Big universities pay more as Germany strikes Springer Nature deal ‘Publish and read’ pact leaves Elsevier as last of three big publishers yet to reach agreement with country’s negotiators By David Matthews 23 August
Knowledge exchange framework review before funding link Assessment of English universities’ commercialisation activities and industry partnerships to guide allocations ‘in the longer term’ By Chris Havergal 23 August
Poor students less likely to pick ‘golden triangle’ for master’s Working-class graduates half as likely to move to Oxford, Cambridge or elite London institutions By Anna McKie 23 August
Strike warning as increase in USS pension contributions backed Joint negotiating committee says scheme members should contribute 9.6 per cent of their salaries, up from 8.8 per cent currently By Chris Havergal 22 August
No more guitar heroes? Questions over attractiveness study Male guitarists may be disappointed to learn that a study showing they are more attractive to women may be unsound By Jack Grove 22 August
Abuse case professor ‘could have been stopped sooner’ Former colleagues call for investigations to disclose what Strathclyde and Heriot-Watt universities knew about Kevin O’Gorman’s conduct By Nick Mayo 22 August
A little more honesty would go a long way in academia Schools used to be more honest about the pupils they were putting forward to universities, and not all applicants were predictably ‘passionate’ about their subjects. We would do well to recreate some of that spirit, says Lincoln Allison By Lincoln Allison 22 August
University stops barring graduations over outstanding rent More than 2,000 students affected by Liverpool’s ‘academic sanctions’ in two years By Chris Havergal 21 August
Male economists more likely to accept papers by other men Gap in acceptance rates for major European conferences entirely down to behaviour of male referees By Nick Mayo 21 August
Czech totalitarianism institute faces questions over research Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes has often been at the centre of contemporary political battles over the country’s communist past By David Matthews 20 August
Tory ‘rebalancing’ from HE to FE a ‘policy and political project’ Director of Onward thinktank says polling showing public opposition to university expansion justifies shift in emphasis By John Morgan 20 August
Top universities replace UK school-leavers with foreign students Non-European Union recruitment likely to widen resources gap between elite and rest of sector By Anna McKie 16 August
