The economic value of going to university is not declining Falling UK graduate wages reflect not too many students but a flexible labour market’s post-crash adjustment, argues David Willetts David Willetts 5月 13日
Universities ‘uniquely’ prone to workplace abuse, union warns New reports uncover widespread gossip, harassment, verbal abuse and ‘scientific sabotage’ in Dutch universities – with women particularly affected David Matthews 5月 13日
New models ‘reshaping how historians write’ Fragmentary, first-person accounts are challenging the staid traditions of the monograph, event hears Matthew Reisz 5月 11日
UK universities cut carbon emissions despite using more energy Calls made for campuses to do more to help tackle climate change Nick Mayo 5月 10日
Turkey’s ‘Academics for Peace’ face ‘legal barbarism’ Istanbul scholar Füsun Üstel becomes first academic to go to jail for signing 2016 peace declaration Ellie Bothwell 5月 10日
Springer Nature proposes model for open access transition Suggested approach could see content from Nature made freely available Rachael Pells 5月 10日
USS offers new pension options after cutting deficit estimate Proposals reduce anticipated future contributions, but fall short of union members’ ‘no detriment’ demand Nick Mayo 5月 9日
Pearson and for-profits gain direct UK government funding Private equity-owned BIMM to receive £2.4m in teaching grant as OfS funds new providers for first time John Morgan 5月 9日
Europe ‘losing ground’ to US and China on AI research Leading professor who backs creation of ‘Cern for AI’ calls lack of decisive government action ‘disturbing’ Simon Baker 5月 9日
EU fees change could cost English universities £7 million a year But THE analysis also suggests windfall for institutions if fall in student recruitment is modest Simon Baker 5月 9日
Thinktank wants national survey of university staff well-being Higher Education Policy Institute says it is ‘shocking’ that no such dataset exists Nick Mayo 5月 9日
Germany debates whether academic freedom is an individual or organisational right In a managerial era, universities are challenging the traditional idea that only individuals need protecting, say Otto Hüther and Georg Krücken Otto Hüther 5月 9日