Unions quit Goldsmiths antisemitism probe over ‘lack of fairness’ Long-running inquiry accused of ‘lack of transparency as to who and what is being investigated’ By Juliette Rowsell 13 March
OfS confirms new registrations will reopen in August Regulator heavily criticised for pausing much of its work to focus on finances announces ‘staggered’ restart in applications By Tom Williams 13 March
Medr targets long-term change amid Welsh financial crisis New tertiary regulator outlines wider vision in strategic plan as it seeks to get to grips with scale of cuts across sector By Tom Williams 13 March
Dundee cuts take ‘wrecking ball’ to research and local economy Staff and politicians fear ‘nothing is safe’ at Scottish university looking to cut more than 600 jobs By Juliette Rowsell 13 March
Close spin-out funding gap to fire innovation, says Russell Group UK’s research-intensive universities urge increase in value of Higher Education Innovation Fund and creation of new ‘Spark fund’ By Chris Havergal 13 March
York wants to upgrade Greek partnership to branch campus Proposal follows change in law to allow establishment of foreign university outposts in Mediterranean country By Chris Havergal 12 March
Oxford and Cambridge extend UK sector fundraising dominance Sector haul neared ?800 million last year but close to half of that went to just two universities By Patrick Jack 12 March
Most UK research council funds now spent outside south-east Improved grant success in UK regions reverses funding dominance of London and broader south-east, although disparities remain, says study By Jack Grove 11 March
AI search summaries cannibalise academic publishers’ web traffic Rise of robot-written summaries should push publishers to articulate value and impact of research more clearly, argues Oxford University Press director By Jack Grove 11 March
University of Dundee to axe 632 jobs to plug ?35 million deficit Largest cuts yet in UK higher education’s year of redundancies accompanied by promise of external investigation into ‘what went wrong’ By Juliette Rowsell 11 March
Rising inflation sends English fee towards ?10K – does it matter? Passing five-figure milestone would only involve a small monetary rise but could it change the psychology of the debate around higher education? By Tom Williams 11 March
Free speech ‘central’ to OfS’ work despite law changes – Ahmed Regulator ‘looking forward to getting on with it’ after key interventions delayed by political wrangling By Tom Williams 11 March
