Careers intelligence: Nancy Rothwell on female leadership Manchester president says women should focus on their strengths when applying for jobs, not worry about how they fall short compared with male predecessors By Chris Havergal 2 November
OfS criticised for lack of diversity on student hate crime panel English regulator promises to make Student Welfare and Safeguarding Expert Advisory panel more representative By Anna McKie 1 November
December election puts UK policy progress on hold Augar response, TEF direction and research funding plans could all remain at a red light while UK goes to the polls By Simon Baker 1 November
Swiss face ‘huge challenge’ securing timely EU research deal Talks unlikely to take place until referendum clarifies whether country will undergo its own ‘Brexit moment’ By John Morgan 1 November
UK union members back strike action over pay and pensions About 1 million students set to be affected by walkout By Chris Havergal 31 October
Dundee principal suspended ‘over rent row’ Andrew Atherton placed on leave after just nine months in post By Ellie Bothwell 31 October
UK students spending less time studying, says survey Less than half of undergraduates now spend 11 or more hours a week in classes, according to Advance HE study By Ellie Bothwell 31 October
Glasgow to rate ‘collegiality’ for professorial promotions University believes new criteria rewarding selfless behaviour will ‘focus minds’ By Jack Grove 31 October
Unconditional offer students ‘more likely to drop out’ OfS data analysis suggests that almost 200 students who dropped out may not have done if they had been given a conditional offer By Simon Baker 30 October
Racism against students ‘taken more seriously than staff abuse’ Equality and Human Rights Commission data show staff complaints take longer to investigate and are less likely to lead to redress By Anna McKie 30 October
Horizon Europe association hopefuls ‘out of time’ for 2021 start UK and Switzerland risk missing out on beginning of €100 billion (£86 billion) programme, alongside potential newcomers Australia and Canada By John Morgan 30 October
Lochlann Jain: anthropologist versus categories Gender-fluid academic seeks to challenge the ways in which we carve up the world By Matthew Reisz 30 October
