UK academics to resume marking after UCU calls off boycott
Employers urge union members to prioritise getting final grades to students, but more strikes planned for later in the month
Employers urge union members to prioritise getting final grades to students, but more strikes planned for later in the month
Anger at some universities, exultation at others, as enterprise negotiations drag on
California prosecution of nurse with doctoral degree held out as sign of academia’s wider failure to treat profession seriously
Litigation over lockdown-affected degrees has highlighted how unfair contracts favouring universities offer scant consumer protection to students, say David Palfreyman and Dennis Farrington
The 2028 exercise’s measurement of the quality of research environments will account for a quarter of overall marks. But what exactly does quality look like? Can it really be measured? And are there...
Stanford University chemist unrepentant about his contrarianism during the pandemic despite some of his bold predictions proving incorrect
State of the Nation
I’m externally funded to do research but I help colleagues by teaching on top. How can it be right to punish me for partial performance, asks Philip Moriarty
With 55,000 missing predicted grades, universities looking to fill places via clearing hope to convince those who missed out to recalibrate
‘Unfair‘ discrepancies persist in annual leave allowances despite moves by some universities to introduce parity
UK universities brace for yet more disruption as union prepares for reballot that could take dispute into 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Once it becomes common knowledge that a UK master’s degree is worthless, the sector will be in trouble, says an anonymous academic
Employer body seeks to end UCU action but faces more strikes as Unison members vote to walk out
Contract researchers are expected to win significant improvements in their working conditions in the next few weeks. Details of a framework for their career management are to be published following...