Employment

Academics fear women and ethnic minorities will be particularly exposed to abuse on module discussion boards

Identical CVs with different names on them sent to 250 academics in experiment

Vacataire status means not only low pay, but six-month waits between wages, says the Confederation of Young Researchers

Judge says that salaries paid to Catherine Freyd’s colleagues reflect departmental roles and retention raises

Union congress calls for resignation of USS chief executive and criticises Cambridge college’s decision to withdraw from scheme

More than 1,200 people sign letter supporting Feyzi Ismail in her dispute with SOAS University of London

Study finds university staff who do up to 10 additional hours each week are more satisfied with their job, but doing more than this has a significant adverse effect

University says it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies

New reports uncover widespread gossip, harassment, verbal abuse and ‘scientific sabotage’ in Dutch universities – with women particularly affected

Proposals reduce anticipated future contributions, but fall short of union members’ ‘no detriment’ demand

Higher Education Policy Institute says it is ‘shocking’ that no such dataset exists

Experts debate merits of approaches including across-the-board rises for women and the longer, harder challenge of changing cultures

Chris Skidmore attacks widespread use of non-disclosure agreements after THE reveals extent of issue

Hundreds sign petition calling for teaching post to receive salary in July and August

Employers remain at loggerheads with unions over proposed increases ranging from 1.8 per cent to 3.65 per cent

Trend reflects growing gap between PhD completions and academic job availability

Rutgers deal aims to combat wealth divide between New Brunswick flagship and outposts in Newark and Camden

UCU warns universities minister that proposals in Hesa consultation neglect ‘crucial role’ of such staff in universities

University aims to create 100 new academic and 50 new professional posts at a time of overall gloom about UK university finances

Liverpool UCU members supported strike action, but vote failed to meet turnout threshold

Government agency has said that academics without a doctorate will have to leave their roles – but this could account for two-thirds of the workforce

First-of-its-kind study indicates at least one in three research-intensive institutions in North America lean on citation data in decisions on promotion and tenure

Ucea say new proposal increases pay rise ‘envelope’ to about 1.5 per cent, but UCU claims employers have failed to make ‘sensible offer’

Institutions becoming increasingly reliant on agreements that silence departing staff, according to freedom of information responses

Hundreds of jobs endangered by £142 million increase in contributions to Teachers’ Pension Scheme, universities say

Questions have been raised over appointment as design school head of academic who is being sued for alleged age discrimination

Experts warn much more left to do to reduce inequality, as male advantage grows at 46 institutions

High stress levels revealed by Nottingham Trent staff survey have raised concerns over effect of growing demands on academics

Brexit, pension contribution increases and possible cuts to tuition fee income are cited by employers in their opening pay offer

Times Higher Education’s poll of artificial intelligence experts defies predictions that university jobs will be cut as technology advances

Female PIs awarded lower starting salaries than similarly qualified male research group leaders, survey suggests

College of Arts and Law tells scholars to spend more time on grant applications as quality-related funding dwindles

Latest Hesa data reveal universities where teaching-only numbers have increased the most

Administrator leaves role at Nottingham Trent following ‘unfair’ monitoring

Russell Group university is on course for UK’s first industrial action linked to 2021 research excellence framework, says union

Academics say ‘personal assistant’ position highlights precarity faced by early career scholars

Winchester apologises after putting address details in ‘to’ or ‘cc’ fields, not ‘bcc’

Staff hit out at ‘financial mismanagement’ as university announces plans to cut roughly a third of modern languages jobs

Member universities would be unable to fill 60,000 jobs from abroad, and face increased costs too, says report

David Green says exposing pay disparities within universities may encourage removing lower-paid staff from direct payroll

Adam Tickell acknowledges university has ‘failed’ staff and students in the past but says improving well-being is his top priority

US study suggests hiring panels may offer worse terms to female scientists seeking jobs at their partner’s institution than to equally qualified solo candidates

Seventy per cent of voting UCU members support walking out, but 41 per cent turnout is too low for action

Foreign faculty’s dissatisfaction adds to the lure of Chinese recruitment push

Welsh university says it is not currently planning compulsory redundancies but cannot rule them out in future

Royal Holloway professor Jeff Frank back at work after lengthy suspension over ‘farcical’ and ‘non-specific’ charges relating to union activity

Survey reveals many staff in UK universities are sceptical about the value of workload models

Unsupportive senior staff and ‘unjust’ promotion practices are major problems reported by black female professors, says equity researcher

Recruiter and ex-Sussex chair Simon Fanshawe aims to tackle biases around gender, ethnicity and university background

University claims policy has not changed but documents tell staff to record their attendance and location daily

Since the 1970s, an increasingly competitive job market has come to advantage the already privileged

First statistics from Hesa on extent of zero-hours contracts show 3 per cent of ‘typical’ workforce have them, but figure is far higher for ‘atypical’ staff

US chemical engineer claims she has been a victim of ‘academic mobbing’, including someone defecating in her bin

Portland State University says Peter Boghossian’s attack on academic explorations of race and gender failed to get ethics approval

Having more women on appointment committees has dramatically cut the number of female academics getting hired, according to analysis

Academics call on employers to provide clarity over support provided amid huge variance in policies within sector, but sky-high costs could deter institutions extending their generosity

Virginia Tech analysis cites end of US retirement mandate in 1994 as key factor to address in easing faculty logjam

Richard Davies accuses registrar of attempting to ‘seize the position of vice-chancellor’

Positions are being redistributed to Italy’s richer regions, academic group warns, exacerbating long-standing inequalities

Data for age profile of academic workforces across the continent show wide variation between countries