UCU leader Sally Hunt resigns for health reasons University and College Union leader steps down with immediate effect after 12 years in charge Jack Grove 2月 25日
V-cs want rethink over ‘£38 million bill’ for subject-level TEF Universities UK fears cost of assessment could nudge £250,000 per provider Anna McKie 2月 25日
Locals replace foreign students on some English campuses Data analysis from THE suggests different drivers are coming together to alter universities’ UK-international mix Simon Baker 2月 25日
UK union members vote to strike over pay but turnout falls short Seventy per cent of voting UCU members support walking out, but 41 per cent turnout is too low for action Chris Havergal 2月 22日
Essex suspends staff member in antisemitism row Hundreds of students voted against creation of Jewish society on campus Rachael Pells 2月 22日
Elsevier profits near £1 billion despite European disputes The publisher has reported steady growth and profit margins of more than a third but warned of threat to business from open access David Matthews 2月 22日
Labour sceptical of ‘electoral inducement’ tuition fee cut Party’s Lifelong Learning Commission will look at longer-term ‘structures’ in contrast to government’s ‘short-term’ review, says Gordon Marsden John Morgan 2月 22日
Going spare: Brexit could cut off access to feminist journal Brexit copyright issues may prevent researchers from consulting Spare Rib, which for two decades served as ‘the most popular voice of women’s liberation’ in the UK Matthew Reisz 2月 22日
Campuses told to offset carbon emissions from student mobility Study estimates that carbon footprint of global student mobility is comparable to annual emissions of Tunisia Ellie Bothwell 2月 21日
Universities may have to shut door on elite to hit access targets English providers will have to enrol fewer privileged students if the sector is not allowed to expand, regulator says Anna McKie 2月 21日
Teaching intelligence: laptop ban made my students truly critical thinkers Without devices, classes fostered engaged, active learning, writes Ioannis Costas Batlle Ioannis Costas Batlle 2月 21日
Interview with Manu Kapur ETH Zurich’s learning sciences expert discusses his own ‘cut-throat’ schooling, why lecturing fails, and how students can fail ‘productively’ David Matthews 2月 21日