Pass sexual consent test if you want to enrol, say students Call comes after publication of thousands of allegations of sexual harassment and abuse on UK campuses By Anna McKie 29 April
‘Unprecedented’ UK aid cuts have ‘enormous’ impact on researchers Research council head calls for ‘long-term vision’ to end cross-border funding ‘volatility’ By Jack Grove 28 April
Pandemic forces France to contemplate UK-style student loans Lockdowns decimated the part-time jobs on which French students relied, and debate is now under way over how to fix ‘broken’ system of state support By David Matthews 28 April
Overseas research cuts threaten UK’s ‘levelling up’ agenda Imminent research cuts linked to GCRF reductions could fall heavily on UK’s regions, figures show By Jack Grove 28 April
Oxford doctoral system criticised as Wolf thesis finally released Lack of transparency in examinations under spotlight as US feminist’s dissertation finally lodged in Bodleian By Jack Grove 28 April
Is the benefit of the REF really worth the cost? Simpler options are imperfect but perhaps no more so than the panels’ unavoidably cursory ‘peer review’ of submissions, says Dorothy Bishop By Dorothy Bishop 28 April
Tory MPs urge minister to intervene over campus ‘antisemitism’ Education Committee chair says Bristol’s handling of David Miller case has created ‘hostile environment’ for Jewish students akin to ‘1930s Germany’ By John Morgan 27 April
Half of young people want earlier return for students in England But poll finds opinion fairly evenly divided among general population By Simon Baker 27 April
French professor free to harass hydroxychloroquine critics online Eric Chabriere’s attacks against critics of hydroxychloroquine are seen as a sign of the social-media-induced radicalisation that has occurred during the pandemic By David Matthews 27 April
Course closures ‘inevitable’ consequence of Westminster policy Aston and London South Bank are latest institutions to shutter humanities and social sciences degrees By Anna McKie 27 April
EU-backed tool to combat cheating in online exams finally ready ‘Tesla’ creators say accuracy and security in design were more important than rushed roll-out By Anna McKie 27 April
Work to rule at Liverpool over ‘rank and yank’ cuts Union threatens strikes and marking boycott after staff identified for redundancy based on research grant income and citation impact scores By Chris Havergal 26 April