Why are grievances on the rise in UK universities?
Formal complaints have shot up in recent years, albeit from a low base. But where some see the inevitable effects of redundancies, hybrid working and an overdue crackdown on poor conduct, others...
Search
-
-
UCU hit with more strikes after staff claim ‘victimisation’
Further walkouts planned as part of internal row that has seen six weeks of disruption in past year alone
-
Cardiff and Essex post deficits after big spend on severance pay
Financially troubled institutions pushed further into the red, with Aberdeen, Robert Gordon and Sheffield Hallam also losing money
-
University of Tokyo Hospital head quits after bribery arrests
Resignation follows series of scandals involving academics at the leading institution
-
Lab safety overhaul could save NZ$3 billion, universities say
Rule changes seen as way of improving safety while avoiding billions of dollars being wasted on ‘unnecessary compliance costs’
-
-
Rise in demand for UK undergraduate courses despite fee increases
Ucas January data show specialist institutions losing out as higher tariffs continue to grow, with proportion of ‘commuter students’ reaching nearly half
-
Funding cuts undermining creative sector growth, say art schools
Exclusions from government funding pots exacerbating a challenging financial climate for creative institutions, which say talent pipeline for Labour’s priority sector at risk of being jeopardised
-
Keep your name, James Cook University warned by minister
Council merely doing preparatory work, institution insists, after politician decries ‘historical revisionism’
-
Japanese universities push for change after snap election called
Institutions face mounting pressures as prime minister Sanae Takaichi takes country to the polls in search of direct mandate
-
A duty of care for students is not the quick solution to suicide prevention
Meeting public expectations demands careful design of statutory and regulatory arrangements, not rhetorical commitment, says Emma Roberts
-
Academic Matt Goodwin announced as Reform candidate
Controversial political scientist to represent right-wing party in Gorton and Denton by-election, after leaving university post to become GB News presenter
-
Another three UK universities decline new Elsevier deal
Sheffield, Lancaster and Surrey confirm they are walking away from proposed three-year deal with world’s largest academic publisher
-
Master’s plunge 10 per cent amid record fall in overseas students
UK universities’ recruitment from India, China and Nigeria falls after policy changes, with student numbers now well below peak of a few years ago
-
Charles Sturt announces Sri Lanka campus in Colombo
Regional Australian university joins nine others in establishing South Asian outpost, promising revenue will support New South Wales heartland