Don’t base fee policy on narrow definition of ‘elite’, says v-c BCU leader tells Conservative conference that high-ranking universities ought not to be treated as a ‘template for the rest’ By Georgia Luckhurst 6 October
Copenhagen university turns to anthropologist to lead AI strategy Morten Axel Pedersen says challenge of adapting to new technologies on same scale as industrial revolution By Seher Asaf 6 October
Peter Mathieson to step down as Edinburgh vice-chancellor Leader of strike-hit Scottish institution will not seek third term of office By Jack Grove 5 October
Nottingham confirms course closures with hundreds of jobs affected Languages and music departments to close despite strikes and protests but university insists it has addressed staff concerns in revised plans By Juliette Rowsell 5 October
Cambridge HR review panel ‘unbalanced’, critics fear Inquiry to examine how managers treat whistleblowers after damaging tribunal defeat By Jack Grove 5 October
Conservative conference: overseas students ‘lack local support’ Reform vote growing even in areas where international students are proven boon for the local economy, former minister warns By Georgia Luckhurst 5 October
Grant proposals rejected by ‘AI triage’ to be reassessed CRANE says it will look again at all applications from recent cybersecurity research funding call after backlash against non-human review By Frances Jones 5 October
Trio share 2026 medicine Nobel for neuroscience discoveries US- and Germany-based researchers awarded prize for breakthroughs in emerging field of optogenetics By Frances Jones 5 October
Chinese scientists criticise ‘troubling’ UKRI funding withdrawal Unusual public rebuke from China comes amid questions about whether the country may take over the UK’s leadership role, relinquished earlier this year By Frances Jones 5 October
Bristol’s ‘gentrification’ needs academic answers, say ex-mayor Marvin Rees says research-intensive universities must put professors to work on civic challenges caused by academic expansion By Jack Grove 3 October
Nathan Cofnas to face legal action in Belgium for alleged racism The self-defined ‘race realist’, the first person to publicly accuse Jason Arday of plagiarism, is alleged to have broken Belgium’s anti-discrimination law By Rosalind Skillen 2 October
Several French campuses close amid expanding student protests University students have joined a massive revolt against the education system in the country, mounting blockades at dozens of institutions By Seher Asaf 2 October
