Lyndal Roper: ‘Drastic’ cuts to UK humanities risk brain drain
Newly crowned winner of Holberg Prize raises alarm over job losses and shuttering of courses across UK
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Automatic gag requirements ‘worsen students’ trauma’
Secrecy rules tacked on to complaints processes leave students ‘disempowered’ and unable to access social or professional help, ombudsman finds
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‘Unusually steep’ decline in US university autonomy, index shows
Drop in institutional autonomy of 50 per cent since 2015 means country is now only rated as ‘moderate’ by experts
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Landmark Australian review backs basic research funding boost
Government urged to accept proposed reforms after panel recommends measures to protect work across broad range of disciplines
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US universities up local donations as public scepticism rises
Several leading institutions have gifted millions of dollars to their local areas of late, but scholars say efforts must be seen as more than a ‘PR drive’
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‘Reform university curricula’ call as technician shortages loom
Closer links between universities and industry would help to fix 120,000 shortfall in required technical staff by 2035, says study
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Imposing viewpoint diversity is the wrong cure for academia’s ills
We need greater openness among scholars on both the left and right to revise their views in light of counter-argument, says Martyn Hammersley
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Antisemitism ‘normalised’ on UK university campuses, peers fear
House of Lords debates new report that found fifth of students reluctant to share house with Jewish person
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Leadership and management apprenticeships latest to be defunded
Government pulls money as part of efforts to prioritise funding for young people but universities say move ‘not in interests of economy’
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MEPs’ changes to Horizon successor ‘a move in right direction’
Two draft parliamentary reports seek to protect independence of key bodies but universities say more clarity is needed on directionality and defence research
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Kent cancels in-person exams after two die in meningitis outbreak
University works with authorities to contain deadly disease, with 11 young people taken to hospital and others being told to get antibiotics
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All-or-nothing R&D reforms ‘will prevent Australia’s stagnation’
Increase in PhD stipends, efforts to estimate true cost of research and reforms to key grant schemes included in long-awaited recommendations from review panel
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Restricting loans ‘wrong debate’ as ‘no A level’ students triple
Universities told to adjust to new attitudes on HE expansion, as figures show boom in new entrants who have few to no qualifications