Business degree apprenticeships ‘deliver on social mobility’
Strong engagement with students from socially deprived backgrounds rebuts claims of ‘middle-class grab’ of degree apprenticeships, finds audit
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Professor sacked by Max Planck Society over Israel comments
Supporters of Ghassan Hage claim his dismissal follows a ‘smear campaign’ responding to his condemnation of ‘war crimes’ in Palestinian territories
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Museums, media and mobility: how to put the public in public engagement
The Technical University of Munich is moving beyond outreach and creating a two-way dialogue with society, says Jeanne Rubner
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Four UK universities hand out half of all unconditional offers
Just over a third of providers made unconditional offers in 2023, most frequently to students applying for design, and creative and performing arts
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Franchising: widening access or wounding the English sector?
With Public Accounts Committee hearing to come, concerns over subcontracted courses will only become louder
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Campaign urges universities to ban staff-student relationships
1752 Group works with branches of the University and College Union to pressure institutions to go further than OfS proposals
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If authors must pay, most humanities scholarship will never be open access
Scarce funding means only the library-driven Subscribe to Open scheme is viable outside the sciences, says Christina Lembrecht
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Aberdeen staff vote to strike over language course cuts
Union branch votes to take industrial action after university proposes closing single honours degrees, affecting 30 jobs
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Instability risks more ‘politically toxic’ overseas reliance
King’s vice-chancellor also argues there’s a long-term need to be ‘open to the idea’ of some universities charging higher fees than others
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Scotland wants more overseas students to stay after graduation
‘Diversification’ of international intake and retention of overseas graduates in ‘growth sectors’ are central to Holyrood’s first international education strategy
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Welsh university tuition fee cap to increase to £9,250
Tuition fee rise is ‘unavoidable’ due to ‘sustained inflationary pressure’ faced by Welsh universities, says education minister Jeremy Miles
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Canberra may compromise on research reforms as opposition digs in
Government signals willingness to move on fine points of Australian Research Council bill, as opposition insists on veto rights
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Imperial to publish ethical framework on fossil fuel partnerships
‘Transparent metrics’ on how Imperial examines the green credentials of energy firms will spark ‘hard conversations’ about engaging with polluting sectors, says vice-provost
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After pioneering edX, Harvard and MIT tackle online access afresh
With Axim, elite university duo looks to aid innovation more than create it – and keep $800 million nest egg