Covid recovery projects held up for months by red tape
Tardy response to UKRI request meant greenlit research projects on pandemic could not begin, investigation concludes
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Pay rises stall for v-cs as rank-and-file staff face freeze
Alice Gast emerges as top-paid leader among Russell Group
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Anger mounts as Japan lets only 87 international students return
Government cracks open door for select few, but thousands still stuck overseas
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The EU’s university strategy is a good start – but more is needed
Kick-starting a conversation on national funding levels is useful, but collaboration on frontier-led research needs attention, says Jan Palmowski
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Liberty on a leash
Universities are autonomous in principle but their financial reliance on the state means conflict is inevitable – and suppression is a very real threat
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Research council’s in-house experts join grant veto rebellion
Backlash grows to include proposed legislation to remove ministers’ power to cancel funding applications
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ߣߣƵ offers to refund international students’ visa fees
Sector says overseas learners should be able to focus on their courses, but government also has an eye on labour shortages
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Princeton student sues university over Iran jailing
Postgraduate student Xiyue Wang alleges broad failures by university in three-year imprisonment, while experts see more complicated reality
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Ministers cancel campus mask advice as Plan B rolled back
English universities should ‘deliver face-to-face teaching without restrictions’, says Department for Education
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The New Female Antihero, by Sarah Hagelin and Gillian Silverman
Catherine Rottenberg enjoys an analysis of a new generation of characters who are transforming the narrative possibilities for women on screen
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Interview with Rama Govindarajan
Monsoon physicist talks through her journey resisting pressure to be ‘ladylike’ and becoming the only woman of 54 in chemical engineering class
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Fraser Woodburn, 1951-2021
Tributes paid to administrator of ‘immense ability’ who spent 17 years as secretary of the Open University
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Universities spend £600 million on severance pay in four years
Data reveal 69 per cent increase in outlay between 2016-17 and 2019-20 in England