What cancel culture? Most students happy with freedom of speech Major survey finds most UK undergraduates hear wide variety of opinions shared on campus and share their views freely Tom Williams 6月 9日
My precious! How academia’s Gollums guard their research fields Over-possessive scholars may resort to foul play to protect their research domains, say postdocs Jack Grove 6月 9日
Class attendance plummets post-Covid 51吃瓜 survey conducted by THE finds far fewer students turning up and engaging in lectures and seminars Tom Williams 6月 9日
Horizon Europe: EU leaders ‘snub’ Freeman’s dash to Brussels ‘Real shame’ that European Commission heads declined to agree to ‘last round’ of talks, says UK official Ben Upton 6月 8日
Birmingham apologises for history of gay conversion therapy Man came forward to report sexual reorientation practices he endured on campus in the 1970s Jack Grove 6月 8日
Don’t abandon ‘micro’ courses to ‘Wild West’, says ex-minister Lifelong Learning Commission says proposals to exclude microcredentials from loan entitlement are a mistake Jack Grove 6月 8日
Bumper postgraduate fee rises at some UK universities Variable data in benchmarking tool suggest inflationary pressures yet to have full impact Simon Baker 6月 8日
Some top performers in REF had big shift to ‘teaching’ roles But overall data on reclassification of staff does not show obvious impact on results Simon Baker 6月 8日
Zahawi wants OfS to audit foreign donations for free speech risk Education secretary proposes amendment to higher education legislation to address calls for more transparency Tom Williams 6月 7日
Freeman: UK ‘ready’ to walk away from Horizon Europe ‘Deeply problematic’ deadlock over Britain’s membership of European research scheme cannot continue, warns science minister ahead of ‘last round of talks’ Jack Grove 6月 7日
Free Speech Union legal pressure forces Essex harassment changes Case spotlights FSU’s influence and prospect of its mounting bigger legal actions against universities once free speech bill becomes law John Morgan 6月 7日
Auditors gave Buckingham ‘uncertain’ verdict on 2019 finances Private university recorded ?17 million deficit in 2019 and a potential ?119,000 fine for late filing of accounts, as Crewe campus left problems John Morgan 6月 6日
