Academic refugees turn stories of displacement into art Workshop participants seek to put focus on universities’ roles as places of sanctuary By Patrick Jack 10 February
?migré scientists ‘key to UK-Poland research links’ With many of Poland’s leading scientists in the UK, expatriate researchers will be crucial for scaling research partnerships, says report By Jack Grove 10 February
Research bureaucracy cuts unveiled as UK nears ?20 billion target Tickell Review of research bureaucracy broadly welcomed by science department, which says it is on track to meet spending target By Jack Grove 9 February
Leading scholars at vanguard of UK’s post-Brexit brain drain Research suggests country is finding it harder to attract and retain best researchers after vote to leave EU By Patrick Jack 9 February
European business schools ‘should avoid US-style culture wars’ Institutions can compete for students with giant American counterparts by offering continental take on diversity, says IESE deputy dean By Tom Williams 9 February
‘Short-term pain’ for UK universities’ international recruitment British Council says mounting competition and stronger pound mean that inward mobility could decline for first time since pandemic By Patrick Jack 8 February
Dutch universities unveil plan to limit international enrolments Institutions say all major bachelor’s programmes will be available in Dutch and no new English-language courses will be in development ‘for the time being’ By Emily Dixon 8 February
Business degree apprenticeships ‘deliver on social mobility’ Strong engagement with students from socially deprived backgrounds rebuts claims of ‘middle-class grab’ of degree apprenticeships, finds audit By Jack Grove 8 February
Professor sacked by Max Planck Society over Israel comments Supporters of Ghassan Hage claim his dismissal follows a ‘smear campaign’ responding to his condemnation of ‘war crimes’ in Palestinian territories By Jack Grove 8 February
Franchising: widening access or wounding the English sector? With Public Accounts Committee hearing to come, concerns over subcontracted courses will only become louder By John Morgan 8 February
Campaign urges universities to ban staff-student relationships 1752 Group works with branches of the University and College Union to pressure institutions to go further than OfS proposals By Tom Williams 8 February
Four UK universities hand out half of all unconditional offers Just over a third of providers made unconditional offers in 2023, most frequently to students applying for design, and creative and performing arts By Patrick Jack 8 February
