UKRI criticised for appointing all-white research council boards Just five out of 57 appointed members are from black or ethnic minority backgrounds By Rachael Pells 5 April
Interview with David Docherty The honorary fellow at the School of Advanced Study discusses business-university links, running marathons and his planned book about higher education By Matthew Reisz 5 April
Macron’s European university networks must be flexible and innovative Rigid, top-down tie-ups will do nothing to foster quality or European identity, says Jan Palmowski By Jan Palmowski 5 April
Rise in firsts and 2:1s highest among those with lowest A levels Data from one of last Hefce reports likely to throw down the gauntlet to new Office for Students on grade inflation By Simon Baker 5 April
Under-pressure UCU leader urges members to accept pensions deal Several University and College Union branches urge rejection of offer to set up expert panel By Sophie Inge 4 April
Max Planck head: UK must have ‘will to develop Europe’ Martin Stratmann warns Britain against utilitarian approach to future EU research programmes By David Matthews 4 April
Can Office for Students shake off rows and win over universities? Concerns over the independence and intentions of England’s new higher education regulator as it becomes fully operational are unfounded, its chief executive insists By Jack Grove 3 April
‘No one knows for sure’: deficit at heart of USS dispute debated Four experts discuss the estimated shortfall that led to strike action at UK universities By Sophie Inge 3 April
Freedom of movement: politics expert joins Brexit dance project New work attempts to address aspects of politics difficult to capture in words By Matthew Reisz 30 March
Deal struck for Macron’s first European university network Plans by France’s president to establish a series of cross-border university networks are starting to become a reality By Jack Grove 29 March
Amsterdam to create new university quarter Project to begin later this year with construction of new library By Matthew Reisz 29 March
Open University v-c faces no-confidence vote Peter Horrocks faces backlash over claim that academics ‘should be bloody well teaching’ By Sophie Inge 29 March
