Levelling up research funding requires a fine balance Policy should focus more on research’s benefits to a region than on where it is conducted, say Sarah Chaytor, Grace Gottlieb and Graeme Reid Sarah Chaytor 5月 13日
Remote working ‘boosting managerialism’ in academia Move online may have been green but could damage impactful research, 罢贬贰’s UK Academic Salon hears Simon Baker 5月 12日
Science minister’s junior role ‘may harm R&D funding push’ Exclusion of science minister from Downing Street meetings is cause for concern, says former political aide Jack Grove 5月 12日
Jo Johnson: self-censorship on China ‘biggest free speech issue’ In wake of campus free speech bill plan, Tory ex-minister says UK-China links must be regulated to avert ‘genuine threat to free speech’ John Morgan 5月 12日
Call for universities to publish annual data on?harassment Greater transparency would provide a more accurate picture of sexual misconduct in sector, campaigners say after Everyone’s Invited allegations Anna McKie 5月 12日
English universities fear legal minefield under free speech bill New statutory tort would aim to protect ‘political minorities’, but critics fear it will mean ‘risk-assessing the life out of campus’ John Morgan 5月 12日
Death of the lecture greatly exaggerated, says St Andrews v-c Sally Mapstone tells QAA conference that lecture will continue to evolve, but will not disappear Anna McKie 5月 11日
Queen’s Speech: bills on skills and campus free speech planned Government’s legislative agenda includes extra powers for OfS on HE quality and enabling individuals to sue universities on free speech John Morgan 5月 11日
Munich universities join forces as citywide strategies take?off Country’s excellence strategy has pushed German universities to dial back rivalry and instead coordinate their research plans David Matthews 5月 11日
Research intelligence: big ideas to improve research culture Scientific leaders and politicians have embraced calls to reduce the stress and precarity faced by researchers. Jack Grove examines some radical proposals Jack Grove 5月 11日
Union criticises UEL over deals to house firms where v-c had ties V-c ‘declared potential conflicts of interest and recused herself’ from deals with UCFB and IGPP, says university John Morgan 5月 11日
England: in-person teaching can resume on all courses from 17 May Prime minister’s announcement comes as most universities move into examinations period Chris Havergal 5月 10日
