‘Hard core’ UCU activists urge staff to reject 2% pay offer Marking boycott suspended as union warns accepting deal would represent a ‘damaging defeat’ By Jack Grove 24 April
Huge variation in graduate teaching assistants’ pay Survey finds earnings fluctuate by department and wages fail to reflect hours worked By Holly Else 24 April
Cardiff Met criticised by UCU over ‘bizarre’ contract terms Cardiff Metropolitan University has been criticised for imposing “bizarre” new contract terms on its professors. By Jack Grove 21 April
Berkeley’s Wikipedian helps unlock scholarly silos California institution is first university to hire its own online encyclopedia editor in residence By Chris Parr 17 April
Our benchmark for best practice? Ourselves Universities can improve their procedures by studying themselves instead of others, says Stephen Yorkstone 17 April
With assessment boycott, unions are fighting the last war It’s misguided to think the tactic used in 2006 will succeed in today’s altered environment, says Paul Curran 17 April
No winner in conflict that led to researcher’s dismissal Imperial College London ‘acted reasonably’ in sacking of geneticist who was harassed by Philippe Froguel By Paul Jump 17 April
UCU postpones marking boycott after new pay offer The University and College Union has agreed to postpone its planned boycott of marking after employers made a 2 per cent pay offer for next year. By Simon Baker 16 April
Dundee job cuts plan prompts hundreds to sign petition Around 900 people have signed a petition calling for the University of Dundee to stop “unnecessary job cuts” at the institution By Chris Parr 12 April
Universities ‘threatening to dock pay’ over boycott Lecturers who take part in a proposed marking boycott later this month could have 100 per cent of their pay docked, universities have warned. By Chris Parr 11 April
Universities refuse UCU request for pay minutes Four-fifths of institutions fail to release details on how v-c salary was set By Jack Grove 11 April
Teutonic tutors slide down ‘income pyramid’ Decline in German professors’ pay over a century By Matthew Reisz 10 April
US academics rally to union standard As lecturers in the UK prepare for the UCU’s marking boycott, US campuses are experiencing a surge of unionisation By Jon Marcus 10 April
Race discrimination in universities still a problem, reports survey Nearly 60 per cent of black and minority ethnic higher education staff and students questioned for a survey feel they have been discriminated against By Chris Parr 6 April
Marking boycott is an unconscionable sanction Many lecturers will not even consider the ‘nuclear option’ of boycotting marking in the pay dispute, says Bill Ashraf 3 April
Let’s discuss the way we live now Good communication is vital when dealing with allegations of harassment, says Luke Brunning By Luke Brunning 3 April
UUK review to look at nine-month contracts Efficiency task forces told to seek savings in radical changes to practices By Jack Grove 3 April
Times Higher Education pay survey 2014 What’s behind the big rises for vice-chancellors? Plus, academic pay across the UK By Jack Grove 3 April
Right-wing academic who was denied promotion wins court ruling By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed 27 March
£133,000 paid to v-c on abrupt exit Canterbury Christ Church University declines to disclose reasons for departure to Robin Baker upon ‘loss of office’ By Jack Grove 27 March
Former Queen Mary lecturer’s unfair dismissal claim rejected Tribunal rules that academic’s post was genuinely redundant By Paul Jump 27 March
Marking boycott plea by Dundee students Letters asks UCU and Ucea to resolve differences By David Matthews 25 March
Black scholars still experience racism on campus Black academics claim they are viewed as ‘outsiders’ and hindered in career advancement By Jack Grove 20 March
Philosophy is dead white – and dead wrong Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman on the subject’s colour line 20 March
Warwick UCU calls for Thomas Docherty to be reinstated Union members have called for a prominent critic of higher education policy to be returned to work after he was suspended by the University of Warwick. By John Morgan 13 March
Zero hours, infinite anxiety The perils of life on a contract with no guarantee of work By Jack Grove 13 March
Warwick suspends prominent critic of higher education policy But university rejects claim suspension relates to activism By John Morgan 11 March
Redefining success may help women achieve potential New book explores challenges female academics at Cambridge face on route to top By Matthew Reisz 6 March
‘Taxing’ lectures led to sacking, tribunal told Former Imperial College lecturer claims low student satisfaction scores led to her dismissal By Paul Jump 6 March
EIS snubs ‘exploratory talks’ on 2014-15 pay Scottish union angry that current dispute not on agenda By Jack Grove 3 March
