Soros gives CEU €750 million as Vienna move completed Multibillionaire announces investment at the launch of beleaguered university’s new campus By Anna McKie 18 November
Essex v-c says universities can afford to pay more into pensions Anthony Forster criticises failure of negotiators to ‘embrace principled compromise’ By Chris Havergal 18 November
German hiring spree for ‘digitalisation’ professors Caught up in a national anxiety about falling behind technologically, universities have recruited hundreds of new professors including data experts and digital humanities professors By David Matthews 18 November
The UK’s centenarian lifelong learning provision needs rejuvenation Universities, local authorities and others must heed the Centenary Commission on Adult Education’s recommendations, says Jonathan Michie By Jonathan Michie 18 November
Universities ‘central’ to solutions on UK regional inequality Lord Kerslake, chair of UK2070 Commission, calls for ‘MIT of the North’ and ‘HE-FE systems’ in deprived towns By John Morgan 15 November
Senior technicians at UK universities overwhelmingly male Figures show that even disciplines with a high share of female technical staff have few women at the top By Ellie Bothwell 14 November
Tory spending plans include £800 million budget for ‘UK Darpa’ Boris Johnson pledges to double public spending on research and development to £18 billion over course of next parliament By Chris Havergal 14 November
Reassess value of student ‘mass migration’ within UK, says report Hepi study calls for debate on the purpose and value of the UK’s costly system of residential universities By Jack Grove 14 November
Chinese students ‘unfairly demonised for political purposes’ Flimsy evidence provided for China’s political interference in UK academia has raised questions over the motivation for calls for tougher regulation By Jack Grove 14 November
The REF must face up to reproduction’s true impact on academics More account must be taken of pregnancy, assisted fertility and miscarriage, say Christina Hellmich and Marina Della Giusta By Christina Hellmich 14 November
Open science advocate apologises over ‘inappropriate behaviours’ Jon Tennant barred from OpenCon community after breaching code of conduct By Chris Havergal 13 November
United Nations to make its first major higher education move Unesco is backing plan to improve recognition of refugee qualifications, but some are sceptical about the scheme’s value By Jack Grove 13 November
