UK student vote ‘shifting further towards Labour’ Gap between party and Conservatives widened in student-dense seats in polls over past decade By Grace Browne 17 September
Want a postgraduate degree that ups your salary? Choose carefully Studying for a master’s or PhD does not necessarily lead to higher earnings, UK study finds By Simon Baker 16 September
Campus free speech legislation ‘to target students’ unions’ Bill that would extend statutory duties on free speech to unions and threaten fines under discussion By John Morgan 16 September
Sunetra Gupta: social media attacks ‘stifling coronavirus debate’ Oxford epidemiologist and lockdown critic says ‘puritanical’ criticism of idea of herd immunity has chilled legitimate scientific and policy debate By Jack Grove 16 September
Cutting face-to-face teaching ‘best way’ to control Covid spread Study that uses data from a UK university to model typical campus scenario warns fifth of students could catch virus within term one without interventions By Simon Baker 15 September
Ethnic minority sociologists ‘face hostility’ when teaching race Study calls for race issues to be embedded into curricula, not taught as an ‘add-on’ By Ellie Bothwell 15 September
Dutch aim to stop academics working at weekends Education minister Ingrid van Engelshoven says too much research funding is now competitive, leading to intense work stress By David Matthews 15 September
Prospective UK students prioritise teaching quality Winchester polling puts tuition well ahead of research reputation in eyes of teenagers By Grace Browne 15 September
Harassment hotspots should lose research funding, says Solloway UK science minister hits out at ‘spurious’ research metrics and ‘publish or perish’ lab culture By Jack Grove 14 September
Sally Hunt paid extra £400K by UCU on leaving general secretary job ‘Settlement’ brought to light by report on union leaders’ pay from pressure group By Simon Baker 14 September
NSS overhaul shows ‘dangerous’ drift towards graduate outcomes Some criticisms around survey may be justified but there are major risks in a wholesale replacement, warn experts By Simon Baker 14 September
European higher education set for stimulus funding bonanza French package to nearly double budget of National Research Agency and add extra 30,000 university places By David Matthews 14 September