UCU to hold nationwide strike ballot after &insulting* pay offer Union threatens &coordinated* strikes to cause &maximum disruption* at UK universities By Juliette Rowsell 8 September
&Dynamic pricing*: overseas students offered thousands off fees Some &scholarships* advertised by UK universities contingent on grades or &ambassadorial duties*, with others applied automatically to all By Patrick Jack 8 September
The REF*s postponement raises hopes that sanity will prevail on PCE The three-month pause to re-examine the assessment of &people, culture and environment* could prelude a welcome reversal, says Alice Sullivan By Alice Sullivan 8 September
Review retirement age rules for Teachers* Pension Scheme 每 unions Falling life expectancy calls for a rethink of when university staff qualify for benefits, letter to Treasury says By Juliette Rowsell 6 September
Universities &poisoning student minds*, says Farage Populist leader takes aim at higher education in speech on first day of the Reform UK conference in Birmingham By Patrick Jack 5 September
Kyle promoted to business secretary as skills &moved out of DfE* Keir Starmer reshuffles Cabinet after Angela Rayner resignation, with big implications for higher education By Tom Williams 5 September
UK universities failing on research culture could lose funding Research England to use REF pause to consider whether institutions must meet baseline performance measures as a condition of receiving funds By Jack Grove 5 September
UCU threatens to dock staff pay in row over working from home Union*s new policy mandating three office days a week resisted by some staff, who are refusing to come in at all By Juliette Rowsell 5 September
Nick Gibb: education faculties &absent from schools revolution* Longest-serving education minister explains why he ignored &abstract* and &ideological* academic research in fight to improve school performance By Jack Grove 5 September
&Keep focus on excellence and impact,* say v-cs after REF pause Using REF to tackle research culture risks making it too &bureaucratic and burdensome*, university leaders warn as Vallance rethinks changes to weightings By Jack Grove 5 September
Don*t &circumvent* immigration rules, UK universities warned Intervention by sector leader comes amid concern about growth in master*s by research degrees following dependants ban for other courses By Chris Havergal 4 September
OfS recruits for &provider board* as Peck signals new approach Regulator wants vice-chancellors to advise on policy as part of new chair*s attempts to build better relationship with sector By Tom Williams 4 September