Meningitis B vaccine offered to all freshers after Kent outbreak
School-leavers across the UK to be offered two-dose vaccination from July onwards
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ERC banks on new ‘super grants’ to attract top researchers
Latest effort to lure leading scholars to Europe comes as concerns grow over political oversight of research in the US
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Why universities should care about the first five years of life
Widening access cannot begin at 18. Most factors that affect attainment are in place before students start school, say Amanda Broderick and Christian Guy
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Mental health, supervisory issues ‘taboo’ for PhD students
Anonymity of social media posts highlights the subjects that doctoral candidates feel unable to discuss publicly, researchers say
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News Talks podcast: Is the Greater Bay Area the next HE hub?
We discuss the ambitions of Shenzhen and other cities in China’s Greater Bay Area to develop higher education systems that match their global economic and industrial clout
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Bloomsbury Institute suspended from recruiting overseas students
Private provider temporarily blocked from international recruitment amid UKVI probe as seven universities face visa action plans
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Smith: OfS ‘shouldn’t back off’ from free speech issues
Skills minister says regulator could have handled Sussex investigation better but ‘lessons have been identified’
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‘Significant’ amount of data stolen in Nottingham cyberattack
Hundreds of thousands of email addresses understood to be affected in hack claimed by notorious ShinyHunters group
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Ireland invests €460m in new industry-focused research centres
Initiative to create more than 800 PhDs and involve several leading universities but academics concerned about country neglecting blue-sky research
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North-east universities launch joint spin-out fund
Five institutions collaborate with regional mayor to support businesses built on university research
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OfS green-lights three-year student caps for TEF poor performers
Regulator scraps overall ratings after consultation on revamped exercise but commits to plans to limit growth at bronze providers
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Value-for-money ratings for university degrees hit 13-year high
Steep rise in UK students’ happiness with programmes despite job cuts, fee rises and negativity over student loans
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IELTS test provider fined £875,000 over marking failures
Nearly 100,000 tests incorrectly marked due to issues with automated system
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To maintain trust in open access, we must finally complete the transition
Hybrid journals’ double-dipping is causing funders to stop paying APCs. Pricing transparency and universal open access are urgently needed, says Fred Fenter