Major London college criticised over &excessively high* grading Booming business school that withheld 20 per cent of lecturers* pay unless they passed nearly all students is heavily criticised by watchdog By Jack Grove 3 October
If &skills, skills, skills* is the new mantra, what role for HE? Labour has put skills front and centre of its plan for government but where does the omission of higher apprenticeships from the growth and skills levy leave universities 每 and how will these skills be funded otherwise? By Tom Williams 3 October
Trinity College Dublin students &frustrated* by tourist crowds Limit visitor numbers and access to study areas, some urge university, but others don*t mind visitors so much By Emily Dixon 3 October
Europe will &fail* without increased research budget, MEP warns Christian Ehler insists that additional funding must not come with political strings attached By Emily Dixon 2 October
Student transition scheme urged to bridge school-university gap Disadvantaged students reported feeling under-supported in their transition to higher education By Juliette Rowsell 2 October
Tory students marked down because of their views, claims Badenoch Leadership hopeful takes aim at universities in latest of series of controversial remarks at party*s conference By Tom Williams 2 October
Irish universities welcome budget funding boost But increases to PhD stipends are &too little, too late*, postgraduate union says By Emily Dixon 2 October
Back UK research but not HE funding for growth, Labour urged Survey of pro-growth economists by innovation thinktank UK Day One finds weak support among economists for extra higher education spending By Jack Grove 2 October
Tory conference: take degree apprenticeships out of levy, says Willetts Conservative Party conference divided on impact of Labour*s rebalancing of skills funding By Tom Williams 1 October
Tory conference: Johnson warns on &opportunistic* fee rise opposition Party was &irresponsible* to let per-student funding erode during last six years of governing, says ex-universities minister By Tom Williams 1 October
Open University to rethink free speech and equality post-Phoenix Policies must protect gender-critical beliefs as well as trans and non-binary staff, former OfS head says in wake of tribunal judgment By Juliette Rowsell 1 October
Queen Mary marking boycott wage deductions challenged at tribunal Academics whose pay was deducted for taking part in marking and assessment boycott begin legal case By Juliette Rowsell 1 October