Lib Dems seek to sidestep fees trauma with HE review pledge Party would use review to consider ‘any necessary reforms’, having previously indicated it may favour a graduate tax By John Morgan 20 November
Lack of awareness ‘major barrier’ to improving campus diversity Study from European University Association also finds that few universities have targets to improve the ethnic and socio-economic diversity of staff By Ellie Bothwell 20 November
Italian academic turned minister signals shift away from metrics Lorenzo Fioramonti wants to ‘put his ideas to the test’ and end the country’s brain drain By Jack Grove 20 November
Leaked document prompts fears of big publisher ‘lock in’ Elsevier could sell Dutch universities a bundle of journal access rights and software, raising concerns that universities could become stuck in one publisher’s software ecosystem By David Matthews 20 November
UK parties go head to head on science at Royal Society hustings Society president warns parties must address ‘huge reputational damage’ to UK science caused by Brexit By John Morgan 20 November
Russia makes progress in science subject rankings More Russian universities join top 100 of subject tables By Ellie Bothwell 19 November
UCU chief urges v-cs to speak out to avert UK pensions strike Jo Grady says ‘a lot of’ university leaders want to strike a deal over contributions to Universities Superannuation Scheme By Chris Havergal 19 November
French universities accused of management bloat at the top One institution has 26 vice-presidents, research finds, following calls for the number of senior managers to be radically cut By David Matthews 19 November
The UK’s young people are losing out to baby boomers – but tuition fees are not the problem £9,000 fees permitted per-student funding to rise even at the height of austerity, argues former minister David Willetts By David Willetts 19 November
Huddersfield students debate call for duke to quit as chancellor University stands by royal in fallout from Newsnight interview about ties with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein By Anna McKie 18 November
Soros gives CEU €750 million as Vienna move completed Multibillionaire announces investment at the launch of beleaguered university’s new campus By Anna McKie 18 November
Essex v-c says universities can afford to pay more into pensions Anthony Forster criticises failure of negotiators to ‘embrace principled compromise’ By Chris Havergal 18 November
