The long-mooted Oxford-Cambridge corridor is one avenue chancellor Rachel Reeves intends to pursue in search of a way out of the economic doldrums. But where does her focus on existing strengths...
Limiting industrial action to defensive branch battles on redundancy is not enough. We need to politically challenge the HE funding model, says Rhiannon Lockley
Brunel joins staff members at East Anglia, Newcastle and Dundee to vote for strike action in the past week
Head of Scotland’s biggest university warns it may need to shutter departments and degree courses to close ‘urgent’ financial gap
Research funders and universities condemn planned yearly reductions of more than 460 million Swiss francs
Failure to improve translation of ‘laudable’ research output will see country ‘slide into mediocrity’, reviewers warn
Collating information from LinkedIn, ORCID profiles, Hesa and HMRC could solve data black hole over PhD careers, says research director
Cuts seen as inevitable but academics urge restraint in upcoming budget
Amid financial pressures, experts warn that the practice is likely to continue for some time
Anti-Jewish hatred more likely to be ‘overtly related’ to criticism of Israel on campuses compared with in wider society, says report
Former Warwick v-c warns ‘industrialisation’ of universities risks turning academics into ‘drones’, and says fellow leaders have done little to help
These are undoubtedly turbulent times, but the figures suggest that the sector is in relatively good health, say Eileen Strempel and Stephen Handel
Government drive to cut international recruitment appears to pay dividends, but universities condemn ‘outdated’ approach
Science minister tells Commons committee that he is more interested in maximising impact of science spending than increasing total outlay, as he emphasises need to get visa policies ‘right’
US colleges and universities that predominantly serve underrepresented students don’t know where they stand amid new president’s sweeping executive orders