Essex suspends staff member in antisemitism row Hundreds of students voted against creation of Jewish society on campus Rachael Pells 2月 22日
Elsevier profits near ?1 billion despite European disputes The publisher has reported steady growth and profit margins of more than a third but warned of threat to business from open access David Matthews 2月 22日
Labour sceptical of ‘electoral inducement’ tuition fee cut Party’s Lifelong Learning Commission will look at longer-term ‘structures’ in contrast to government’s ‘short-term’ review, says Gordon Marsden John Morgan 2月 22日
Going spare: Brexit could cut off access to feminist journal Brexit copyright issues may prevent researchers from consulting Spare Rib, which for two decades served as ‘the most popular voice of women’s liberation’ in the UK Matthew Reisz 2月 22日
Campuses told to offset carbon emissions from student mobility Study estimates that carbon footprint of global student mobility is comparable to annual emissions of Tunisia Ellie Bothwell 2月 21日
Universities may have to shut door on elite to hit access targets English providers will have to enrol fewer privileged students if the sector is not allowed to expand, regulator says Anna McKie 2月 21日
Teaching intelligence: laptop ban made my students truly critical thinkers Without devices, classes fostered engaged, active learning, writes Ioannis Costas Batlle Ioannis Costas Batlle 2月 21日
Interview with Manu Kapur ETH Zurich’s learning sciences expert discusses his own ‘cut-throat’ schooling, why lecturing fails, and how students can fail ‘productively’ David Matthews 2月 21日
UK government names 16 AI doctoral training centres One thousand PhD places to be created over next five years Rachael Pells 2月 21日
Sheffield Hallam law firm to give students ‘cutting edge’ Law students will undertake work experience at campus-based firm in each year of their degree Ellie Bothwell 2月 20日
Sudden v-c exits raise big question: who should run universities? Marketisation and intense competition a key underlying factor in spate of senior departures and suspensions, experts argue John Morgan 2月 20日
Plan S leaders resist pressure for slower open access transition Little sympathy among scheme’s architects for suggestion that embargoed dissemination should continue to be supported Rachael Pells 2月 20日
