More grants for ECRs in Australian Research Council overhaul

Lobbyists welcome streamlining and greater spread of competitive funding, but say opportunities for novice researchers will come at a cost for their established peers

Jacqui Smith retains skills minister role in Burnham government

Labour peer to continue in position amid Cabinet shake-up, working with new education secretary Lucy Powell

Academic freedom ‘being dismantled,’ says professor denied tenure

Loss of DSIT opens door to ‘fundamental policy redesign’

Decision to close department signals Burnham government wants ‘fresh start’ on science funding, says ex-ministerial adviser

Higher-tariff university applications up 60 per cent since 2012

Balance in applications that existed before £9,000 fees has ‘completely disappeared’, according to new analysis

New approaches needed to tackle antisemitism, universities told

Front foot action preferable to the compliance burden bound to follow the next round of bruising headlines, as sector awaits Royal Commission’s report

Strike threat at Exeter as thousands back petition against cuts

Celebrities join calls for Devon university to change course, as union ballots members over industrial action

More than half of Burnham’s first Cabinet Oxbridge-educated

New ministers overwhelmingly attended Russell Group institutions, with only two non-graduates among number

DSIT’s demise need not be a disaster

Whitehall rearrangements are disruptive, but what matters more than departmental arrangements is the people in charge, says Nick Hillman

Trump can’t cite changed priorities to terminate grants

Job-ready Graduates fee hikes for humanities courses ‘fixable’

Course costs can be wound back without undue pain to students, universities or the government, under policy prescription

South Africa immigration rows ‘discouraging foreign academics’

Universities warned that rising anti-migrant sentiment could harm internationalisation goals

Staff feel ‘in the dark’ as Kent-Greenwich merger nears

With two universities set to become one entity next month, unions say there are still too many unknowns about how the new institution will operate

A science PhD can be completed within 18 months

Supervisors should involve doctoral students with conducting, writing up and publishing experiments straight away, says Adrian Furnham

Lucy Powell named education secretary as science department axed

Manchester Central MP takes education brief as Jonathan Reynolds given business and science role