Multimillion-pound grant for footballers’ ‘university’ criticised Funding will support Lancaster to develop curriculum for Manchester-based University Academy 92 Chris Havergal 7月 26日
Shutting down trolls is bad politics Telling opponents of liberal values to ‘jog on’ may be tempting, but it risks confirming opponents’ claims that universities are aloof bastions of leftism, says Julie Odams Julie Odams 7月 26日
Keep off the Brexit barricades Partisan social media posts typically get more attention, but dispassionate analyses are what academics are valued for, says Stuart Brown Stuart Brown 7月 26日
Vice-principal quits in protest at failure to punish colleagues Paul Hagan says Robert Gordon University principal and fellow deputy should have been sanctioned for failing to declare conflict of interest Chris Havergal 7月 25日
USS announces increases in higher education pension contributions University and staff payments set to increase even though Joint Expert Panel is yet to report Chris Havergal 7月 25日
NUI Galway lecturers promoted after gender discrimination row Four women settle legal action against university over 2008-09 promotion round Ellie Bothwell 7月 25日
Predatory publishers probe snares prominent academics Investigation discovers 400,000 researchers worldwide have used ‘pseudoscientific’ journals David Matthews 7月 25日
Extradition case against Catalan academic Clara Ponsati dropped Lawyer says Spanish warrant means that economics professor remains an ‘exile’ Matthew Reisz 7月 25日
Lancaster mulls European branch campus post-Brexit University says it is ‘exploring options’, but sector leaders urge caution Chris Havergal 7月 25日
Romanian universities cry foul over ‘political’ new ranking Institutions set to be rated on metrics including the number of classrooms and dormitories that they have David Matthews 7月 25日
Treasury guarantees UK academics’ European funding to end of 2020 Grants awarded under Horizon 2020 will still be paid even in event of ‘no deal’ Brexit Rachael Pells 7月 24日
Thomas Docherty: it’s time to kill off the social mobility agenda Leading critic of marketised higher education takes aim at external appointment of vice-chancellors and the ‘student experience’ Matthew Reisz 7月 24日