UK Budget day: Is that it? Addressing the sector’s woes has, at best, been kicked down the road to next year’s spending review. How disappointing, says Nick Hillman Nick Hillman 10月 30日
Budget national insurance hike ‘costs universities ?372 million’ Chancellor goes ahead with 1.2 percentage point increase, hiking staff costs for already cash-strapped institutions Tom Williams 10月 30日
Blackman leaves Open University role early after cancer diagnosis Vice-chancellor steps down after five years at the helm to focus on treatment Tom Williams 10月 30日
Labour’s first budget can help universities deliver regional impact Devolving research and skills funding to metro mayors would allow universities to drive innovation-led economic growth, says Neal Juster Neal Juster 10月 30日
Ian Boyd: policymaking ‘should be more experimental’ Researchers need to get politicians to focus on addressing underlying issues instead of short-term problems, according to former chief scientific adviser Matthew Reisz 10月 30日
Oxford Brookes removes ‘unfair’ clauses from student contracts University among the latest providers to be referred to National Trading Standards by English regulator Juliette Rowsell 10月 29日
Empty lectures aren’t just dismaying – they’re a social justice issue With ethnic minority students missing disproportionately more classes, traditional timetabling risks widening attainment gaps, says Christopher Byrne Christopher Byrne 10月 29日
Funding crisis ‘puts universities at higher risk of cyberattacks’ Institutions already years behind private companies in their ability to tackle online threats, university chief of IT warns Juliette Rowsell 10月 29日
Team research pilot tackles dominance of principal investigators Alternative to traditional principal investigator-led approach aims to bring different voices to the fore Patrick Jack 10月 29日
More UK university history departments cutting jobs and courses Survey by the Royal Historical Society finds axe is falling most heavily on post-92 institutions Patrick Jack 10月 28日
Heitor report is most compelling vision yet for EU’s post-Horizon future With its focus on breakthrough research and innovation, Manuel Heitor’s plan for European research should be commended, says Jan Palmowski Jan Palmowski 10月 28日
