‘Disappointing’ maintenance loan uplift a ‘real-terms cut’
Westminster government criticised by sector over 2.8 per cent uplift as concern mounts over impact of cost-of-living crisis on students
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Most Hungarian universities blocked from signing new EU grants
Ban could prompt brain drain, warn experts, while university foundations are likely to be restocked with loyalists
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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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Co-create policies to tackle student drug use, universities told
Ensuring students are involved in interventions will help tackle stigma and end ‘culture of silence’, experts say
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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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Study debunks idea that Covid trials cut clinical corners
Covid-19 trials were as well designed, if not better designed, than other, similar medical experiments, finds Oxford study
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Education departments ‘less diverse’ than rest of UK sector
BERA report indicates education departments tend to be older and more white, with men in most senior positions
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Higher education should be wary of promising prosperity
Education helps a person escape poverty. It doesn’t directly, in the short run, combat poverty. That requires a wider coalition, says Jonathan Gyurko
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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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Let Confucius Institutes on US campuses with conditions – review
Expert panel requested by Congress suggests conditions under which universities could be exempted from its general ban on partnerships with Chinese government-backed educational programme
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Time to focus on HE staff’s quality of life, says new Oxford v-c
Pay and working conditions to be a key priority for incoming leader
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Biden plans zero payments for low-income graduate borrowers
As administration awaits court action on blanket loan forgiveness, it promises regulatory change to sharply cut average costs for undergraduate borrowers
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‘Institute for scientific facts’ aims to smash fake news
Mass polls of global scientists could help to debunk myths about extent of division on contested issues
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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