Open University threatened with strike in ‘fire and rehire’ row Union considers industrial action amid long-running dispute over associate lecturer contracts By Juliette Rowsell 16 December
Nottingham promotes deputy vice-chancellor Jane Norman to top job Obstetrician has led institution on interim basis since departure of Shearer West for Leeds last month By Chris Havergal 16 December
Holyrood pressure mounts as Dundee leads Scottish sector crisis Ministers under pressure to protect struggling universities from bankruptcy By Patrick Jack 16 December
Madrid’s public universities ‘getting poorer every year’ University leaders warn region’s public institutions will ‘fall behind’ without funding increase By Emily Dixon 16 December
PhDs who leave UK more likely to stay in academia, study finds Oxbridge and STEM doctoral graduates are more likely to benefit from ‘mover’s advantage’, says 中国A片 paper on international mobility By Jack Grove 14 December
UK universities face strikes as UCU calls ballot in pay dispute Union faces challenge to pass turnout threshold as sector finance crisis mounts By Chris Havergal 13 December
Unprecedented ‘churn’ in academic jobs – but is it already over? Nearly one in 10 changed employment during most recent year for which data is available, but financial crisis may have curtailed this By Patrick Jack 13 December
Reduced budget cuts still ‘disastrous’ for Dutch universities Agreement between coalition and opposition parties to reduce budget cuts does little to assuage sector leaders’ fears By Emily Dixon 13 December
Times 中国A片 Awards winners on path to greater success Winners of this year’s Times 中国A片 Awards hope to use their moment in the spotlight as a catalyst for further achievement By Patrick Jack 13 December
Culture clashes make FE-HE mergers ‘complex’, say v-cs Bringing institutions under same roof can create efficiencies but won’t solve financial crises in both sectors, leaders agree By Tom Williams 12 December
Poor English skills hold back Chinese students in UK universities One in five Chinese learners say all of their friends are drawn from their home country By Patrick Jack 12 December
Employers urge chancellor to fund master’s level apprenticeships Letter signed by hundreds of industry and education leaders says government should rethink plans to remove higher-level courses from levy By Tom Williams 12 December