Open access transitional agreements ‘risk becoming the norm’
Jisc review finds UK ahead of global average on open access, but questions whether purportedly temporary measures are proving effective at driving change
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We must preserve language degree access for under-represented groups
With the University of Kent becoming the latest lower-tariff English university to mull course closures, students might be frozen out, says Becky Muradás-Taylor
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Strike over language cuts at Aberdeen called off after jobs saved
University lifts possibility of compulsory redundancies ahead of planned six-day walkout
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‘Stark decline’ in academic freedom: four in 10 face restrictions
Academic freedom is particularly at risk in countries with pronounced social and political polarisation, report says
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Why do UK universities keep losing legal cases?
Some of the country’s biggest institutions have suffered bruising defeats of late despite the justice system generally favouring the powerful. What explains this losing streak and will it change...
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‘Don’t cut foundation year fees, but end loans for poor courses’
Hepi report flags concerns over growth and quality of UK pre-degree programmes, but says across-the-board fee cut would be poor solution
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Warning as Germany urged to revisit military research bar
Politicians are increasingly pushing for the facilitation of dual-use research, but university leaders are unsure
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The UKRI-Donelan furore is a wake-up call on the politicisation of science
The science secretary’s demand that UKRI take action against its EDI committee underlines how far UK science’s independence has slipped, says Fiona Fox
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University launches compulsory artificial intelligence module
Chinese institution says it wants to nurture ‘master-level strategic scientists’
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‘No surprise’ budget silent on ‘unsustainable’ university funding
Sector leaders express frustration as chancellor praises universities, but offers little additional money
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Peer makes libel payout to University Challenge contestant
Baroness Foster of Oxton falsely alleged that Oxford PhD student Melika Gorgianeh had displayed ‘disgusting antisemitic symbols’
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Donelan ‘must resign’ after professor libel payout, says union
UCU says minister ‘does not retain the confidence of the academic community, nor is she upholding good standards of professional conduct’
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Liberty hit with record US fine for failing to share crime data
University known for politics, piety and scandal penalised for longstanding pattern of hiding reports of sexual abuses and other community safety concerns
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Quarter of world’s top 200 universities led by women
Increase in female leaders driven by Europe as US stagnates
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Universities’ gender pay gaps ‘double the tertiary average’
While new Australian data identify regional universities as the most inequitable payers, experts highlight the ‘different conditions and challenges’