The academics who helped breathe new life into Notre-Dame Five years after a devastating fire, the Paris cathedral has finally reopened, with the help of a vast team of researchers Emily Dixon 12月 9日
Vice-chancellor got ?288,000 payout on sudden exit from Leeds Simone Buitendijk worked just a few months of the last academic year but received over ?430,000 in total remuneration Patrick Jack 12月 9日
Let’s eliminate the ethnicity degree-awarding gap with efficacy and truth Managers should take inspiration from student organising, but we need more than diversity window-dressing, say Alexander Hensby and Barbara Adewuni Alexander Hensby 12月 9日
Edinburgh ‘intimidating’ pro-Palestinian scholars, letter claims University accuses protesters of creating hostile environment on campus Patrick Jack 12月 7日
Dundee principal quits with immediate effect amid cash crisis Ian Gillespie had told staff last month that the university was facing a potential ?30 million deficit Patrick Jack 12月 6日
University and College Union staff launch third round of strikes Increasingly bitter internal dispute comes amid possibility of sector industrial action over pay Chris Havergal 12月 6日
UCU members reject latest pay offer and show support for strikes Union told by employers that pursuing industrial action will shut down progress on tackling working conditions concerns Tom Williams 12月 6日
OfS register pause ‘will make sector financial problems worse’ Regulator accused of ‘dereliction of duty’ and faces potential legal action after temporarily shutting down key processes Tom Williams 12月 6日
Academic Twitter is dead, says Cambridge PhD trolled over thesis Cambridge PhD graduate Ally Louks reflects on ‘baseless’ and ‘outlandish’ hate comments she has received after her selfie went viral Jack Grove 12月 6日
Universities lukewarm on MEPs’ research funding proposals Dividing second pillar of FP10 into two councils could ‘weaken programme’s collaborative spirit’, European umbrella body warns Emily Dixon 12月 5日
More managed HE sector ‘could see autonomy traded for stability’ While it may be reluctant to attempt widespread reform of universities, economic circumstances may force Labour’s hand, experts believe Tom Williams 12月 5日
‘Worrying’ decline in university-business collaboration in UK Major survey of industry-academia relationships reveals slowdown in business interactions and income since pandemic Jack Grove 12月 5日
