Humanities cuts ‘harbinger’ of bleak future for Dutch sector Area studies and languages at risk at Leiden University, with academics foreseeing humanities ‘apocalypse’ By Emily Dixon 31 October
UK Budget day: Is that it? Addressing the sector’s woes has, at best, been kicked down the road to next year’s spending review. How disappointing, says Nick Hillman By Nick Hillman 30 October
Budget national insurance hike ‘costs universities £372 million’ Chancellor goes ahead with 1.2 percentage point increase, hiking staff costs for already cash-strapped institutions By Tom Williams 30 October
Blackman leaves Open University role early after cancer diagnosis Vice-chancellor steps down after five years at the helm to focus on treatment By Tom Williams 30 October
Labour’s first budget can help universities deliver regional impact Devolving research and skills funding to metro mayors would allow universities to drive innovation-led economic growth, says Neal Juster By Neal Juster 30 October
Ian Boyd: policymaking ‘should be more experimental’ Researchers need to get politicians to focus on addressing underlying issues instead of short-term problems, according to former chief scientific adviser By Matthew Reisz 30 October
Students ‘not using AI as much as academics think’ ‘Over-regulation’ feared as actual use of new technologies lags far behind perceptions of university staff By Juliette Rowsell 30 October
Oxford Brookes removes ‘unfair’ clauses from student contracts University among the latest providers to be referred to National Trading Standards by English regulator By Juliette Rowsell 29 October
Empty lectures aren’t just dismaying – they’re a social justice issue With ethnic minority students missing disproportionately more classes, traditional timetabling risks widening attainment gaps, says Christopher Byrne By Christopher Byrne 29 October
Funding crisis ‘puts universities at higher risk of cyberattacks’ Institutions already years behind private companies in their ability to tackle online threats, university chief of IT warns By Juliette Rowsell 29 October
Team research pilot tackles dominance of principal investigators Alternative to traditional principal investigator-led approach aims to bring different voices to the fore By Patrick Jack 29 October
More UK university history departments cutting jobs and courses Survey by the Royal Historical Society finds axe is falling most heavily on post-92 institutions By Patrick Jack 28 October
