English coastal towns ‘lose one in three graduates’ to cities IFS report suggests retention of graduates may be key to ‘levelling-up’ agenda By Simon Baker 17 September
Zahawi arrives with entry bar and loan changes on agenda New education secretary may have limited opportunity to significantly change direction of travel at Westminster, say experts By John Morgan 17 September
European universities plan long-term travel cuts post-Covid Most institutions plan to swap short trips with virtual meetings By Anna McKie 17 September
New science minister awaited as Solloway heads to Whips’ Office Derby North MP had held role since February 2020 By Chris Havergal 16 September
Health and science subject rankings 2022: results announced UK reinforces its lead in clinical table and tops psychology for first time, while US dominates physical sciences and is on the up in life sciences By Ellie Bothwell 16 September
Survey: most university staff feel unsafe returning to campus Fewer than one in three respondents happy with measures taken to protect employees’ well-being as in-person teaching resumes in major sectors By Anna McKie 16 September
How I became a climate activist Nicholas Till reflects on the path that has led him from research on opera to direct political action By Nicholas Till 16 September
UK Cabinet reshuffle: Nadhim Zahawi appointed education secretary Former vaccines minister succeeds Gavin Williamson By John Morgan 15 September
UK Cabinet reshuffle: education secretary Gavin Williamson sacked Controversial post-holder says he is ‘proud’ of ‘transformational reforms’ By Chris Havergal 15 September
UK reproducible science project wins £8.5 million UK Reproducibility Network will run training on open research methods thanks to ‘major strategic investment’ by Research England By Jack Grove 15 September
‘Joined-up government’ key to UK international education goals Trade minister Graham Stuart says cross-government support will allow UK universities to grow overseas student numbers by 30 per cent By Jack Grove 15 September
‘Dramatic’ variation in universities’ occupational health spend FoI requests suggest some UK institutions have spent just a few hundred pounds per academic over the past six years By Simon Baker 15 September