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V-c warns pension and pay strikes will damage whole sector but union members believe experience shows industrial action will force change

Staff will walk out at 60 universities starting from 25 November

About 1 million students set to be affected by walkout

University believes new criteria rewarding selfless behaviour will ¡®focus minds¡¯

Scheme means universities can spend levy money on own training for lecturers instead of seeing it claimed by government

Student labour movement feels momentum despite Trump administration pressure

After long-running protests, security staff and cleaners to be brought in-house, following similar move for other workers

Ucea report suggests more direct methods of reining in staff spending are being used amid financial pressure

Hesa data analysed by UCU also show how few black and other ethnic minority scholars are in senior positions

Warwick statistician Jane Hutton attacks lack of transparency over her dismissal from board of Universities Superannuation Scheme

Pension fund chair says Warwick statistician had ¡®breached a number of her director¡¯s duties¡¯, but insists probe was ¡®completely separate¡¯ to investigation of her claims

President says Ivy League institution is reaping reward of looking past academic silos and selecting staff on ability to tackle external challenge

Researchers examined a sample of CVs and found that scholarly dishonesty extends to job applications

Preliminary results of EUA survey suggest three-quarters of responding institutions draw on much-criticised metric

Universities see maternity leave as a ¡®tick-box exercise¡¯, study warns

Sh?n Wareing reflects on how to start and conduct an ¡®institutional conversation¡¯ about race, in a Hepi essay

ETH rector says academia should focus on ¡®excellent performances¡¯, not quantity of research

Laser expert challenges university over alleged age discrimination and unfair dismissal

Financially troubled institution suggests senior faculty vulnerable

Women paid significantly less than men even when they are in the same role, conference hears

Mounting evidence of favouritism towards white male instructors doesn¡¯t dissuade universities

Study inside French science agency shows effects of both explicit and implicit beliefs

University says scheme will give junior academics ¡®opportunity to experience life as a full-time lecturer¡¯, but critics suspect REF link

Ruskin College denies allegations of ¡®victimisation¡¯ of UCU members

Member of catering staff draws support after appeal to Sir David Eastwood to survive on her salary for a month

Worries over economy and graduate employability prompt trial of ¡®1+X¡¯ model in 10 provinces

¡®Pockets of excellence¡¯ in non-Russell Group institutions could be emptied, some fear

Wolfgang Ketterle says scientists should aim instead for equilibrium in the longer term, and always keep other interests or hobbies

Fast-growing Los Angeles campus had long insisted no impropriety in luring Paul Aisen, his data and his team

Some hourly paid and part-time academics may be effectively earning less than the minimum wage, says University and College Union

Union sets out timetable for ballots over industrial action in relation to the pay and USS pension disputes

Data on more than 19,000 institutions show Europe lags behind leading anglophone sectors on female leadership

Trump-dominated panel bolsters campuses that reject postgraduate unions

Swiss university has signed San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, which says academics should not be judged on the journals they publish in

Hundreds of staff set to walk out on 28 June

University launches ¡®urgent investigation¡¯ into why it was not represented at tribunal

Liberal arts chief warns academics of cost of failing to serve local communities

Latest hearing due next month in case of Tony Brown, who refused to shut down unmoderated staff email list

Academics fear women and ethnic minorities will be particularly exposed to abuse on module discussion boards

Identical CVs with different names on them sent to 250 academics in experiment

Vacataire status means not only low pay, but six-month waits between wages, says the Confederation of Young Researchers

Judge says that salaries paid to Catherine Freyd¡¯s colleagues reflect departmental roles and retention raises

Union congress calls for resignation of USS chief executive and criticises Cambridge college¡¯s decision to withdraw from scheme

More than 1,200 people sign letter supporting Feyzi Ismail in her dispute with SOAS University of London

Study finds university staff who do up to 10 additional hours each week are more satisfied with their job, but doing more than this has a significant adverse effect

University says it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies

New reports uncover widespread gossip, harassment, verbal abuse and ¡®scientific sabotage¡¯ in Dutch universities ¨C with women particularly affected

Proposals reduce anticipated future contributions, but fall short of union members¡¯ ¡®no detriment¡¯ demand

ÖйúAƬ Policy Institute says it is ¡®shocking¡¯ that no such dataset exists

Experts debate merits of approaches including across-the-board rises for women and the longer, harder challenge of changing cultures

Chris Skidmore attacks widespread use of non-disclosure agreements after THE reveals extent of issue

Hundreds sign petition calling for teaching post to receive salary in July and August

Employers remain at loggerheads with unions over proposed increases ranging from 1.8 per cent to 3.65 per cent

Trend reflects growing gap between PhD completions and academic job availability

Rutgers deal aims to combat wealth divide between New Brunswick flagship and outposts in Newark and Camden

UCU warns universities minister that proposals in Hesa consultation neglect ¡®crucial role¡¯ of such staff in universities

University aims to create 100 new academic and 50 new professional posts at a time of overall gloom about UK university finances

Liverpool UCU members supported strike action, but vote failed to meet turnout threshold

Government agency has said that academics without a doctorate will have to leave their roles ¨C but this could account for two-thirds of the workforce

First-of-its-kind study indicates at least one in three research-intensive institutions in North America lean on citation data in decisions on promotion and tenure