Leicester has sights on India branch campus as research hub opens Midlands university is seeking to deepen its ties to India as it opens new health research centre in Andhra Pradesh Jack Grove 1月 20日
Stop ‘micromanaging’ courses and let students decide – Willetts Government intervention in university degree programmes ‘getting worse’ despite erosion of public funding, complains former universities minister Tom Williams 1月 20日
With free speech act revised, will Arif Ahmed find his voice? Cambridge philosopher appointed to oversee free speech in English universities has been unusually quiet since starting the role. Might changes seen as ‘clipping his wings’ force him to be more vocal? Tom Williams 1月 20日
REF 2029: ‘metrics-lite’ research culture assessment welcomed Universities ‘relieved’ by balance of qualitative and quantitative data in environment evaluations Jack Grove 1月 18日
University autonomy fears as Scotland mulls new oversight powers Bid to hand funding council ability to intervene amid worsening institutional finances could be open for abuse, critics fear Tom Williams 1月 17日
England’s foundation years funding cut will deepen inequalities Why harm high-quality provision at established universities because of a small number of providers with questionable motives, asks Mark Clark Mark Clark 1月 17日
Researcher fired for refusing to fly awarded payout Climate academic who refuses to travel by plane promises to donate €75,000 from settlement to climate activism Juliette Rowsell 1月 16日
REF 2029: volume measures to avoid ‘census cliff edge’ confirmed Details provide more clarity on which research staff will need to enter the next Research Excellence Framework Jack Grove 1月 16日
Hillman: don’t apologise for raising tuition fees, celebrate them Hepi director argues that England’s funding system is ‘not broken’ but just needs to catch up with inflation – and that ministers should get behind it Chris Havergal 1月 16日
Thousands back call to save Sheffield East Asian studies degrees Petition opposes merging of Japanese, Chinese and Korean into combined programme amid fears of ‘significant’ staff cuts Juliette Rowsell 1月 16日
Universities’ expert input is needed far beyond government departments Policy institutes’ lack of strategic variation risks overheating the competition for airtime with national policymakers, says Diana Beech Diana Beech 1月 16日
Advance HE chief executive Alison Johns to retire Founding head of UK super-agency calls time on 34-year career in higher education Chris Havergal 1月 16日
