Hundreds of students still without marks after boycotts 鈥� union Learners left unable to graduate or progress by 鈥榣ast resort鈥� industrial action By Juliette Rowsell 28 September
Kurdish academic faces trial in Turkey over US doctoral thesis Germany-based sociologist G眉llistan Yarkin accused of 鈥榩ublic denigration of the Turkish state鈥� over passages relating to treatment of Kurds and the Armenian genocide By Seher Asaf 28 September
Wallace and Gromit lead new crop of industry-partnered degrees Royal College of Art is latest academic institution to pair up with Aardman Academy, as students focus on employability and industry connections By Georgia Luckhurst 28 September
Academics and caterers at the same table, eating from root to tip Hopes project could lead to recipe book, in 鈥榠mportant鈥� example of collaboration between professional services staff and researchers By Georgia Luckhurst 27 September
AI-only research grant rejection in UKRI-funded call sparks alarm Artificial intelligence used to cull half of applications submitted by cybersecurity scholars, before they got to human eyes By Frances Jones 25 September
Tighter research security has 鈥榗hilling effect鈥� on collaboration Report finds academics critical of heightened research security measures ahead of upcoming government strategy By Frances Jones 25 September
ResearchPlus at odds with Russell Group on minimum entry standards Head of new mission group for smaller 鈥榬esearch-led鈥� universities rejects minimum tariff and differential fee plans endorsed by larger institutions By Jack Grove 25 September
Edinburgh course cuts 鈥榓bandoning Scottish culture and students鈥� But university says one in five degrees going had no students on them, and researcher argues Gaelic studies can be foregrounded in broader programmes By Juliette Rowsell 25 September
Voters sour on increasing tuition fees and university funding Polling suggests sector is public鈥檚 lowest priority for education investment By Chris Havergal 24 September
鈥楥losing their eyes鈥�: university rape reporting criticised But experts question whether recording rape separately from other forms of serious sexual misconduct is a sensible move By Georgia Luckhurst 24 September
EU moves to restore Horizon Europe access for Hungary Universities that were once barred from funding because of their governance model could soon regain full access to the programme By Seher Asaf 23 September
Business schools bring back oral defences as student AI use rises Deans report experimenting with different assessment methods to stem risk of students falling into AI-induced 鈥榗ognitive surrender鈥� By Frances Jones 23 September