France to back not-for-profit diamond journals Frustrated by rises in publishers’ article processing charges, the country wants to expand non-commercial journals instead David Matthews 7月 13日
Is it a good idea to treat postgraduate researchers as staff? As a union steps up the fight in the UK, wide variation in the treatment of PhD candidates continues around the world Jack Grove 7月 13日
Economics ‘standing still or going backwards’ on diversity in UK Decline in female representation at undergraduate and master's level is cause for concern, says Royal Economic Society Jack Grove 7月 13日
Keep campus mask mandates, union urges, as Covid restrictions end University and College Union warns English universities could become ‘incubators for Covid’ without robust safety measures Chris Havergal 7月 12日
New IoE director wants institute to lead decolonisation agenda Li Wei also expresses concern about state of modern language teaching in UK Anna McKie 7月 12日
Labour: campus free speech bill ‘gives free rein to extremists’ Opposition says it will vote against bill at second reading and urges Tories to join them Chris Havergal 7月 12日
The UK’s percentage scale is unfair and fuels grade inflation Unequal degree classification ranges mean that improvements get more reward at the higher end, say Andy Grayson, Susannah Lamb and Chris Royle Andy Grayson 7月 12日
The story behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green tell the inside story of how they fought back against conspiracy theories, bureaucracy and hostile press coverage Matthew Reisz 7月 10日
UKRI accepts open access monographs must be ‘fully funded’ Funder’s policy lead on open access talks of ‘ring-fenced path’ to cover costs Simon Baker 7月 9日
Liverpool hit with union boycott in escalation of job cuts row North-west institution is second university to be ‘greylisted’ by UCU in three months Chris Havergal 7月 9日
Spending review consultation delay ‘may deny sector fair hearing’ Non-appearance of consultation first promised for spring suggests ‘no agreement yet’ between ministers on what they want from change John Morgan 7月 9日
Pandemic research ‘must prioritise human and political behaviour’ Viruses are much more predictable than governments, summit hears John Ross 7月 8日