Pass rate drops again as Scottish results day hit by email errors More Scottish students given places at university or college, with small uptick in international undergraduates By Tom Williams 6 August
Labour confirms death of university minimum service levels plan Tories had wanted to extend legislation limiting impact of industrial action to higher education sector By Chris Havergal 6 August
Can OfS really be transformed from sector’s scourge to saviour? Labour has placed its faith in better regulation sorting out the financial issues in the sector, but what tools and powers does an already overburdened organisation need to tackle its biggest challenge yet? By Tom Williams 6 August
Free speech complaints ‘not going away’ despite law pause Universities urged to continue work to tackle free speech concerns after being ‘handed reprieve’ by minister By Tom Williams 6 August
The USS’ money down the drain on Thames Water should cause a stink Pension scheme members are entitled to ask why so much was lost and why the raw sewage continues to flow into rivers, says Bernard Casey By Bernard Casey 6 August
Gazan medical students granted Norway visas as ministers step in Ten students from Gaza’s Al-Azhar University were originally denied study permits last month By Emily Dixon 5 August
Teesside thanks volunteers who joined campus clean-up after riot Windows of university building smashed during anti-immigration disorder By Chris Havergal 5 August
UCU: union staff announce continuous strike action Increasingly bitter relations could result in prolonged strike action in September By Juliette Rowsell 5 August
Public sector pay rises put pressure on universities to up offer Big pay hikes for doctors and teachers could trigger mood change on more industrial action, say experts By Juliette Rowsell 5 August
Lynn Dobbs: ‘I wouldn’t have made it to university under OfS’ Departing London Met vice-chancellor says English regulator’s data-driven rules do not help socially disadvantaged students By Jack Grove 5 August
The freedom of speech act may be gone, but existing law is strong The OfS needs only to tweak its guidance in light of the considerable free-speech duties by which universities are already bound, says James Murray By James Murray 5 August
Irish academics ‘optimistic’ about new research funder But formation of Research Ireland must be accompanied by funding increase, researchers say, as questions over leadership remain By Emily Dixon 4 August