Employment

Union says more than 100 jobs could go at Potteries institution

Analysis of 5.8 million authors across all scientific disciplines also shows gender gap is closing, but with distance to go

Sector-wide pay gap stands at 14.2 per cent, but it is higher than 30 per cent at some institutions

Record walkout at top public US system won graduate students a new contract, but ambiguous details have left them struggling with lower-than-expected pay

Union members declare no confidence in vice-chancellor over proposed plan that would see closure of departments

‘Core recruitment practices’ without quotas reduced gender parity timeline from 60 years to five

Proposed threshold fails to take account of funding challenges facing universities, sector groups say

Institution blames inflation and rising pay and pension contributions

April’s rise in employers’ contributions to Teachers’ Pension Scheme could leave modern universities unable to compete, leaders say

Brain researcher’s clash with University of Sydney administration follows exit from Imperial in earlier whistleblower row

Union misses 50 per cent threshold for first time since holding sector-wide votes, leaving future of dispute in the balance

Favouring of candidates aligned to ruling party could do long-term damage to universities, scholars warn

SCU decision the latest sign of doom for workplace agreements that lack union support

Group hopes to instigate culture change in UK higher education to stop ‘toleration’ of bullies

New millennium has wrought ‘transformational’ change on Australian higher education, and much of it has been ‘negative’, seminar hears

Union and employer association welcome delay to resolve ‘unintended consequences’

Five-year long campaign to protect staff benefits wins union an offer worth up to £200,000 for average USS member

‘No silver bullet’ to solving women’s higher job attrition rates, researcher warns

Latest Hesa data suggests that more than two-thirds of full-time academics in the UK have doctorates

While earnings gaps are well known, study suggests they are even wider than previously thought

Only a small fraction of casual academics are lecturers, Australian employer association says, but union challenges data

Australian university to ‘review’ court’s dismissal of its appeal, as union urges it to abandon ‘stalling tactics’

Top-up to funds will reimburse university staff for money lost between April 2022 – when benefits were cut – and April 2024 – when they are set to be restored

Vice-chancellors express ‘near unanimous’ support for lowering costs and restoring benefits, and want it to happen more quickly than scheduled

WeWork-style project seeks to replicate some of the benefits of having a university in higher education ‘cold spots’

Union brands proposal to limit impact of industrial action on students ‘a spiteful attack on workers everywhere’

Funder’s ‘New Deal’ will examine welfare arrangements for PhD students but insists they are better off ‘without an employment contract’

Several major universities face disruption at start of the academic year but appetite for taking action begins to fragment

Small windfalls and ‘passionate advocacy’ spare several dozen more redundancies at Victoria

Staff secure increases in London weighting, childcare subsidies and more parental leave

Strong staffing increase in research-intensive institutions points to an uneven post-Covid recovery

Rhetorical ambition for a ‘more sustainable’ workforce not reflected in negotiations, union says

The gulf is growing between self-perpetuating middle management and the people who ‘produce the value’, Australian symposium hears

History, philosophy and religious studies on the chopping block, as ACU flays its strengths

Union members say tight deadlines not achievable as boycott ends as universities push to allow students to graduate

Analysis of university employment since Dawkins ‘massification’ raises questions over where the staff will come from this time around

Angered by pay and conditions, more than 90 per cent of student workers voting to unionise, well above 75 per cent pre-Covid average, annual analysis finds

Regime’s history of cleansing Iranian academia bodes ill for faculty supportive of student protesters, researchers say

Anger at some universities, exultation at others, as enterprise negotiations drag on

Researcher who revealed censorship of gender critical feminists says no-debate policies on transgender issues are causing ‘scholarly paralysis’

‘Glass ceiling’ still prevents low-income students from reaching top institutions, says researcher

‘Unfair‘ discrepancies persist in annual leave allowances despite moves by some universities to introduce parity

Skew towards ‘amorphous’ professional roles in universities reflects ‘homogenisation’ of the workforce, report suggests

Only 4 per cent of reserved posts filled at India’s 45 central universities

Francesca Gino’s attorney claims Harvard’s ‘utter disregard for evidence, due process and confidentiality’ has wrecked her career

Revenue from Singapore venture crucial to ongoing sustainability, says Massey vice-chancellor

Leading science funder warns institutions that faculty who mistreat staff can’t remain as grant supervisors

Employer body seeks to end UCU action but faces more strikes as Unison members vote to walk out

Employers opt to defer increases as finances squeezed but majority tell THE they are paying up

University accused of trying to dodge proper consultation by unveiling latest cuts while staff are away

Three hundred mathematicians expected to have retired by middle of the century

Union criticises Chichester’s plan to sack Hakim Adi, first British person of African heritage to become a professor of history

Highly ranked university makes investment in staff salaries amid bitter national pay dispute

Learned societies question quality of data, mismatch to EU goals, choice of indicators and ignorance of social and political contexts used by planned monitoring tool

Sheffield Hallam says policy means pay deductions are applied ‘fairly and consistently’

University withdraws Austrian role due to funding deficit but staff say longstanding post was well worth the small investment it entailed

Sector leaders insist rises of up to 7 per cent announced by Rishi Sunak are ‘irrelevant’ to higher education dispute

Just months after ending largest-ever walkout among teaching staff, workers at 10-campus public system complain about unfulfilled promises and arrests

Institution says it stands by decision to offer staff wage rises in order to end marking boycott despite being ejected from national body

Union threatens more walkouts unless management ‘work with us to avoid further job losses’