Essex suspends staff member in antisemitism row Hundreds of students voted against creation of Jewish society on campus By Rachael Pells 22 February
Elsevier profits near 拢1 billion despite European disputes The publisher has reported steady growth and profit margins of more than a third but warned of threat to business from open access By David Matthews 22 February
Labour sceptical of 鈥榚lectoral inducement鈥� tuition fee cut Party鈥檚 Lifelong Learning Commission will look at longer-term 鈥榮tructures鈥� in contrast to government鈥檚 鈥榮hort-term鈥� review, says Gordon Marsden By John Morgan 22 February
Going spare: Brexit could cut off access to feminist journal Brexit copyright issues may prevent researchers from consulting Spare Rib, which for two decades served as 鈥榯he most popular voice of women鈥檚 liberation鈥� in the UK By Matthew Reisz 22 February
Universities may have to shut door on elite to hit access targets English providers will have to enrol fewer privileged students if the sector is not allowed to expand, regulator says By Anna McKie 21 February
Campuses told to offset carbon emissions from student mobility Study estimates that carbon footprint of global student mobility is comparable to annual emissions of Tunisia By Ellie Bothwell 21 February
UK government names 16 AI doctoral training centres One thousand PhD places to be created over next five years By Rachael Pells 21 February
Interview with Manu Kapur ETH Zurich鈥檚 learning sciences expert discusses his own 鈥榗ut-throat鈥� schooling, why lecturing fails, and how students can fail 鈥榩roductively鈥� By David Matthews 21 February
Teaching intelligence: laptop ban made my students truly critical thinkers Without devices, classes fostered engaged, active learning, writes Ioannis Costas Batlle By Ioannis Costas Batlle 21 February
Sheffield Hallam law firm to give students 鈥榗utting edge鈥� Law students will undertake work experience at campus-based firm in each year of their degree By Ellie Bothwell 20 February
Sudden v-c exits raise big question: who should run universities? Marketisation and intense competition a key underlying factor in spate of senior departures and suspensions, experts argue By John Morgan 20 February
Plan S leaders resist pressure for slower open access transition Little sympathy among scheme鈥檚 architects for suggestion that embargoed dissemination should continue to be supported By Rachael Pells 20 February