Whitehall opposition to Braverman plan to cut UK graduate visa
Departments asked to set out positions on visas, with those resisting restrictions on post-study work options said to include Treasury
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Pay talks impasse continues as unions await employers’ offer
Lack of agreement on whether industrial action should continue while talks are in progress hampers chances of resolving dispute
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Anger as social sciences lose cash to STEM under REF rule change
Sciences gain £145 million that would have gone to humanities and social sciences under old system
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Partnership model mooted for long-term EU alliance funding
As bids are polished for the latest round of university alliance grants, debate is building over where longer-term funding should come from
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Is it time for UCU members to go on indefinite strike?
Jo Grady’s more gradualist approach to industrial action offers better prospects for success, say Jak Peake and Adam Ozanne
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What is the real carbon footprint of universities?
Major report seeks to establish true emissions for the whole of the UK sector – and suggest route to net zero
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UK Horizon alternative ‘aims to make Brussels pick up the phone’
George Freeman ‘still pushing’ and ‘still hopeful’ on association, but thinks forthcoming plan for UK global science role could be catalyst
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Rice, with path-breaking leader, eyes new directions
Haitian-born DesRoches aims to grow enrolment and diversity, boost research and create new global footprint
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Indefinite strike or ‘escalating’ action? The choice facing UCU
Long-running divisions brought back to the fore at crucial period in UK pay negotiations
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New Zealand signs association deal for Horizon Europe
European Commission hails first association of a highly industrialised country outside of Europe
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What would a President DeSantis mean for US higher education?
Florida’s Trumpian governor has repeatedly attacked the freedom and expertise of the state’s university sector. With the Yale and Harvard graduate widely tipped as the 2024 Republican presidential...
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A year on, edX sale to 2U leaves both sides struggling
Year after MIT and Harvard’s abandonment of non-profit online course platform, universities slow in finding promised new beneficial mission, while for-profit buyer sheds staff and loses market value
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UK extends Horizon Europe funding guarantee for third time
Stopgap solution will run out in April, when symbolic deadline for resolving a wider EU-UK dispute over Northern Ireland will present itself
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UCU split on plans to call ‘indefinite strike’ from February
Union leader Jo Grady distances herself from higher education committee decision as key pay negotiations begin
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New year predictions: what does 2023 have in store for universities?
With hostility from the Home Office over international student numbers, membership of Horizon Europe slipping away and heavy demands placed on institutions by regulators, UK university staff will be...