OfS investigates ‘conditional unconditional’ offer ban ‘breaches’ With record number applications and likely grade inflation, English regulator warns universities against ‘sacrificing quality for inflated intakes’ Chris Havergal 3月 17日
Backlash as Hamburg boosts ‘unscientific’ Covid lab leak analysis Critics say university lent undue weight to analysis that was not peer-reviewed, but some worry scientists have shied away from fully investigating hypothesis David Matthews 3月 17日
Leaders fear £1 billion-plus cut to fund UK Horizon association Universities UK and Wellcome Trust express mounting fears about where funding to join European Union research programme will come from John Morgan 3月 16日
Advisers quit over ‘draconian’ cuts to overseas research funding International advisory panel heads condemn ‘inexcusable’ handling of cuts to research supported by foreign aid Jack Grove 3月 16日
UK ‘science superpower’ status to bring ‘strategic advantage’ UK’s overhaul of defence and foreign policy sees science as ‘arena of systemic competition’ John Morgan 3月 16日
UK science reputation at risk as cuts raise strategy questions Cuts to major international research funds will harm UK’s reputation but also undermine rationale for UK’s main funding body, claim research leaders Jack Grove 3月 16日
‘Hammer time’ professor: For diverse audiences, try new platforms Oxford archaeologist working with MC Hammer on repatriation of African treasures says researchers should step outside their comfort zones Jack Grove 3月 16日
Cutting English fees or student numbers ‘on Treasury agenda’ Government looking at ways to reduce cost of system as pandemic pushes enrolments up and loan repayments down John Morgan 3月 15日
University forecasted cash reserves would cover just five days Kent says financial outlook is now better after improvement in student recruitment Simon Baker 3月 15日
Is critical management studies still welcome in business schools? Events at the University of Leicester suggest an always tense relationship may be turning toxic, says Ursula Huws Ursula Huws 3月 15日
If homeworking is the new normal, are we researching it enough? Self-reporting of performance is notoriously unreliable and, more significantly, satisfaction is distinct from well-being, says Stephen Wood Stephen Wood 3月 13日