Brunel professor Bernardine Evaristo wins Booker Prize Writer inspired by her childhood experiences of ‘belonging and not belonging’ is honoured alongside Margaret Atwood By Matthew Reisz 15 October
Siemens boss urges UK government to protect EU research ties Juergen Maier calls on UK government to associate to Horizon Europe post-Brexit, but also to create British innovation fund By John Morgan 15 October
Release investigation report, says sacked USS whistleblower Warwick statistician Jane Hutton attacks lack of transparency over her dismissal from board of Universities Superannuation Scheme By Anna McKie 15 October
Black academics ‘paid £7K less’ than white colleagues on average Hesa data analysed by UCU also show how few black and other ethnic minority scholars are in senior positions By Simon Baker 15 October
Holograms on campus: good for teaching, good for the environment? Imperial College London reports positive results from experiments in lectures and academic seminars By Anna McKie 15 October
Tories plan UK science funding agency modelled on US Darpa Queen’s Speech raises question of whether Dominic Cummings would seek to reshape entire research funding system By John Morgan 14 October
New UK Student Loans Company head steers for calmer waters Paula Sussex prioritises improving communication and technology By Anna McKie 14 October
Warning over glut of ICT graduates as supply outstrips demand Several European countries are set to educate more graduates than the job market will need, EU report warns By David Matthews 13 October
Whistleblowing professor Jane Hutton fired from USS board Pension fund chair says Warwick statistician had ‘breached a number of her director’s duties’, but insists probe was ‘completely separate’ to investigation of her claims By Anna McKie 11 October
Court quashes college’s bid to silence OfS on register refusal Barking and Dagenham College loses injunction bid on publication but has also filed judicial review over refusal By John Morgan 11 October
Scientists ‘must be allowed to cry’ about environmental crisis Researchers call for end to ‘pervasive illusion that scientists must be dispassionate observers’, and better emotional support By Matthew Reisz 11 October
Contract cheating requests ‘blatant and wide-ranging’ New research finds students paying low prices to cheat on introductory courses By Anna McKie 11 October