Number of EU academics up on most UK campuses after Brexit vote Latest Hesa data show there was no immediate exodus of academics but Russell Group warns against ‘complacency’ By Simon Baker 29 May
Bologna Process still ‘treading water’, say critics Nearly two decades on, reports suggest the goal of a unified higher education area in Europe is still some distance away By David Matthews 29 May
Italy’s Five Star aimed to ‘replace politicians’ with professor PM Five Star Movement offers ‘detailed’ policies on HE, but has been attacked as anti-science By John Morgan 28 May
Crime writers create course materials with a twist Novelists write short stories for Spanish university’s criminology degree By Matthew Reisz 27 May
Stark gender gap in earnings after postgraduate study Data for English universities show men consistently earn more than women after completing postgraduate degrees By Anna McKie 25 May
Staff and students to help decide Bath v-c pay after review Report says Bath governance requires ‘considerable improvement’ to restore trust after Breakwell salary outcry By John Morgan 25 May
Don’t be distracted from equality challenges, universities told Need to meet demands of technological advances should not overshadow long-standing problems of gender and race, conference told By Rachael Pells 25 May
Fresh anger over UK visa regime as scholar forced to leave Oxford Home Office decision to decline a visa for postgraduate researcher’s 22-month-old baby sparks anguish at laboratory ‘struggling’ to recruit By Rachael Pells 24 May
Multibillion-pound fee for UK to stay in EU research debated Task ahead for universities to show return if country is to be part of next framework programme By John Morgan 24 May
Bernard-Henri Lévy: why academics detest me The philosopher on coming face-to-face with death in Bangladesh, why academics don’t like him, and Brexit By Matthew Reisz 24 May
Oxbridge student experience ‘way ahead’ of rest of Russell Group Hepi survey data spanning six years suggest students do not rate other members of mission group very differently from UK universities overall By Simon Baker 24 May
Curtailing overseas scholars’ right to strike undermines their academic citizenship The new UK home secretary must reinstate workers’ right to participate in industrial action regardless of national origin, says Shreya Atrey By Shreya Atrey 24 May
