UUK ‘should sue predatory publishers over tsunami of spam’ Ex-research council boss Douglas Kell says sector body should take action over unsolicited emails that consume academics’ time By Jack Grove 23 July
Why I’m dreading this summer’s university conference season Wedding receptions and other boisterous events on campus will be a dry run for marshalling unmasked students this autumn, reflects George Bass By George Bass 23 July
‘Half of sexually active students have never had STI test’ Hepi survey also shows that only 51 per cent of students felt safe the first time they had sex at university By Anna McKie 22 July
UK’s innovation strategy to specify ‘missions’ and ‘strategic tech’ Minister bills new strategy as helping UK to keep pace with ‘global innovation race’ By John Morgan 22 July
Concern over Azerbaijan ruling family influence at Oxford centre Sister-in-law of Azerbaijan’s autocratic president sits on board of centre set up to study country after brokering a £10 million donation By David Matthews 22 July
Europe mulls scientific ‘war games’ to prepare for future crises Commission considers suggestion that ‘fire drill’ exercises could help prepare for environmental, health or economic disasters By David Matthews 22 July
UK’s for-profit college heads pocket bumper pay deals Bosses of private institutions that collect millions of pounds from student loans have received generous share and dividend awards By Jack Grove 21 July
Ministers criticised for ‘vandalism’ over creative and London cuts Despite condemnation in consultation, English regulator pushes ahead with cuts that ‘recklessly level down’ London institutions By Anna McKie 20 July
UK ‘must solve’ quarantine capacity problem for red-list students Governments urged to work with universities to expand capacity or system could be ‘overwhelmed’, forcing students to learn online at home By John Morgan 20 July
Good universities have nothing to fear from the OfS’ quality crackdown It is not in the interests of institutions with high-quality provision to offer courses that fall short of the mark, says OfS chair Lord Wharton By James Wharton 20 July
University staff less happy and more anxious than UK average Sizeable number of staff members struggled over course of pandemic and are suffering from chronic stress and exhaustion, researchers say By Anna McKie 19 July
Putting the social back into social media We need to work against the grain of platforms that incentivise us to behave in unscholarly ways, argues author By Matthew Reisz 17 July
