Women ‘take 15 years more than men’ to become professors
Analysis of Russell Group data says female researchers are more likely to stay at lower pay grades or to leave the sector
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Record £1.3 million severance pay for English sector leaders
Private providers make biggest payouts to departing principals
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‘Unethical’: ministers sit on LGBTQ research for five years
Preventing publication of two major taxpayer-funded studies into bullying and homelessness is wrong, say academics left in limbo
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Australian overseas student caps ‘jeopardise housing projects’
Government’s proposal will intensify the problem it is supposed to solve while ‘wreaking havoc’ on universities’ finances, universities say
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Having an academic midlife crisis? Don’t just coast to retirement
Too many academics who have lost their motivation mid-career abuse a system that is often unable or unwilling to confront them, says Brian Bloch
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Russian professor jailed in Estonia on espionage charges
Viacheslav Morozov, former professor at the University of Tartu, convicted of ‘activities in the interests of a foreign security service’
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Top bureaucrat sacked over Gaza academic freedom controversy
State secretary Sabine Döring dismissed after German Education Ministry investigated potential funding cut for academics supporting student protesters
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UK learned societies blast REF open access proposals for books
British Academy urges Research Excellence Framework leaders to pause open access plans as sector bodies highlight ‘crushing costs’
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US universities to improve protest policies after Gaza probes
Michigan and CUNY accept Biden findings to complaints about campus demonstrations, which identifies student victims on both sides
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‘Top per cent’ admissions programmes found to boost equity
Research suggests women particularly benefit from schemes that guarantee admission to highest-achieving school leavers
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US universities ride revival of congressional earmark funding
After decade-long suspension due to perceived overuse, federal budget set-asides by individual lawmakers again disproportionately bolstering academia and its science
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Paris-Saclay crisis exposes cracks in mega-university project
Varying degrees of autonomy among constituent institutions has resulted in discontent, insiders say
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University staff overwhelmingly back Labour – with reservations
Sir Keir Starmer’s party receives overwhelming backing in THE poll, despite concerns its vision for the sector lacks detail
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Valorising academic mothers’ heroism just makes it the default expectation
We need, instead, to develop structures that allow everyone to flourish, both academically and as parents, says Eleanor Palser
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Professor loses job after lectures ‘secretly recorded’
Conduct review relies on footage taken inside the classroom without academic’s knowledge