Students risk missing out on votes as universities lag on registration A quarter of universities doing only bare minimum to help registration as general election looms, survey suggests By Simon Baker 7 November
Climate Commission targets coordinated sector action in UK University and further education organisations band together By Anna McKie 7 November
Study reveals major gender imbalance in UK university spin-outs Report also suggests that spin-outs founded and run by women receive less investment By Simon Baker 7 November
Bill Rammell to step down as University of Bedfordshire v-c Former higher education minister will leave in December to seek consultancy and advisory positions By Jack Grove 6 November
Brexit Party scholar: quite a few academics are secret Brexiteers Would-be Brexit Party MP Kevin Yuill says he is encouraged by support for Leave party among staff and students By Jack Grove 6 November
Turkish academics sound alarm over gender segregation plans Presidential push for women*s universities accompanied by scrapping of gender action plan by regulator By David Matthews 6 November
Catalan protests spark debate over role of universities Barcelona academic says universities should take more neutral stance, but exiled scholar says Spain*s actions &undermine* European values By Ellie Bothwell 6 November
Widening participation should include those with a criminal record Politicians are culpable for restricting student loans for prisoners, but universities need to be less wary of released offenders, says Nick Hillman By Nick Hillman 6 November
UCU leader: strikes coming as staff are &burnt out and leaving sector* V-c warns pension and pay strikes will damage whole sector but union members believe experience shows industrial action will force change By Anna McKie 5 November
UCU announces eight days of strikes, starting late November Staff will walk out at 60 universities starting from 25 November By Anna McKie 5 November
MPs call for action on &threats* to UK academia from autocracies Foreign Affairs Committee hears report of academics in UK being bugged as they discussed Russia By John Morgan 5 November
Impact agenda &enables climate change scholar-activists* Philosopher and Extinction Rebellion campaigner highlights &genuine synergies* between academia and activism By Ellie Bothwell 5 November