‘Increased risk’ of market exit after £3.4 billion losses – OfS Regulator says English sector finances ‘appear to be towards the most pessimistic end’ of predictions, with risks escalating By Tom Williams 20 March
Social mobility work should be ‘incentivised’ amid funding strain ‘Cultural shift’ needed in universities to better recognise work academics do with local communities, Lords committee hears By Juliette Rowsell 20 March
UEA staff to strike over plans to cut more than 150 jobs Union branch at redundancy-hit institution to stage one-day walkout By Tom Williams 20 March
Dutch universities in ‘relay strike’ protests against budget cuts Ten university cities expected to participate in strikes ahead of April Senate vote on budget By Emily Dixon 20 March
‘Minister for men’ mooted as 500,000 boys miss out on university Government told it can ‘no longer ignore’ growing gender educational attainment gap By Juliette Rowsell 20 March
Start-ups ‘will quit UK if campuses not funded to support them’ Vice-chancellors fear ‘incubator economy’ where innovative firms only scale up overseas By Chris Havergal 20 March
HE participation above 30 per cent ‘squeezes graduate premium’ UK needs data on how ‘marginal’ graduates fare in workforce compared with if they didn’t have a degree, argues new report By Tom Williams 20 March
The UK fails students by not facing up to diminishing graduate returns Averages aren’t enough. We need to know when HE expansion causes the marginal premium to disappear. It was probably long ago, says Paul Wiltshire By Paul Wiltshire 20 March
‘Widespread loss’ of sex data in gender question confusion ‘Default target’ of sex questions should be sex at birth, with ‘male’ and ‘female’ the possible answers, says government-commissioned review By Jack Grove 19 March
Insolvency ‘a real possibility’ for Dundee despite bailout Institution would have run out of money by end of June without additional Holyrood support, leaders tell MSPs By Juliette Rowsell 19 March
EU’s global strategy ‘hurt by underinvestment in research’ University umbrella groups call on EU Global Gateway initiative to boost funding for international research collaborations By Emily Dixon 19 March
Job fears grow as Research England models £100 million QR cut Loss of almost 8 per cent of mainstream quality-related funding feared amid concerns that Spring Statement will deepen sector funding crisis By Jack Grove 19 March
