Patten: boost funding ‘or lose university world power status’ Outgoing Oxford chancellor, ‘chairman of the Tory party when there was one’, advocates cross-party consensus on state investment, not higher fees By John Morgan 19 March
Student protests go on as Greece passes private universities law New legislation will allow private universities to issue degrees and international institutes to open Greek branches By Emily Dixon 19 March
Universities look for ways out of TPS as contribution rates soar Institutions need more flexibility on whether to participate in mandatory government-run pensions scheme, Ucea and UUK argue By Tom Williams 18 March
Thirty days ‘not enough time’ to deal with free speech complaints Short deadline for universities dealing with issues internally will ‘inundate’ regulator with partially investigated cases, sector fears By Tom Williams 18 March
Books ‘should be open access within two years’ for REF submission Extension of journal mandate to monographs designed to ‘make research more open and equitable’, but has historically been a source of controversy By Chris Havergal 18 March
Dropped immigration law ‘not reality of France’, minister says Sylvie Retailleau says France wants to ‘welcome’ international students, despite fallout from row over stricter controls By Emily Dixon 17 March
UK funding crisis forces three more universities to cut jobs Winchester, Surrey and Queen Mary latest to shed academic positions as industrial disputes heat up elsewhere By Tom Williams 15 March
‘Beyond frustrating’ for Palestinian refugee denied UK PhD visa Amena El Ashkar was hoping to study a PhD in international relations at the London School of Economics but her visa was rejected By Patrick Jack 15 March
‘Academic solipsism’ risk from chatbot use, warns university head Growing use of chatbots within higher education is likely to foster unoriginal and ‘solipsistic’ thought, says IE president By Jack Grove 15 March
University presses rack up legal bills over AI copyright breaches London Book Fair discussion dominated by concern over large language models using published works without citations or remuneration to authors or publishing houses By Jack Grove 14 March
Portuguese university apologises after sexual misconduct claims Investigation follows publishing controversy that saw chapter detailing allegations withdrawn by Routledge By Emily Dixon 14 March
Job-share vice-chancellors call to drive flexible working shift UK universities must make flexible working ‘the default’, including in high-salary jobs, to tackle gender pay gaps, says thinktank By John Morgan 14 March