Former USW v-c to chair Wales鈥 new post-16 education regulator Dame Julie Lydon joined at Commission for Tertiary Education and Research by former Research England chief David Sweeney By Chris Havergal 22 December
ERC evaluation overhaul focuses on proposals over track record Tweaks to assessment processes are designed to broaden assessment and mollify disciplines that felt disadvantaged By Ben Upton 21 December
Colin Harvey: critics seek to 鈥榙elegitimise鈥 Irish unity research Embattled human rights professor faced abuse and threats online after DUP leader questioned latest report By Tom Williams 21 December
Centralised hiring a barrier to research assessment reform Systems with national hiring and promotion systems such as Italy, Poland and Spain may struggle the most with European agenda By Ben Upton 21 December
Indefinite strike or 鈥榚scalating鈥 action? The choice facing UCU Long-running divisions brought back to the fore at crucial period in UK pay negotiations By Tom Williams 20 December
Academics struggle to get visas for relatives to visit UK Bestselling Albanian author Lea Ypi among those prevented from seeing family members because of Home Office decisions By Tom Williams 20 December
Ministers 鈥榰nlikely鈥 to remove students from migration statistics New chair of Commons education committee 鈥榗oncerned鈥 by moves to limit study visas By Tom Williams 19 December
UK extends Horizon Europe funding guarantee for third time Stopgap solution will run out in April, when symbolic deadline for resolving a wider EU-UK dispute over Northern Ireland will present itself By Ben Upton 19 December
Free speech bill fans urge ministers to force home right to sue Government tipped to win battle with peers who removed statutory tort and are 鈥榰nwilling to compromise鈥 By John Morgan 19 December
Building Africa鈥檚 science capacity requires broader, fairer collaboration The EU and the AU鈥檚 new innovation agenda is promising, but implementation will be a challenge, says Jan Palmowski By Jan Palmowski 19 December
New Danish government keeps 鈥榟armful master鈥檚 experiment鈥 Broader coalition arrives without answers on a missing DKr300 million for humanities and social sciences, as universities prepare to debate lifelong learning reforms with a 鈥済un pointed at us鈥 By Ben Upton 17 December
Streeting: medical schools with no British students 鈥榣udicrous鈥 Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting attacks cap on medical school places that has led to institutions catering solely to students from overseas By Tom Williams 16 December
