Research funder pivots to tackle UK’s ‘five biggest challenges’ Nuffield Foundation says it wants to generate ‘viable solutions to the key social questions facing the country’ under new strategic direction Patrick Jack 7月 24日
Gender gap present from start of academic careers, study finds Address early career ‘glass door’ as well as promotion glass ceiling, policymakers urged Emily Dixon 7月 24日
UK HE’s financial crisis could put a block on future ‘growth corridors’ The Oxford-Cambridge Arc universities kept the faith, but the sector’s current focus is inevitably on shorter-term priorities, says Alistair Lomax Alistair Lomax 7月 24日
Warwick mocked for ‘tone-deaf’ Vogue spread and ‘Beyond’ rebrand Glossy magazine advertorial featuring university’s marketing chief draws ridicule from academics amid sector funding crisis Tash Mosheim 7月 23日
Former Labour minister Chris Smith elected Cambridge chancellor Peer who served as culture minister defeats broadcaster Sandi Toksvig and former BP chief executive John Browne Tom Williams 7月 23日
‘High-intensity’ outreach boosts university progression by half Students on free school meals who participated in activities such as campus visits 48 per cent more likely to go into higher education than those who didn’t Helen Packer 7月 23日
Franchise income worth ?20 million at university axeing provision Buckinghamshire New University ‘still wants to do franchising but not be reliant on it’, says Damien Page Helen Packer 7月 23日
UKRI needs targets on start-ups and private R&D spending, say MPs Setting UK’s main research funder clearly defined objectives can bolster the case for R&I investment, finds Public Accounts Committee Jack Grove 7月 23日
Visa rules ‘obstructing’ Gazan students from UK universities UCU’s Jo Grady urges Home Office to ‘do everything it can’ to ensure students with offers to study in the UK are able to do so Juliette Rowsell 7月 22日
Universities set to be forced to publish franchising income Office for Students (OfS) proposes to create new condition of registration as some partnerships ‘still being mismanaged’ Helen Packer 7月 22日
Switch to LLE could ease universities’ cash flow fears, says v-c More regular payments for per-module study would help even out income over course of a year, according to new Open University leader Helen Packer 7月 22日
UK university job cuts put at 20,000 after full impact ‘hidden’ Number of roles affected could be almost double previous estimates when voluntary schemes and hiring freezes factored in, say researchers Juliette Rowsell 7月 22日