Europe’s top universities mull unconscious bias training for staff Failure to improve diversity risks ‘marginalising the impact and credibility of universities in an increasingly diverse world’, Leru warns Anna McKie 9月 19日
Minister wants ‘concrete solutions’ on access from grandes écoles Frédérique Vidal discusses reform project launched in wake of president’s plan to abolish École Nationale d’Administration John Morgan 9月 19日
Widening international participation is not just about numbers A policy to recruit genuinely the brightest and best students would have to look beyond revenue maximisation Paul Jump 9月 19日
New journal to publish ‘negative’ results and reproducibility disputes Open access journal will publish results from studies sometimes dismissed as ‘failures’ as well as replication attempts Jack Grove 9月 18日
USS chair: ‘no meaningful debate’ about size of deficit Pension fund’s deficit is likely to be worse than feared rather than better, says Sir David Eastwood Jack Grove 9月 18日
Students play managers in ‘meaningless’ business school research Leading professor blames pressure to publish and lack of access to chief executives Anna McKie 9月 18日
Looking for the smoking gun: the academics taking on Big Tobacco Bath researchers seek to combine scholarly rigour with campaigning zeal Matthew Reisz 9月 18日
UK universities losing ground on employability to rest of Europe First data from graduate employability survey suggest surge in reputation for continental institutions Simon Baker 9月 18日
Netherlands universities ‘must improve’ foreign students’ Dutch Proposed new law not as tough as some feared – but critics argue focus on Dutch ignores benefits of studying in English David Matthews 9月 17日
Students ‘afraid’ to use university mental health services Nearly one in five first-year UK undergraduates tell Unite Students survey that they have a mental health condition Anna McKie 9月 17日
UK clarifies post-study work visa eligibility after ‘confusion’ Visa route on offer for those ‘graduating in the summer of 2021 and after’, but Indian students concerned by announcement’s ambiguity John Morgan 9月 17日
UK universities stockpiling in case of no-deal Brexit UUK survey of institutions suggest most feel prepared but student recruitment and staff retention already being hit Simon Baker 9月 16日