UK parties go head to head on science at Royal Society hustings Society president warns parties must address ‘huge reputational damage’ to UK science caused by Brexit By John Morgan 20 November
Russia makes progress in science subject rankings More Russian universities join top 100 of subject tables By Ellie Bothwell 19 November
UCU chief urges v-cs to speak out to avert UK pensions strike Jo Grady says ‘a lot of’ university leaders want to strike a deal over contributions to Universities Superannuation Scheme By Chris Havergal 19 November
French universities accused of management bloat at the top One institution has 26 vice-presidents, research finds, following calls for the number of senior managers to be radically cut By David Matthews 19 November
The UK’s young people are losing out to baby boomers – but tuition fees are not the problem £9,000 fees permitted per-student funding to rise even at the height of austerity, argues former minister David Willetts By David Willetts 19 November
Huddersfield students debate call for duke to quit as chancellor University stands by royal in fallout from Newsnight interview about ties with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein By Anna McKie 18 November
Soros gives CEU €750 million as Vienna move completed Multibillionaire announces investment at the launch of beleaguered university’s new campus By Anna McKie 18 November
Essex v-c says universities can afford to pay more into pensions Anthony Forster criticises failure of negotiators to ‘embrace principled compromise’ By Chris Havergal 18 November
German hiring spree for ‘digitalisation’ professors Caught up in a national anxiety about falling behind technologically, universities have recruited hundreds of new professors including data experts and digital humanities professors By David Matthews 18 November
The UK’s centenarian lifelong learning provision needs rejuvenation Universities, local authorities and others must heed the Centenary Commission on Adult Education’s recommendations, says Jonathan Michie By Jonathan Michie 18 November
Universities ‘central’ to solutions on UK regional inequality Lord Kerslake, chair of UK2070 Commission, calls for ‘MIT of the North’ and ‘HE-FE systems’ in deprived towns By John Morgan 15 November
Senior technicians at UK universities overwhelmingly male Figures show that even disciplines with a high share of female technical staff have few women at the top By Ellie Bothwell 14 November
