Dutch university says student cannot defend PhD dressed as pirate Engineer takes institution to human rights body over satirical dig at exceptions for religious clothing By David Matthews 24 November
Minimum income threshold post-Brexit ‘would deter scientists’ Hilary Benn also suggests that UK’s future in Horizon 2020 is not necessarily contingent on free movement By Ellie Bothwell 24 November
UK to loosen visa rules for graduates and researchers But sector calls for progress on plan to grow overseas student numbers and publication of immigration White Paper By John Morgan 24 November
Continental researchers lukewarm on UK access to EU funding Survey suggests European scholars are resistant to UK continuing to enjoy full participation in programmes such as Horizon 2020 By Simon Baker 24 November
Bath v-c narrowly survives vote of no-confidence Senate backs Glynis Breakwell by 19 votes to 16 after controversy over high pay and calls from staff for her to resign By Ellie Bothwell 23 November
EU’s ‘Bologna 2.0’ vision threatens to leave UK behind British universities face potential challenges if they are left outside the ‘Sorbonne process’, experts warn By Jack Grove 23 November
USS pension reform plan an ‘undesirable’ and ‘retrograde’ step Pensions expert criticises Universities UK’s ‘outdated’ proposal to end defined benefit scheme for almost 200,000 staff By Jack Grove 23 November
Wellcome Trust explores diversity rules for funding applications Institutions that do not meet standards in areas such as gender may be ineligible for grants By Holly Else 23 November
Simon Armitage: how I overcame my fear of lecturing The Oxford professor of poetry on returning to ‘exotic’ Leeds, why he’s glad he didn’t study English at university, and the future of literature By Jack Grove 23 November
Career advice: how to make your university disability-friendly Sally Everett explains how her institution used low-cost and creative measures to transform its support services By Sally Everett 23 November
‘LinkedIn degrees’ from global providers ‘could leave UK behind’ Open University vice-chancellor claims that courses curated by technology giants might be more attractive than Russell Group’s offerings By Chris Havergal 22 November
Oxford v-c: ‘educational divide’ threatens democracy in UK and US Louise Richardson says universities must be fair in admissions and focus on inequality in response to populism By John Morgan 22 November
