Universities 鈥榰niquely鈥� prone to workplace abuse, union warns New reports uncover widespread gossip, harassment, verbal abuse and 鈥榮cientific sabotage鈥� in Dutch universities 鈥� with women particularly affected By David Matthews 13 May
The economic value of going to university is not declining Falling UK graduate wages reflect not too many students but a flexible labour market鈥檚 post-crash adjustment, argues David Willetts By David Willetts 13 May
New models 鈥榬eshaping how historians write鈥� Fragmentary, first-person accounts are challenging the staid traditions of the monograph, event hears By Matthew Reisz 11 May
UK universities cut carbon emissions despite using more energy Calls made for campuses to do more to help tackle climate change By Nick Mayo 10 May
Turkey鈥檚 鈥楢cademics for Peace鈥� face 鈥榣egal barbarism鈥� Istanbul scholar F眉sun 脺stel becomes first academic to go to jail for signing 2016 peace declaration By Ellie Bothwell 10 May
Springer Nature proposes model for open access transition Suggested approach could see content from Nature made freely available By Rachael Pells 10 May
USS offers new pension options after cutting deficit estimate Proposals reduce anticipated future contributions, but fall short of union members鈥� 鈥榥o detriment鈥� demand By Nick Mayo 9 May
Pearson and for-profits gain direct UK government funding Private equity-owned BIMM to receive 拢2.4m in teaching grant as OfS funds new providers for first time By John Morgan 9 May
Europe 鈥榣osing ground鈥� to US and China on AI research Leading professor who backs creation of 鈥楥ern for AI鈥� calls lack of decisive government action 鈥榙isturbing鈥� By Simon Baker 9 May
EU fees change could cost English universities 拢7聽million a year But 色盒直播 analysis also suggests windfall for institutions if fall in student recruitment is modest By Simon Baker 9 May
Thinktank wants national survey of university staff well-being Higher Education Policy Institute says it is 鈥榮hocking鈥� that no such dataset exists By Nick Mayo 9 May
UK universities must do more on social mobility System expansion is not enough. Admission to higher-tariff institutions must somehow be opened up, says Paul Jump By Paul Jump 9 May