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The University of Warwick is to lift the suspension imposed on lecturer Thomas Docherty

UUK’s proposed hybrid scheme could result in losses of £20,000 a year

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Staff claim revised terms fail to address their concerns over hours spent on preparation and marking

Nicholas Till acknowledges his debt to Margaret Thatcher and explains why he regrets his Cambridge degree

Senior managers often dismiss racist incidents or believe them to be exaggerated, says paper

Male and female scholars speak frankly about juggling parenting and research

Two radically contrasting emerging models of higher education in the US offer academics a very different deal, says Steven Ward

Recruitment processes at UK universities need an overhaul if we are to hire the best people, argues Thomas Harrison

Tribunal rules Manchester wrongly sacked high-profile psychologist Geoff Beattie

Future of Gennadij Raivich, a neuroscientist with a sideline as a private sperm donor, uncertain after conviction for sexual assault

Human serpents are lurking in the undergrowth at every university, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Stuart Macdonald on the misery of being expelled from your university post

Unions tell university that a resolution is not possible in dispute over new career structures

V-c speaks on marketing research, ethics, gender bias at Universia International Presidents’ Meeting 2014 in Rio de Janeiro

Universities are capitalising on junior academics’ willingness to accept deteriorating working conditions, argues Luke Brunning

Reconsider long working hours, says Patience Schell, for leisure is vital for mind, body and productivity

Louise Byrne on female graduands’ struggle with traditional academic gowns

Academics who have made disclosures reflect on the long-term impact on their careers

Employers propose scrapping final salary scheme to cut USS deficit

September proceedings set for suspended University of Warwick academic who is accused of undermining department head

Credit agency report came before recent plans to reduce head count

Universities must follow best practice in bullying and other personnel complaints, says an academic who has been through the process

Dean Nigel Piercy is accused of ‘undermining’ academics’ confidence with his outspoken view

Use of comments section of THE’s website to apprise staff of revised redundancy plans defended

ICO rules that there is ‘public interest in transparency and openness’ in case involving King’s College London

Young academics will be 30 per cent worse off in retirement than their older colleagues, a new study suggests.

Part-time lecturer settles out of court over claims that he was paid a lower rate compared with full-time colleagues

Union claims that meetings to assess pay rises spend less than a minute per professor on average

Staff at King’s College London are set to take industrial action over planned redundancies in three health schools

Open letter over plan to shut East Grinstead regional centre and review others

Exeter staff bristle at proposed change to teaching timetable to include 9pm finish

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Packages vary widely with 10 universities offering new fathers only two weeks’ statutory pay

Union warns of negative consequences of ‘radical’ budgetary oversight and professorial pay reforms sent to Senate

No victimisation, tribunal rules, in Unison official’s case against the university

Up to 120 positions to be lost across three health schools

Thirty universities have joined the national trial of a new race equality initiative.

Sally Hunt praises the NHS as she reveals the reason behind her six months off work

Study uncovers out-of-date policies

Criticism follows latest vacancies for controversial contracts

Lecturers ‘at mercy of students’ after introduction of anonymous teaching evaluation method

Settlements and legal fees are high compared with other sectors, says lawyer

Tim Birkhead offers hosts a 10-step guide on how not to behave

Craig Brandist on the parallels between Stalin’s Russia and the operation of today’s universities

Emily Howard had an English degree and great expectations. Now jobless, she wonders if prospective students are given the whole truth

Proposal to shift all active members to career average system to tackle £13 billion deficit

Academics hit their creative peak in their fifties. Amanda Goodall and John Montgomery say universities must adapt

An assessment boycott has been dropped, but fair pay is still a long way off, says general secretary Sally Hunt

Contract lecturers down tools in protest over pay ‘that does not reflect hours worked’

UCU branch ‘strongly opposes’ changing scope of statute

Union threatens action over subtraction of a day’s pay for a two-hour walkout

Marking boycott called off as 2 per cent offer accepted

Australian survey suggests women pay a higher career penalty when they become parents

But tribunal cuts scientist’s payout by 20 per cent to reflect ‘perverse’ attitude

Poor levels of financial support will ‘force women to return to work too quickly’

The Athena SWAN charter does advance gender equality in university departments that sign up to it, according to an independent review of the scheme.

The University and College Union has officially called off its marking boycott after members voted to accept a new pay deal from employers

Hate meetings? You need them more than you think, says Sally Feldman

Eighteen men have won an equal pay award against a Welsh university after claiming they had been paid less than their female colleagues.