English regulator paid £80K to ‘terminate’ access chief’s role Office for Students accounts also confirm £915,000 payment to for-profit college that successfully challenged refusal of registration in court By Chris Havergal 27 June
Will Labour commit to a graduate tax in England? Starmer also expected to consider ‘fudge’ manifesto pledge to review university funding, with party set to drop Corbyn-era policy By John Morgan 27 June
No 10’s U-turn on UK maths funding ‘short-sighted’ Ditching high-profile pledge to spend £300 million more on maths research over next five years will harm under-pressure discipline, experts warn By Jack Grove 26 June
What does Macron’s lost majority mean for French universities? President must learn to work with a fragmented parliament, but experts say likely allies will back his push to liberalise higher education By Ben Upton 24 June
Dutch funding boost comes with strings attached for universities Winners of internal competitions will not be eligible for research council grants, as power shifts to government By Ben Upton 24 June
UCU: ‘laughable’ that agency staff could cover striking academics Universities urged to rule out taking advantage of planned redrawing of UK legislation By Tom Williams 24 June
Tackling campus sexual misconduct ‘needs actions, not just words’ Change is finally beginning to happen across higher education but campaigners say structural change is needed, not sticking plasters By Tom Williams 23 June
Most ‘transformative’ journals miss Plan S open access targets Big publishers finding switch away from paywalls challenging, says European-led coalition By Jack Grove 23 June
Commission head urged to smooth UK and Swiss Horizon association Science leaders beg Ursula von der Leyen to break political impasse By Chris Havergal 23 June
UK academics undervalued by billions of pounds, says report Analysis of ‘true economic value’ of sector says staff are essentially subsidising a broken system By Simon Baker 23 June
Extend PhD funding to reflect ‘modern doctorate’, leaders urge European doctoral body says funders must recognise that current financial support is often insufficient for PhD researchers By Jack Grove 23 June
More students back firing lecturers who teach offensive material Survey finds UK undergraduates appear a lot less supportive of free speech than they were six years ago By Tom Williams 23 June