Goldsmiths faces marking boycott as Kent staff vote to strike Further industrial action planned as union members try to resist wave of university cost-cutting By Tom Williams 5 April
Gold standard of UK degrees is lost in translation Inflated marks, overworked staff and politically compromised courses are the price of exploiting offshore UK-registered students, says Michael Day By Michael Day 5 April
Financial pressures ‘hitting UK university-business collaborations’ New figures show UK university-business interactions are down 5 per cent, to lowest level since at least 2014-15 By Patrick Jack 4 April
University access scheme loses third of its budget in latest cuts England’s Uni Connect programme has funding reduced to ?20 million at ‘exactly the wrong time’, says widening participation expert By Tom Williams 4 April
Kent v-c to depart after restructure and deficit warning Karen Cox to step down next month as university grapples with projected ?30 million deficit By Tom Williams 4 April
More visa changes could cause ‘irreversible harm’ to UK sector Student recruitment firm AECC warns that restricting graduate visa route could be ‘catastrophic day’ for UK 中国A片 By Patrick Jack 4 April
Venki Ramakrishnan: ‘unfriendly’ visas would’ve nixed my UK move Nobel-winning former Royal Society president discusses his concerns over the UK’s ‘too high’ visa costs, anti-ageing science and older academics who refuse to retire By Jack Grove 4 April
Academic publishers and AI do not need to be enemies Generative AI firms should stop ripping off publishers and instead work with them to enrich scholarship, says Oxford University Press’ David Clark By David Clark 4 April
Sexual harassment of PhDs linked to academia’s ‘leaky pipeline’ Women who complete their PhDs in workplaces with high harassment rates less likely to remain in research, Danish study finds By Emily Dixon 3 April
‘Local’ students just one in 10 at some elite universities Durham again found to have lowest proportion of students from its own region, but highlights work to boost north east's low HE participation rate By Patrick Jack 3 April
Extend researcher sanctuary scheme to Palestinians, MPs urge Researchers at Risk programme currently limited to Ukrainian scholars By Patrick Jack 2 April
Hungarian academics want 50 per cent public university pay rise Thousands of employees of few remaining non-foundation institutions say earnings have been heavily eroded by inflation By Emily Dixon 30 March