Research collaboration ‘key for female career progression’ Increasing number of co-authors is linked to speedier career progression, especially for women, says Royal Society paper By Jack Grove 8 September
Research mentoring efforts ‘undervalued’ in UK universities Unhappiness among research managers over recognition of career support activities revealed by Vitae survey By Jack Grove 7 September
Record number of school-leavers win UK university places Total intake down 2 per cent year-on-year, as entry gap between richest and poorest grows By Anna McKie 7 September
Bristol v-c Hugh Brady picked as next Imperial president Alice Gast to leave in August 2022 after being found guilty of bullying By Chris Havergal 7 September
Do you feel safe returning to campus? Take our survey As many universities resume in-person teaching on a larger scale, we aim to find out whether staff feel adequate steps have been taken to protect their welfare By THE reporters 6 September
Universities Superannuation Scheme backs pension benefit cuts Fund’s embrace of employer-led reforms averts massive hikes in contributions By Chris Havergal 6 September
Time to end era of lost academic talks, says edtech founder Edtech entrepreneurs, including Mendeley founder, have launched a new platform to share noteworthy online academic seminars By Jack Grove 6 September
Students ‘need to rebuild confidence’ after ‘fake grades’ jibes Interim report from Student Futures Commission spotlights priority areas for universities in wake of pandemic By John Morgan 6 September
UK universities’ withdrawal from teacher training would be a disaster A deeply flawed government consultation on ITT risks precipitating teacher shortages and undermining university research, says Ems Lord By Ems Lord 5 September
World Academic Summit: scientists ‘straying too far into advocacy’ Cambridge statistician tells THE World Academic Summit that experts’ media role in pandemic had not been ‘unalloyed success’ By Simon Baker 3 September
Limit replays of recorded lectures to a year, says union UCU warns that unauthorised reuse of lecturers’ materials across multiple academic years could lead to strike action By Jack Grove 3 September
UKRI’s new open access policy will hinder open science Only unrestricted access to journal articles’ version of record will fulfil the aims of the open access movement, says Carrie Webster By Carrie Webster 3 September
