Europe’s top universities mull unconscious bias training for staff Failure to improve diversity risks ‘marginalising the impact and credibility of universities in an increasingly diverse world’, Leru warns By Anna McKie 19 September
Minister wants ‘concrete solutions’ on access from grandes écoles Frédérique Vidal discusses reform project launched in wake of president’s plan to abolish École Nationale d’Administration By John Morgan 19 September
Widening international participation is not just about numbers A policy to recruit genuinely the brightest and best students would have to look beyond revenue maximisation By Paul Jump 19 September
New journal to publish ‘negative’ results and reproducibility disputes Open access journal will publish results from studies sometimes dismissed as ‘failures’ as well as replication attempts By Jack Grove 18 September
USS chair: ‘no meaningful debate’ about size of deficit Pension fund’s deficit is likely to be worse than feared rather than better, says Sir David Eastwood By Jack Grove 18 September
Students play managers in ‘meaningless’ business school research Leading professor blames pressure to publish and lack of access to chief executives By Anna McKie 18 September
Looking for the smoking gun: the academics taking on Big Tobacco Bath researchers seek to combine scholarly rigour with campaigning zeal By Matthew Reisz 18 September
UK universities losing ground on employability to rest of Europe First data from graduate employability survey suggest surge in reputation for continental institutions By Simon Baker 18 September
Netherlands universities ‘must improve’ foreign students’ Dutch Proposed new law not as tough as some feared – but critics argue focus on Dutch ignores benefits of studying in English By David Matthews 17 September
Students ‘afraid’ to use university mental health services Nearly one in five first-year UK undergraduates tell Unite Students survey that they have a mental health condition By Anna McKie 17 September
UK clarifies post-study work visa eligibility after ‘confusion’ Visa route on offer for those ‘graduating in the summer of 2021 and after’, but Indian students concerned by announcement’s ambiguity By John Morgan 17 September
UK universities stockpiling in case of no-deal Brexit UUK survey of institutions suggest most feel prepared but student recruitment and staff retention already being hit By Simon Baker 16 September