UK sector expansion fails to close rich-poor gap in access
Sutton Trust finds limited progress on opening up leading universities to less affluent school-leavers
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Gender pay gap historian wins Nobel economics prize
Harvard professor Claudia Goldin is third woman to win Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences
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HKU faculty blame ‘culture of opacity’ as v-c denies misconduct
Scholars say accusations of mismanagement against University of Hong Kong leader suggest ‘deep resentment and frustration’ in the ranks
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Half of Nicaragua’s universities shut down by government
Academics believe institutions have been ‘punished’ for perceived opposition to president Daniel Ortega
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Basic research’s share of Australian sector spending halved
While universities bankroll more research from their own pockets they exercise less discretion about the things they study
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Ahmed ‘in listening mode’ as English free speech rules come in
New director promises political impartiality and a thorough consultation as English regulator gets ready to promote and protect expression on campus
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Coalition S’s article pricing scale would be a disaster for Latin America
Grouping the likes of Brazil or Argentina with much bigger spenders will only raise the barriers to publication even higher, say three researchers
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Migrants likelier to have degrees than British-born at every age
Census data on higher education qualifications, which is broken down by age and sex for the first time, shows that 60 per cent of some age groups graduated from university
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Teaching fellowships highlight the value of professional services staff
While academics may be dismissive, the process helps their professional colleagues recognise their own scholarly contributions, say four of them
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Three-quarters of UK academics now have teaching qualifications
Hesa figures suggest uptake has hit record high, with more scholars on teaching and research contracts having a teaching qualification than those employed as teaching-only
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Let’s use in-person conferences for interaction, not presentation
Annual meetings should be reimagined as spaces that enable connections – including with practitioners and the media, says Noam Schimmel
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Research funding increase ‘urgent’ in Canada, says new coalition
Sector organisations warn that country risks brain drain if it does not end stagnation in investment
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Monash faces underpayment lawsuit after rewrite bid fails again
Australian university to ‘review’ court’s dismissal of its appeal, as union urges it to abandon ‘stalling tactics’
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Universities ‘must crack lifelong learning or risk irrelevance’
Michael Fung, a former deputy chief executive of Singapore’s SkillsFuture programme, takes his methodology to Mexico and the developing world
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Integrity of TEF ‘depends on speedy appeals process’
Stringing out the numerous challenges could risk influence of Teaching Excellence Framework declining across the sector, experts fear