?14.5 million for projects to improve student mental health Schemes awarded funding include early intervention scheme developed with support of father of student who took his own life By Nick Mayo 5 June
Plymouth spends ?375K on v-c office project while cutting jobs University acknowledges that drop in student recruitment has brought &financial challenges* By John Morgan 5 June
Sector leaders fear arts &disaster* if fee cut means funding cut Peers hear debate about whether English universities might become more reliant on international students if fee cut recommended by Augar review is implemented without replacement funding By Rachael Pells 4 June
Journal transparency rules to help scholars pick where to publish Next step of Plan S will require publishers to release acceptance rates and review times By Rachael Pells 4 June
&Regressive* loan changes seen as hobbling Augar*s prospects Political survival chances slim for report*s HE funding plans, but some issues won*t go away, senior sector figures suggest By John Morgan 4 June
Guernsey: the next hot spot for international students? Plans to build a multi-university campus in the Channel Islands are taking shape By Anna McKie 4 June
Augar review: winners and losers from post-18 panel*s proposals Anna McKie explores what the recommendations mean for universities, students, graduates and taxpayers By Anna McKie 3 June
Jim Al-Khalili: if you want just to be educated, read a textbook The Surrey professor and broadcaster explains how science communication can entertain and enlighten By Matthew Reisz 3 June
Business university title approved &in error* European University of Business claims that it has university status By John Morgan 3 June
Open access: Plan S launch delayed until 2021 Consultation responses had called for start of mandate to be pushed back from January 2020 By Rachael Pells 31 May
French PhD students* pay for teaching falls below minimum wage Vacataire status means not only low pay, but six-month waits between wages, says the Confederation of Young Researchers By David Matthews 31 May
Augar review: lower fees could come at a high cost The risk is high that a future government will not replace lost fee funding with the investment universities need, says Bill Rammell By Bill Rammell 31 May