Emerging Economies University Rankings 2022: results announced Russia overtakes Taiwan to possess the joint second highest number of institutions in the top 200, after China By Rosa Ellis 19 October
Universities warn of medicine recruitment squeeze in England ‘Return to pre-pandemic levels’ and refusal to lift cap to accommodate deferring students will limit opportunities, Russell Group warns By Chris Havergal 18 October
UCU says staff ‘left with no other option’ as strike ballots open UCU leader Jo Grady claims action is needed as ‘staff at breaking point’ but employers say latest 1.5 per cent pay offer is ‘fair and meaningful’ By Simon Baker 18 October
Polish academics gave communist greats less than full Marx Study of Cold War-era references debunks modern view that citing Marx, Lenin and Stalin was mandatory to avoid censorship By Simon Baker 17 October
Libraries today: digital futures and Renaissance ideals University libraries are changing in major ways, but there are important lessons to be learned from the past, argues author of new book By Matthew Reisz 16 October
Cambridge cancels UAE partnership talks over phone hacking claims Pegagus revelations ‘caused us to decide that it’s not the right time to be pursuing these kinds of really ambitious plans’, says vice-chancellor By Chris Havergal 15 October
Contract cheating campaigners turn focus to UK devolved nations Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland must follow English lead on outlawing essay mills By Anna McKie 15 October
Gopal accuses government of ‘double standards’ over cancellation Home Office staff were due to hear from prominent scholar as part of series to mark Black History Month By Simon Baker 14 October
Embed climate change education into all degrees, academics urge Paper released ahead of COP26 says lecturers need more support to integrate environmental issues into their teaching By Simon Baker 14 October
Four in 10 UK PhD students ‘at high risk of suicide’, says study Loneliness and intellectual insecurity highlighted as prime reasons for elevated suicide risk among doctoral researchers By Jack Grove 14 October
Post-qualification offers would improve fairness in UK admissions Basing offers on actual results, uniformly adjusted for previous educational disadvantage, would be more transparent and just, says Quintin McKellar By Quintin McKellar 14 October
UK research faces an autumn of political reckoning The spending review must confirm the substance beneath the government’s froth about becoming a science superpower, says James Wilsdon By James Wilsdon 14 October
