Ministers criticised for ‘vandalism’ over creative and London cuts Despite condemnation in consultation, English regulator pushes ahead with cuts that ‘recklessly level down’ London institutions Anna McKie 7月 20日
UK ‘must solve’ quarantine capacity problem for red-list students Governments urged to work with universities to expand capacity or system could be ‘overwhelmed’, forcing students to learn online at home John Morgan 7月 20日
Good universities have nothing to fear from the OfS’ quality crackdown It is not in the interests of institutions with high-quality provision to offer courses that fall short of the mark, says OfS chair Lord Wharton James Wharton 7月 20日
University staff less happy and more anxious than UK average Sizeable number of staff members struggled over course of pandemic and are suffering from chronic stress and exhaustion, researchers say Anna McKie 7月 19日
Putting the social back into social media We need to work against the grain of platforms that incentivise us to behave in unscholarly ways, argues author Matthew Reisz 7月 17日
European Research Council bans journal impact factor from bids For the first time prestigious funder has explicitly told academics they must not include metric when applying for grants David Matthews 7月 16日
Campuses fear losing 10 per cent of fees as Europeans stay away Latest financial data show how some institutions are more exposed to EU student demand than others Simon Baker 7月 16日
UK’s Horizon 2020 funding wins ‘tailed off’ post-Brexit Tens of millions of euros in grants were still agreed by 2020, but UK collaborations may have been affected Simon Baker 7月 16日
UCU threatens strike action over Sheffield archaeology closure University council backs shuttering despite widespread opposition Chris Havergal 7月 15日
Kingman: ‘take nothing for granted’ on research spending pledge Outgoing UKRI chair says this autumn’s spending review will be a ‘make-or-break moment’ Chris Havergal 7月 15日
National Student Survey 2021: UK satisfaction hits new low Survey was completed during major lockdowns in the UK when most students were studying online Simon Baker 7月 15日
French historians ‘being shut out of state archives’ Years of restrictions have stymied scholars’ work on topics such as the Algerian war of independence, and a new law could cement this lack of access David Matthews 7月 15日