Engineering and physics PhD numbers to fall despite extra funding Improved settlement for UK¡¯s ¡®biggest-ever¡¯ doctoral training investment will deliver fewer funded PhD places than in previous years, UKRI confirms By Jack Grove 13 March
Mitchell Scholarship ¡®paused¡¯ due to lack of sustainable funding Programme for young Americans to study in Ireland needs $40 million endowment to ensure future, founder says By Emily Dixon 13 March
Speed of requested graduate visa review ¡®will limit quality¡¯ Professor leading Migration Advisory Committee warns home secretary that two-month timescale is ¡®much shorter than normal¡¯ and will ¡®substantially limit evidence¡¯ that can be considered By John Morgan 13 March
Charity watchdog tells Oxford colleges to modernise governance Commission¡¯s move following Percy affair provoking internal controversy, source claims By John Morgan 13 March
Russell Group expansion ¡®worsening UK maths teacher shortage¡¯ Heilbronn Institute director Catherine Hobbs warns that graduates of highly selective institutions are less likely to work in school sector By Jack Grove 12 March
Donelan apologises for sharing UKRI letter online after payout Science secretary concedes she could have written to agency ¡®in confidence¡¯ rather than tweeting concerns about Israel-Gaza views among EDI group By John Morgan 12 March
Fury at Kent¡¯s plan to cut academics¡¯ time for research Plans to introduce 20 per cent ¡®baseline¡¯ for research time will harm university¡¯s standing in academia and beyond, warns critic By Jack Grove 12 March
Proposed German animal welfare law ¡®unbearable¡¯ for researchers Amendments threaten jail term of up to five years without defining ¡®reasonable cause¡¯ exemption By Emily Dixon 12 March
Students ¡®particularly vulnerable¡¯ to ¡®sex for rent¡¯ scams Sinn F¨¦in proposes bill in Irish D¨¢il that would make it an offence for landlords to seek sex in exchange for rental housing By Emily Dixon 11 March
UKRI ¡®must regain trust¡¯ of equality committee in Donelan row Funder keen to reconvene advisory group, but professor says he wants reassurance that lessons have been learned from controversial investigation By Patrick Jack 11 March
Will Jo Grady¡¯s wafer-thin mandate weaken union bargaining hand? Incumbent¡¯s narrow margin of victory does little to assuage critics of her first five years in charge of union By Tom Williams 8 March
French funding cuts ¡®contradict¡¯ Macron¡¯s research pledge Minister argues €900 million will have limited impact on science, but sector leaders are unconvinced By Emily Dixon 8 March