Teachers and lecturers ‘do most unpaid overtime’ Teaching professionals who work unpaid overtime put in an extra 12 hours a week on average – the highest of any profession, a new study claims. By Jack Grove 28 February
1% offer ‘endangers’ national pay bargaining Below-inflation rise could prompt richer institutions to offer enhanced local deals, expert warns By Jack Grove 27 February
Sheffield academics baulk at HR chief’s sacking threat Scholars dismayed by suggestion that those not deemed ‘excellent academics’ will lose their jobs By Paul Jump 27 February
US college may link president’s pay to lowest-paid staff By Ry Rivard, for Inside Higher Ed 24 February
New union-employer talks after UCU's marking boycott threat Universities are set to enter new talks with sector unions, after academics threatened a marking boycott By Jack Grove 21 February
UUK review to focus on personnel Workforce efficiencies study is about best practice, not cuts, body says By Holly Else 20 February
Hard line on boycott could cost staff thousands Experts foresee tough reaction from universities to UCU’s ‘ultimate sanction’ By Jack Grove 20 February
Gender equity: even sector’s best not good enough Women-friendly policies insufficient at even Athena SWAN universities, finds THE Best University Workplace Survey By Chris Parr 20 February
Physicists are more intelligent than social scientists, paper says Social scientists are of ‘lower average intelligence’ than those in natural sciences - at least at elite universities, authors argue By Paul Jump 20 February
Women in STEM still waiting for structural change Dame Athene Donald brands MPs’ report on women in science ‘weak’ By Holly Else 20 February
Graduate teaching assistants have been left behind by all Striking academics call for better pay, but the PhD students who support their work are suffering even more, Fern Riddell says 13 February
Unionists consider deploying boycott in pay battle As strike force falters, some UCU members and industrial relations experts think escalation is needed By Jack Grove 13 February
Cyber-abuse of academics - it’s time for action Universities have the resources to keep us safe, says Sara Perry. They just need the will 13 February
University staff to strike for whole day over pay deductions Staff at 11 higher education institutions are to walk out for a whole day in a protest of what they believe is “unlawfully deducted” pay. By Jack Grove 7 February
University staff strike again as next pay round approaches University staff have walked out for the fifth time over this year’s “miserly” 1 per cent pay offer. By Jack Grove 6 February
Legal protection diluted for outsourced staff Change in Tupe law means employers can offer new terms one year after move By Jack Grove 6 February
MPs want more to be done to help women in science Chair of Commons committee wants universities to ‘pull their socks up’ and tackle gender inequality By Holly Else 6 February
Pay is the front line in a fight over the future The UCU’s action is about fairness, equality and defending public higher education, say Tom Hickey and John Holmwood 6 February
Academic assessment gone mad Has accountability to stakeholders got out of hand? Steven Ward imagines an Orwellian world of over-assessment 6 February
UCU looks set for court battle for striking members’ pay But law might not be on its side in its effort to prevent docking of full day’s pay, solicitor says By Jack Grove 30 January
Stephen Hawking professorship in cosmology a ‘threat to meritocracy’ Cambridge to put plan to set up new chair to vote after $6 million donation from Avery-Tsui Foundation By John Morgan 30 January
The FoI burden - there are no easy answers Paul Gibbons says lack of time, money and legal clarity can all affect universities’ responses to FoI Act requests 30 January
A third of staff would like to leave, THE survey finds Inaugural THE Best University Workplace Survey reveals discontent and fears over security of employment By Chris Parr 30 January
From precarious contract to exhilarating start-up Researcher Helen E. Lees on using her bid-writing skills to help fund her new company – and freedom 30 January
Times Higher Education Best University Workplace Survey 2014 results Find out how academics and professional and support staff feel about working in UK higher education By Chris Parr 30 January
UCU stages pay walk-out University staff have taken part in a second two-hour strike over this year’s 1 per cent pay offer By Jack Grove 28 January
Academics walk out for two-hour stoppage Thousands take part despite pay threat, UCU says By Richard Crook 23 January
Imperial employment tribunal: ‘conspiracy’ claim Department head Philippe Froguel insists complaints of ‘bullying’ were intended to oust him from his post By Paul Jump 23 January
No kidding: research is as demanding as a newborn Research is like a baby - insistently demanding and on its own timetable, as Rebecca Braun found on maternity leave 23 January
Essex changes tack on strike pay row V-c acknowledges ‘agonising’ decision faced by staff over two-hour walkout By Jack Grove 22 January