UK progress on research spending goal ‘26 years behind schedule’
CBI warns country will not spend 2.4 per cent of gross domestic product on research and development until 2053
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Research assessment in New Zealand could be marked down
A review following the latest iteration of the PBRF could lead to radical changes that undermine the gains made, warns Roger Smyth
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Sponsorship of US sports coaches tied to student admissions
Practice seen as officially accepted counterpart to bribes currently under investigation
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Winchester union members back strike action over job cuts
University says it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies
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USS pension offer doesn’t go far enough, say UCU candidates
General secretary hopefuls want further concessions from pension scheme
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The economic value of going to university is not declining
Falling UK graduate wages reflect not too many students but a flexible labour market’s post-crash adjustment, argues David Willetts
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Universities ‘uniquely’ prone to workplace abuse, union warns
New reports uncover widespread gossip, harassment, verbal abuse and ‘scientific sabotage’ in Dutch universities – with women particularly affected
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Malaysia debates future of race-based admissions quota
Experts question government decision to continue reserving 90Â per cent of pre-university programme places to Malay majority
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Scientists ‘must be free to question the unquestionable’
Peter Ridd’s victory in unfair dismissal case raises questions about limits of scientific consensus
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Ontario’s hopes for performance-based funding seen as optimistic
US experience suggests budget shift has little impact on colleges’ results
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To close the student attainment gap universities must lead by example
The sector needs to share its successes and its failures to make progress, says Janet BeerÂ
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New models ‘reshaping how historians write’
Fragmentary, first-person accounts are challenging the staid traditions of the monograph, event hears
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Singapore’s ‘fake news’ law undermines the credibility of academic expertise
And opens up scholarly discourse to political tampering, says Linda Lim
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UK universities cut carbon emissions despite using more energy
Calls made for campuses to do more to help tackle climate change
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Turkey’s ‘Academics for Peace’ face ‘legal barbarism’
Istanbul scholar Füsun Üstel becomes first academic to go to jail for signing 2016 peace declaration