Gyimah: UK access to EU research ‘won’t work’ without mobility Universities minister says academic mobility will be addressed in UK-EU talks on Horizon Europe By John Morgan 27 November
Plan S: three-year transition period for hybrid journals Task force affirms support for green open access and says that poorer researchers should not miss out By Rachael Pells 27 November
Poorer UK students ‘study harder’ than richer classmates UK Engagement Survey indicates less affluent students do more independent study despite greater demands on their time By Jack Grove 27 November
Policy shift forces Danes to close degrees and cut English teaching Universities’ moves follow ministers’ demand for reduction in international student numbers By Ellie Bothwell 27 November
Minister wants OfS ‘to do more’ on ‘poor-value’ courses But Sam Gyimah bases comments on data he accepts are only a ‘snapshot’ of what graduates go on to earn By Simon Baker 27 November
Swansea University suspends v-c and management school dean Richard Davies and three others on leave while institution carries out an internal investigation By Anna McKie 26 November
Durham student Matthew Hedges pardoned by UAE Doctoral student at was sentenced to life in prison on spying charges By Ellie Bothwell 26 November
EU academics in UK quizzed about ‘moving home’ after Brexit Government poll condemned as insensitive By Jack Grove 26 November
Social science doctoral training centres not working, says report Analysis of impact of doctoral training centres funded by Economic and Social Research Council prompts further questions over approach to postgraduate learning By Rachael Pells 26 November
Scrap REF and allocate QR funding by headcount, says professor Oxford’s Dorothy Bishop says spread of funding would be largely unchanged By Anna McKie 23 November
Campuses urged to fill gaps in ‘white, male’ institutional pasts Conference hears how the biases of historic collections need to be addressed By Matthew Reisz 23 November
Birmingham union members vote to boycott Dubai campus Universities minister Sam Gyimah says student exchanges should continue, despite UAE’s jailing of Matthew Hedges By Chris Havergal 22 November