Ireland’s once all-male sector leadership nears gender equality Minister behind gender equality plan reflects on influx of female university presidents ahead of Trinity College Dublin’s provost election Jack Grove 3月 26日
V-cs fear more delays to full reopening of English campuses Universities UK and Russell Group push for all students to return from 12 April amid concern that it could be pushed back to mid-May Chris Havergal 3月 26日
Universities are key to city centre survival post-Covid As physical retail declines, universities can keep high streets vibrant by moving into vacated shops, says Matthew Andrews Matthew Andrews 3月 26日
University pledges action after senior officer’s fraud conviction Nick Welch, chief operating officer at Arts University Bournemouth, found to have conned the British army out of private school fees Chris Havergal 3月 25日
No black applicants for some Royal Society grants for three years Analysis highlights ‘unacceptable’ disparities in racial representation in UK science Anna McKie 3月 25日
UK seals first European transnational education deal post-Brexit Agreement with Greece’s Education Ministry will facilitate academic collaboration with country’s state university sector Ellie Bothwell 3月 25日
China steps up targeting of European academics Beijing has banned dozens of China researchers and their families, while the country’s embassy to France called an expert a “petty thug” on Twitter David Matthews 3月 25日
Oxford career oasis gives scholars time to escape tunnel vision At the Future of Humanity Institute, early career researchers are given two years to work out which questions are really worth asking David Matthews 3月 24日
Sir Paul Nurse: UKRI cuts are ‘existential threat’ to science Nobelist and Crick director calls on UK government to ‘come to its senses’ over possible ‘triple whammy’ hit to science funding Jack Grove 3月 24日