Biting the hand that feeds higher education
With its funding system on life support, and its ‘science superpower’ ambitions, the UK must stop treating international talent as an imposition
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Tougher UK visa requirements will hit postdocs, ERC head warns
Recently announced changes to skilled worker visa ‘bitter news’, says European Research Council president Maria Leptin
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7 December 2023 digital edition
Cashing in: Why rising costs to foreign researchers may write off UK’s science superpower ambitions
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Merging lifelong loans and degree funding ‘messy and unhelpful’
Adult education and skills development needs separate pot of money, ɫºÐÖ±²¥ event hears
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Interview with James Morton Turner
Wellesley environmental historian on drawing inspiration from students for his Cundill History Prize-nominated book on batteries, and why the West risks growing China dependency in clean energy era
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Medical researchers accept industry perks worth millions
Scholars advocate creation of global database after analysing scale of travel, free meals and gifts disbursed by medical sector in France
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Take time on new research sharing rules, Canberra urged
While concessions and newly flagged exemptions provide reassurance over Australia’s proposed defence trade control changes, ‘grey areas’ remain
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Male science students ‘ignore and belittle’ female classmates
As many as half of women on STEM degrees report being victims of sexism, with universities’ response seen as falling short
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The week in higher education – 7 December 2023
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Research Excellence Framework: next REF delayed to 2029
Year-long delay to UK research assessment follows concerns abolishing minimum output rule for researchers could harm inclusivity
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Record fall in UK university entry rate, Ucas figures show
End-of-cycle data also confirm falling numbers of international student acceptances, plus a slowdown in overseas applications
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Higher education needs more portfolio academics
With academics feeling the strain from higher workloads, the days when scholars had time to write novels or run businesses seem increasingly distant. Lincoln Allison suggests that universities have...
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Can the UK be a science superpower with super-high immigration fees?
Recent increases to already sky-high visa and health service costs have prompted worries that talented overseas-born academics will turn their backs on the UK, undermining the country’s lofty...
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UK, US law must fix clash between privacy rights and protection of life
A web of ambiguity around personal data is stifling universities’ ability to safeguard students’ mental health, say Iria Giuffrida and Alex Hall
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‘Rival’ universities ‘should share facilities’ in funding crunch
Campus Live event hears sector leaders call for neighbouring institutions to share facilities in the face of declining enrolments