TU Dublin pauses intake on 14 courses amid financial struggles Irish regulator expressed ‘serious concerns’ over university’s multimillion-euro deficit earlier this year Emily Dixon 6月 4日
UK R&D spend ‘should match countries that invest the most’ New research, endorsed by former prime minister Tony Blair, says UK needs to increase budget by a quarter to tackle ‘incoherent’ system Patrick Jack 6月 4日
Student vote ‘could be boosted’ by UK’s summer general election Contrary to claims that holding vote out of term time will silence them, student voters may end up having more influence in rare July poll Tom Williams 6月 4日
Hallam faces strikes as Goldsmiths boycotted over cuts Universities latest to see industrial disputes ramped up over plans to lose hundreds of jobs Patrick Jack 6月 3日
UKRI panel chair resigns over handling of Donelan accusations Kamna Patel accuses Research England of ‘indulging’ science secretary’s ‘malevolent’ attack over Gaza comments Patrick Jack 6月 3日
Value of domestic students almost halves at some UK universities Institutions see steep drops in proportion of fee income paid by UK students amid continued expansion into international markets Patrick Jack 6月 3日
‘Rip-off’ degrees rhetoric ignores awkward facts about apprenticeships The UK needs a skills strategy that values the full variety of training and education pathways and reflects regional needs, says Neal Juster Neal Juster 6月 1日
Degree-awarding powers confirmed for Dyson Institute Inventor’s Wiltshire-based training centre is first to go through new Office for Students process Chris Havergal 5月 31日
Two-thirds of Cambridge researchers on temporary contracts Scale of research precarity at top UK university and its effect on staff laid out in new report Jack Grove 5月 31日
Dutch research funding cuts will ‘reverse years of progress’ Incoming right-wing government plans to reduce spending by €1 billion, just as efforts to reduce precarity and overwork were starting to have an effect Emily Dixon 5月 31日
Slashing HE courses will not help the next UK government boost growth Undermining universities offering degrees to fund apprenticeships is poor policy. Here are some better ones, says Paul Baines Paul Baines 5月 31日
Will UK Labour’s research policy be tame or transformational? Labour’s official science slate is dull but radical moves to reform research funding and engage industry could be close, experts believe Jack Grove 5月 30日