Ucas to replace personal statement with series of questions Admissions service also making changes to teacher references, and plans to release details of grade profiles that were accepted onto courses Patrick Jack 1月 12日
Damning report details antisemitism within NUS Incidents including a student leader using the words ‘the final solution’ left Jewish students feeling like ‘pariahs’ within the UK student body Tom Williams 1月 12日
Ucea reveals pay offer as decision looms on UCU strikes strategy Union’s higher education committee meets to finalise next steps in campaign after messy debate Tom Williams 1月 12日
Leading universities cut undergraduate recruitment by a quarter Data lay bare how Russell Group institutions have hit the brakes after years of expansion, as post-92s make up ground Patrick Jack 1月 12日
How Birkbeck was squeezed by years of neglect for adult education London’s revered ‘night university’ enters bicentenary year mired in financial crisis Tom Williams 1月 12日
‘Disappointing’ maintenance loan uplift a ‘real-terms cut’ Westminster government criticised by sector over 2.8 per cent uplift as concern mounts over impact of cost-of-living crisis on students John Morgan 1月 11日
Most Hungarian universities blocked from signing new EU grants Ban could prompt brain drain, warn experts, while university foundations are likely to be restocked with loyalists Ben Upton 1月 11日
UK Horizon alternative ‘aims to make Brussels pick up the phone’ George Freeman ‘still pushing’ and ‘still hopeful’ on association, but thinks forthcoming plan for UK global science role could be catalyst John Morgan 1月 11日
Co-create policies to tackle student drug use, universities told Ensuring students are involved in interventions will help tackle stigma and end ‘culture of silence’, experts say Tom Williams 1月 11日
Study debunks idea that Covid trials cut clinical corners Covid-19 trials were as well designed, if not better designed, than other, similar medical experiments, finds Oxford study Jack Grove 1月 11日
Education departments ‘less diverse’ than rest of UK sector BERA report indicates education departments tend to be older and more white, with men in most senior positions Patrick Jack 1月 11日
Pay talks impasse continues as unions await employers’ offer Lack of agreement on whether industrial action should continue while talks are in progress hampers chances of resolving dispute Tom Williams 1月 10日