Europe Summit: universities to ‘look very different in five years’ Dwindling sector finances and geopolitical challenges mean higher education will look very different in five years’ time, summit hears By Juliette Rowsell 6 May
Seven-year ‘supergrants’ to make Europe ‘magnet for researchers’ European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen steps up efforts to attract American academics while taking aim at Trump’s ‘miscalculation’ of failing to support research By Jack Grove 6 May
Student choice at risk as almost half of universities cut courses Institutions expect to consider more subject closures as financial problems spiral, finds UUK survey By Helen Packer 6 May
Contextual offers ‘don’t set students up to fail’, study shows Those admitted to elite UK universities with lower entry requirements still performed well academically, analysis suggests By Tom Williams 6 May
Restrictions on academics working abroad ‘stifling collaboration’ Blanket bans on the amount of time staff can spend out of the country reflect ‘compliance-first’ mindset of UK universities, say critics By Patrick Jack 6 May
Cancer researcher leans on own work after incurable diagnosis Specialist in health and exercise applies years of experience working with patients as she targets completing marathon on Mount Everest By Juliette Rowsell 5 May
Cardiff strikes called off as compulsory redundancies ruled out University agrees to reset in relations with campus unions as part of agreement that has also seen marking boycott cancelled By Juliette Rowsell 2 May
Sudden visa changes would cause financial crisis, MAC chair warns Universities must be better at selling benefits of post-study work rights to wider country, says Brian Bell By Patrick Jack 2 May
Beware ‘naive’ switch to ‘utopian’ diamond journals, warns editor Champions of the free and unpaywalled model overlook the vast amount of unpaid academic labour that underpins such titles, says departing editor By Jack Grove 2 May
Researchers driven out by ‘toxic’ academic Gollums – study ‘Strategic obstruction’ by over-possessive researchers is ‘pervasive’ in some disciplines, forcing many scientists to exit sector, paper claims By Jack Grove 2 May
St Andrews rector wins appeal following court dismissal over Gaza Stella Maris was removed from position on St Andrews governing body after accusing Israel of genocide By Juliette Rowsell 1 May
V-cs mull ‘multi-university trust’ mergers to save costs Merger model common in other parts of education sector increasingly appealing to universities keen to retain some autonomy By Helen Packer 1 May
