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Full impact of pandemic on Office of the Independent Adjudicator caseload may yet emerge

Union describes proposed salary freeze as an ‘insult’ but universities point to financial woes

OfS head warns that pandemic uplift must not ‘bake in’ further grade inflation over longer term

University Hospital Institute Méditerranée Infection, under leadership of ‘populist’ microbiologist Didier Raoult, continues to push hydroxychloroquine in the face of evidence

Union branch passes motion in response to plan to axe some 60 jobs

Devolved nations say they should be given any replacement funding for scheme from UK government ‘in the first instance’

LSE research head says academia should work with other service sectors to enable free movement for a fixed period of time

Money ‘reallocated’ from specialist institution fund announced by government last year, UKRI says 

Director of fair access warns that school-leavers from coastal and former industrial communities are less likely to see a degree as a way to improve their lives

New director acknowledges social justice agenda must go hand in hand with financial sustainability of troubled institution

Concerns raised over potential lack of opt-out and charging regime

The Turing mobility scheme is a poor substitute for Erasmus+ but UK universities must learn to love it or it will soon crumble, says Marcus Dowse