Conservative conference 2017: a ‘review’ or tweaks to status quo? John Morgan looks at Theresa May’s plans for reforms to England's system By John Morgan 1 October
Graduate employment tracking set to be rolled out across Europe Commission wants more comparable data on the jobs students go into, and how well their degrees prepared them By Jack Grove 1 October
UK urged to set 70 per cent higher education participation target Nick Hillman makes call in book that aims to influence Conservative policy By John Morgan 30 September
Credit rating downgrade highlights risks for UK universities Leeds, Southampton and Manchester among institutions downgraded by Moody's, but Cambridge keeps triple-A rating By John Morgan 29 September
Chief science adviser attacks academic ‘arrogance’ on policy Sir Peter Gluckman, who advises New Zealand’s prime minister, cautions scientists against overreach By David Matthews 29 September
Want to be a successful academic? It’s all about getting published Publishing is part of the academic game, says Mike Smith, so you’d better get good at it By Mike Smith 28 September
Seven lecturers arrested in Italian anti-corruption probe Move comes after country’s top anti-corruption chief turns attention to Italy’s universities By David Matthews 27 September
Student mobility may aid ‘democratic development’ in home nations Greater democratic development in post-Soviet nations when students head for EU rather than Russia, study finds By Ellie Bothwell 27 September
Academics face ‘continuing global crisis' of attacks Scholars at Risk counts 257 assaults and persecutions on higher education communities over past year By Ellie Bothwell 26 September
DfE allowed ‘university academy’ name for Class of ’92 venture Critics claim move makes it 'too easy' for new providers to use ‘university’ in name By John Morgan 23 September
‘No link’ between class size and England's TEF outcomes No correlation between HEA fellowship numbers and TEF ratings, analysis also finds By Jack Grove 22 September
Academics ‘could have to pay to quote’ under EU committee’s plan Europe’s funding councils oppose idea of requiring researchers to obtain a licence if they want to quote their colleagues or news articles By David Matthews 21 September
