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A researcher may have aided Iran’s nuclear weapons programme with unauthorised access, but his sentence was softened due to ‘deficient’ university routines

Open letter signed by more than 2,000 documents numerous issues with new finance systems – and calls for leaders to take responsibility

If the sector is to tackle the existential threats facing the world, it must rediscover its practical idealism about itself, says Nigel Thrift

Increasingly international universities want to push native-language brain drain up the political agenda, despite their rescue from ‘freefall’ by a recent funding top-up

Universities should not be obliged to support speech that restricts another’s right to speech or academic freedom, say James Murray and Alice Sullivan

Ministries and rectors in Austria and Slovakia are yet to reach agreements on the extra funding needed to cover surging costs

Charity Commission issues formal warning over handling of finances linked to Martyn Percy affair

Survey finds a vast majority of students want clearer strategies for climate change

‘Political signal’ could prompt closer work on research, staff and student mobility, ambassador tells THE

Evaluation report finds some institutions ‘slow to prioritise this issue’, leading to need for more regulation to ensure ‘consistent approach’ across sector

Cash-strapped institutions closing early for Christmas and moving teaching online, but face backlash from policymakers and students

Report follows university governance scandals such as that triggering exit of ex-De Montfort v-c Dominic Shellard