Withdrawal of ¡®flawed¡¯ international student survey welcomed Academics raised concerns about ¡®loaded¡¯ questions asked by Migration Advisory Committee By Chris Havergal 18 May
Athena SWAN review to target administrative burden Brunel University London vice-chancellor to examine flagship equality scheme used in UK, Ireland and Australia By Jack Grove 18 May
Discrimination row university secures equality accreditation NUI Galway¡¯s Athena SWAN award recognises ¡®energetic and sustained¡¯ efforts to improve By Matthew Reisz 17 May
Ruggero Freddi: from pornography to academia The former gay porn star turned academic on what lecturers can learn from the adult entertainment industry By David Matthews 17 May
Bonds arms race hots up as Cambridge looks to borrow ?600 million University faces criticism for ¡®property developer¡¯ strategy in wake of Oxford¡¯s ?750 million issuing By John Morgan 17 May
UK-Ireland deal on post-Brexit student flows ¡®imperils EU links¡¯ Giving Irish undergraduates continued access to home fee status and loans could be discriminatory, experts warn By Rachael Pells 17 May
Measly recommendations will not cure HE funding¡¯s political sickness With the consultation now closed, Philip Augar¡¯s review of English post-18 education must begin the hard work of devising substantial but cost-effective proposals, says Andy Westwood By Andy Westwood 17 May
LSE launches new open-access publishing platform LSE Press becomes latest open-access platform launched by universities in response to industry shift towards online publishing methods By Rachael Pells 16 May
Brexit UK ¡®risks falling to 20th in world in HE and research¡¯ UCL provost Michael Arthur warns on potential impact of immigration restrictions and exit from EU research By John Morgan 16 May
Sweden cancels Elsevier contract as open-access dispute spreads Sector¡¯s move follows similar rows in France and Germany By Chris Havergal 16 May
Hundreds of Italian academics fined for outside work Crackdown leaves professors needing to pay back almost €250,000 each on average By David Matthews 16 May
Turkey suspends French studies over Koran criticism Criticism of ¡®obsolete¡¯ passages by Gallic political leaders has led to a ban on new students learning French By Jack Grove 15 May