Italy’s Five Star aimed to ‘replace politicians’ with professor PM Five Star Movement offers ‘detailed’ policies on HE, but has been attacked as anti-science John Morgan 5月 28日
Crime writers create course materials with a twist Novelists write short stories for Spanish university’s criminology degree Matthew Reisz 5月 27日
Stark gender gap in earnings after postgraduate study Data for English universities show men consistently earn more than women after completing postgraduate degrees Anna McKie 5月 25日
Staff and students to help decide Bath v-c pay after review Report says Bath governance requires ‘considerable improvement’ to restore trust after Breakwell salary outcry John Morgan 5月 25日
Don’t be distracted from equality challenges, universities told Need to meet demands of technological advances should not overshadow long-standing problems of gender and race, conference told Rachael Pells 5月 25日
Bernard-Henri Lévy: why academics detest me The philosopher on coming face-to-face with death in Bangladesh, why academics don’t like him, and Brexit Matthew Reisz 5月 24日
Oxbridge student experience ‘way ahead’ of rest of Russell Group Hepi survey data spanning six years suggest students do not rate other members of mission group very differently from UK universities overall Simon Baker 5月 24日
Fresh anger over UK visa regime as scholar forced to leave Oxford Home Office decision to decline a visa for postgraduate researcher’s 22-month-old baby sparks anguish at laboratory ‘struggling’ to recruit Rachael Pells 5月 24日
Multibillion-pound fee for UK to stay in EU research debated Task ahead for universities to show return if country is to be part of next framework programme John Morgan 5月 24日
Curtailing overseas scholars’ right to strike undermines their academic citizenship The new UK home secretary must reinstate workers’ right to participate in industrial action regardless of national origin, says Shreya Atrey Shreya Atrey 5月 24日
For bright post-Brexit horizons, the UK needs a warm front As the EU’s proposals for its Horizon Europe research funding framework near publication, the UK must commit to playing a full role, says Paul Boyle Paul Boyle 5月 24日
UK to respect ECJ role in EU research collaborations post-Brexit Confirmation removes one of major barriers to country’s continued participation in framework programmes Rachael Pells 5月 23日