study Data for English universities show men consistently earn more than women after completing postgraduate degrees Anna McKie 5月 25日
Staff and students to help decide Bath v-c pay after review Report says Bath governance requires ‘considerable improvement’ to restore trust after Breakwell salary outcry John Morgan 5月 25日
Don’t be distracted from equality challenges, universities told Need to meet demands of technological advances should not overshadow long-standing problems of gender and race, conference told Rachael Pells 5月 25日
Oxbridge student experience ‘way ahead’ of rest of Russell Group Hepi survey data spanning six years suggest students do not rate other members of mission group very differently from UK universities overall Simon Baker 5月 24日
Fresh anger over UK visa regime as scholar forced to leave Oxford Home Office decision to decline a visa for postgraduate researcher’s 22-month-old baby sparks anguish at laboratory ‘struggling’ to recruit Rachael Pells 5月 24日
Multibillion-pound fee for UK to stay in EU research debated Task ahead for universities to show return if country is to be part of next framework programme John Morgan 5月 24日