OfS urges English elite to go further on contextual admissions Regulator suggests that most selective universities could admit students with grades BCC at A level without a marked fall in academic standards By Anna McKie 1 May
The missing men: Iceland struggles with campus deficit At the University of Iceland, female students outnumber men by two to one. But among professors, the ratio is the reverse By David Matthews 1 May
Plan S architect reflects on US &disappointment* and global hope Robert-Jan Smits looks back on open access initiative &roller coaster* after swapping European Commission for Eindhoven*s &booming* innovation &ecosystem* By John Morgan 1 May
Jo Johnson: post-study work visa amendment has &very good* chance Architects of amendment to immigration bill urge Prime Minister Theresa May to &embrace* liberalisation of student immigration regime By Nick Mayo 30 April
Cambridge to probe historical links to slave trade Two-year study will help university assess how it may have benefited financially as well as how its scholars contributed to race-based thinking By Nick Mayo 30 April
UK universities focus on fundraising as policy uncertainty grows Institutions in the UK and Ireland raised ?1.08 billion in 2017-18, up from ?979 million the previous year By Ellie Bothwell 30 April
Lawyers should not be the judges of academic responsibility Publishers* terror of libel law and focus on their profit margins have made them excessively risk-averse, says Stuart Macdonald By Stuart Macdonald 30 April
English plan to increase EU student fees &awful for universities* Proposal would also withdraw financial support for students from the European Union By Ellie Bothwell 29 April
Complaints to ombudsman for England and Wales up by fifth Spike may be a sign of a more consumerist attitude among students By Nick Mayo 29 April
London branch campuses &offer much less* than parent institutions Analysis of capital outposts finds staff are not as well qualified and facilities are typically less impressive By Anna McKie 29 April
The ingredients for successful internationalisation The keys to success include aligning it with academic missions and having an institution-wide approach, say Anna-Malin Sandstr?m and Ross Hudson By Anna-Malin Sandstr?m 28 April
Can artists still push the limits of performance in universities? Even in larger institutions with less disciplinary diversity, Dominic Johnson believes we must find ways to nurture the &resistant* potential of art By Matthew Reisz 27 April