Bath governance under scrutiny on senior pay Remuneration committee member formerly led construction company that won ?64 million in contracts from university By John Morgan 24 August
Inside the world of Germany’s student fraternities Sword-fighting, drinking, history and camaraderie: struggling to recruit, ancient brotherhoods mull their image problem By David Matthews 23 August
Access tsar attacks ‘complacency’ on widening participation Les Ebdon says that he came ‘close’ to rejecting access agreements in ‘one of the toughest’ rounds of negotiation yet By Chris Havergal 23 August
Academics ‘face higher mental health risk’ than other professions Lack of job security, limited support from management and weight of work-related demands on time among risk factors By Holly Else 22 August
Tell students to read tabloids ‘to help heal educational divide’ Politics has become overly dominated by graduates, who increasingly only mingle with each other, says author By David Matthews 21 August
Clearing pool shrinks as UK universities make offers early The number of students without a place as A-level results announced down by 13 per cent By Holly Else 18 August
UK university acceptances fall by 2 per cent Lower-ranked institutions lose out as drop in EU and mature student applications drive decline By Holly Else 17 August
University finances vulnerable as reliance on fees grows Times Higher Education’s latest financial health update pinpoints how some UK institutions could be at particular risk from the TEF and Brexit By Simon Baker 17 August
Rethink of EU research membership rules may offer UK ‘solution’ Changes to associate membership criteria could open up European research funding worldwide By Holly Else 16 August
Female leadership advances slowly in world's top universities Analysis of 色盒直播 World University Rankings data shows gender gap for top jobs has narrowed further By Ellie Bothwell 16 August
Council of Europe calls on Hungary to redraw higher education law Team sent to investigate rule changes that could close Budapest’s Central European University finds that they were made ‘without very strong reasons’ By David Matthews 15 August
UEA upgraded to gold in teaching excellence framework on appeal But Hefce rejects all other appeals, including from Durham, Liverpool, Southampton By John Morgan 15 August
