Jailed Turkish physicist recounts research struggle in prison Working with pen and paper and cut off from the outside world, Ali Kaya wrote three papers, re-deriving physical formulas from scratch By David Matthews 19 January
French university scrutinises ethics of AI research University of Paris-Saclay will incorporate ethical considerations into research on emerging technologies By Holly Else 19 January
Cambridge v-c defends supervisor of murder victim Giulio Regeni Stephen Toope describes public speculation about Maha Abdelrahman’s involvement in the case as ‘inaccurate, damaging and potentially dangerous’ By Sophie Inge 18 January
Bring in observers to avoid gender bias, universities told ‘Trained observers’ can help selection committees stamp out implicit bias against women, Europe’s biggest highest education institutions say By David Matthews 18 January
Anti-university narrative ‘politically motivated’, say UK v-cs Institutional leaders tell survey that current avalanche of criticism ‘lacks substance’ By Chris Havergal 18 January
Erdoğan attack sparks fears over future of Turkish universities President’s broadside against Boğaziçi University raises questions over Islamisation of institutions and international links By David Matthews 18 January
Professors warn of recruitment ‘disaster’ over USS changes Senior academics express fears for younger colleagues as strike deadline looms By Sophie Inge 18 January
For-profit university director pocketed £1.6 million Office for Students asked to tackle huge pay awards given to leaders of private providers By Jack Grove 18 January
Richard Barbrook: using games in teaching reveals things that reading books can’t The politics lecturer talks Corbyn, computer games and reggae music By Matthew Reisz 18 January
Hundreds of hate speakers allowed on campuses, claims ex-OIA head Baroness Deech tells parliamentary committee that UK universities are ‘complicit’ in censoring lawful speech while giving hate preachers access to students By Jack Grove 17 January
£1.1 million for new centre tackling decline of technicians Initiative is part of bid to tackle impending shortage of 700,000 university technicians expected in UK by 2020 By Rachael Pells 17 January
Luxembourg increases higher education funding by 25 per cent More than half of new budget will go to the University of Luxembourg By Matthew Reisz 17 January
