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 Chris Havergal 11Ô 19ÈÕ
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 David Matthews 11ÔÂ 19ÈÕ
The UK¡¯s young people are losing out to baby boomers ¨C 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 David Willetts 11Ô 19ÈÕ
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 Anna McKie 11ÔÂ 18ÈÕ
Soros gives CEU €750 million as Vienna move completed Multibillionaire announces investment at the launch of beleaguered university¡¯s new campus Anna McKie 11Ô 18ÈÕ
Essex v-c says universities can afford to pay more into pensions Anthony Forster criticises failure of negotiators to ¡®embrace principled compromise¡¯ Chris Havergal 11Ô 18ÈÕ
German hiring spree for ¡®digitalisation¡¯ professors Caught up in a national anxiety about falling behind technologically, universities have recruited hundreds of new professors including data experts and digital humanities professors David Matthews 11Ô 18ÈÕ
The UK¡¯s centenarian lifelong learning provision needs rejuvenation Universities, local authorities and others must heed the Centenary Commission on Adult Education¡¯s recommendations, says Jonathan Michie Jonathan Michie 11Ô 18ÈÕ
Universities ¡®central¡¯ to solutions on UK regional inequality Lord Kerslake, chair of UK2070 Commission, calls for ¡®MIT of the North¡¯ and ¡®HE-FE systems¡¯ in deprived towns John Morgan 11Ô 15ÈÕ
Senior technicians at UK universities overwhelmingly male Figures show that even disciplines with a high share of female technical staff have few women at the top Ellie Bothwell 11ÔÂ 14ÈÕ
Tory spending plans include ?800?million budget for ¡®UK?Darpa¡¯ Boris Johnson pledges to double public spending on research and development to ?18 billion over course of next parliament Chris Havergal 11Ô 14ÈÕ
Reassess value of student ¡®mass migration¡¯ within UK, says report Hepi study calls for debate on the purpose and value of the UK¡¯s costly system of residential universities Jack Grove 11Ô 14ÈÕ
