MEPs supportive of research chief’s drive to close east-west gap Some parliamentarians hope Bulgaria’s Mariya Gabriel will reshape the EU’s new research package to spread grants more evenly across the continent By David Matthews 4 October
REF should accommodate more diverse outputs, says study Report for Research England warns assessment may be constraining academics' publishing options By Chris Havergal 4 October
UUK president aims to show degree value ‘not all about money’ Julia Buckingham also aims to protect funding, as response to Augar review is debated By John Morgan 3 October
Most European campuses ‘use journal impact factor to judge staff’ Preliminary results of EUA survey suggest three-quarters of responding institutions draw on much-criticised metric By Anna McKie 3 October
Matthew Hedges: universities fail to protect staff working abroad Researcher held in UAE for five months suggests commercial relationships may trump concern for researchers’ well-being By Ellie Bothwell 3 October
Moedas: Europe should lead negotiations with academic publishers Outgoing commissioner frustrated that countries still strike deals on a country-by-country basis By David Matthews 2 October
Tory manifesto tipped to focus on ‘low value degrees’ in England Ministers expected to reject Augar fee cut plan, raising question of what will be election offer on university fees and funding By John Morgan 2 October
‘Human error’ blamed for union’s Holocaust email omitting Jews UCU says ‘incomplete version’ of circular detailing plans for Holocaust Memorial Day was sent out By Anna McKie 1 October
Conservative conference: minister wants multi-year research funding framework Chris Skidmore tells Tory conference meeting he wants UK research funding to emulate EU’s approach By John Morgan 1 October
Academic mothers criticise ‘consistent lack of support’ Universities see maternity leave as a ‘tick-box exercise’, study warns By Anna McKie 1 October
Refusals under private school cap ‘would top 1,000 on campuses’ Hesa data show how Labour’s 7 per cent proposal would potentially shake up the sector By Simon Baker 1 October
Provide alcohol-free accommodation for care leavers, says report Sheffield research finds students who have been in care need better emotional and financial support at university By Anna McKie 1 October
