Gender bias among scientists linked to lower rates of hiring women Study inside French science agency shows effects of both explicit and implicit beliefs By Paul Basken 27 August
University departments squeezed by English and maths decline Number of students taking subjects at A level drops after introduction of reformed GCSEs By Anna McKie 27 August
UCU rejected lower pension contributions over strike moratorium Union brands inclusion of two-year bar on walkouts in compromise offer ‘ludicrous’ By Chris Havergal 23 August
Glasgow creates research centre to pay back slavery profits Scottish university forges new research partnership with the Caribbean, in response to groundbreaking report By Matthew Reisz 23 August
Big universities pay more as Germany strikes Springer Nature deal ‘Publish and read’ pact leaves Elsevier as last of three big publishers yet to reach agreement with country’s negotiators By David Matthews 23 August
Knowledge exchange framework review before funding link Assessment of English universities’ commercialisation activities and industry partnerships to guide allocations ‘in the longer term’ By Chris Havergal 23 August
Poor students less likely to pick ‘golden triangle’ for master’s Working-class graduates half as likely to move to Oxford, Cambridge or elite London institutions By Anna McKie 23 August
Strike warning as increase in USS pension contributions backed Joint negotiating committee says scheme members should contribute 9.6 per cent of their salaries, up from 8.8 per cent currently By Chris Havergal 22 August
Abuse case professor ‘could have been stopped sooner’ Former colleagues call for investigations to disclose what Strathclyde and Heriot-Watt universities knew about Kevin O’Gorman’s conduct By Nick Mayo 22 August
No more guitar heroes? Questions over attractiveness study Male guitarists may be disappointed to learn that a study showing they are more attractive to women may be unsound By Jack Grove 22 August
A little more honesty would go a long way in academia Schools used to be more honest about the pupils they were putting forward to universities, and not all applicants were predictably ‘passionate’ about their subjects. We would do well to recreate some of that spirit, says Lincoln Allison By Lincoln Allison 22 August
University stops barring graduations over outstanding rent More than 2,000 students affected by Liverpool’s ‘academic sanctions’ in two years By Chris Havergal 21 August