Employment

Spike in severance payments in Russell Group may be sign of attempt to shed ‘underperforming’ academics

University of Helsinki pilots aimed at eradicating unconscious bias in hiring decisions

Why other academic disciplines have not also introduced such markets is a ‘very good question’, organisers say

Job security a dream for most higher education staff as casualisation escalates

Figures in Elsevier report on AI research landscape are ‘a call to action’

Study based on fields of astronomy, ecology and robotics suggests huge drop in duration of scholarly careers

Legal battle between aboriginal former dean and university could halt institutions’ progress on indigenisation, scholars say

‘Proactive’ female recruitment drive closes staff gender gap, but fails to keep pace with enrolments

Country will also consider creating teaching-focused professorships to stop academics being overloaded by responsibilities

ProfHub plans to let applicants rate universities – and allow anonymous leaks – about the academic selection process

Casual academics stuck in second class, as gold-plated conditions make tenure a distant dream

Pension scheme will re-run its valuation and consult universities on proposals to save defined benefits, although April’s cost increases will go ahead

Frustration with ‘snail’s pace’ progress across continent leads Irish government to back financial sanctions against universities that miss targets

Major Ucea study finds ethnic minority staff suffer ‘significant pay penalties’ relative to white male staff with equivalent academic backgrounds

Living Wage Foundation says that only about one in five higher education institutions has sought accreditation

We can’t deliver equivalent teaching with less preparation time and resources, RMIT academics say

Staff at seven campuses set to walk out after hitting required turnout

Increase in contributions to Teachers’ Pension Scheme will cost post-92 universities about £140 million annually, Ucea says

Younger academics spending far less time on scholarship than in leading nations, analysis suggests

Higher education pension scheme hits back over allegations that it has made a ‘large and demonstrable mistake’ in assessment of its long-term health

Scholars say Indian Institutes of Technology will ‘struggle to recruit talent from abroad’ despite initiative to pool resources

Well-paid professors who led their departments to success in the 2014 research excellence framework won higher salaries and will be even more valued in 2021, say researchers

Poll of almost 4,500 scholars reveals half support the national accreditation system for university hiring and promotions

Virginia King explains how university departments can improve staff inductions to help them hang on to new arrivals

Long-term benefits of research success – and of building industry relations – may be less direct but far more valuable than royalty payments, summit hears

Major new survey of world university leaders finds widespread acceptance that casualisation will increase

Data unclear on whether older scholars are keeping younger researchers out of jobs

Additional contribution from staff combined with 2 per cent extra from employers would be enough to keep current USS pension scheme, say experts

University urged to spend its levy money on training for wider community, not its ‘highest-paid’ staff

Study challenges the idea that it is primarily parenthood that hinders women’s careers – but in Germany, the picture is very different

Union members’ walkout over budget cuts will coincide with the arrival of new students

Universities Superannuation Scheme is in ‘rude health’, says Mervyn King

A failure to treat staff fairly and consistently impedes academic standards and hurts students, says Sheikh Nahid Neazy

Union complains that early career academics have been told they must publish at least one 3* paper every 18 months ahead of 2021 assessment

Canadian study finds that short-term contracts are ‘discouraging and demoralising’

University of Adelaide is latest institution to bar men from applying for specific roles

Billed as a remedy for career uncertainty, micro-credentials may play into bosses’ hands, critics warn

‘People who have been around at a university for a while assume they know everything…but actually they need to be educated themselves,’ says project leader

City of Sails sidelined, as government boosts job entitlements

University’s refusal to extend support for international employees criticised

Ad hoc approaches inadequate to deal with a widespread issue, campaigners say

Trend triggers warnings over staff work-life balance and student learning

Vice-chancellor says university is committed to improving staff well-being

Former Columbia University academic Enrichetta Ravina awarded $1.25 million (£953,000) in damages

Australian sector adopts ‘united viewpoint’ against unequal relationships

Jim Newell’s dismissal by Salford ‘speaks volumes’ about extent of sector marketisation, campaigners say

Experts predict ripple effect from ruling against Canadian university

Paul Hagan says Robert Gordon University principal and fellow deputy should have been sanctioned for failing to declare conflict of interest

University and staff payments set to increase even though Joint Expert Panel is yet to report

Union members at Fort Hare are pushing for bigger pay increases

Legislation proposed by new provincial government would terminate longest-running industrial dispute at an anglophone university in Canada

Home secretary offers clarity in wake of UK university pensions walkout

The public sector has not expanded quickly enough to meet the demand for college degrees in India

Initiative will allow UKRI to sponsor researchers from outside the EU, but key questions unanswered

Home Office says records on international academics are ‘not collated in a manner which can be reported on’

Ballot follows walkouts over pensions earlier this year

Opportunities to discuss ‘taboo’ subject and new institutional guidelines will help women during the menopause, says University of Manchester

But international scholars are less satisfied than domestic peers with the influence they have in the workplace, finds study

Overseas scholars use survey to warn of hostile political rhetoric against immigrants

Checking on the whereabouts of international employees only may breach the Equality Act, campaigners say