Don’t call me a ‘Black academic’
Divisive discrimination in favour of an Americanised, catch-all category that favours some cultures over others is not what UK HE needs, says Aymen Idris
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UCU confirms first strike date as pay offer rejected
Meeting between unions and employers ends with no new proposed wage increase presented
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Johnson: fight ‘false narratives’ about international students
Former universities minister warns that UK’s political consensus over benefits provided by students from overseas is ‘weakening’
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Number of EU academics working in the UK drops again
Hesa data also reveal proportion of black professors remains at ‘appallingly low’ levels
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Concern over high self-publication rates among journal editors
Some editors publish most of their papers in their own titles, study finds
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New medical schools ‘ready’ to accept UK students if cap lifted
Deans warn of ‘wasted opportunity’ as Westminster government rules restrict intakes to international students only
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‘Worry’ for academia-security partnerships after Penn discovery
Discovery of classified Biden papers inside university’s Washington office threatens to reverse reputational high from its seemingly prescient political cultivation
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Backing for union’s ‘middle way’ on strikes as pay ‘crunch’ nears
Union may have united membership again but 18 days of strikes could lead to support ‘withering away’, commentators suggest
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There are plenty of big HE ideas. Why aren’t v-cs listening?
The idea of academic leadership has been largely reduced to management. But alternative HE visions are still being produced, says Ronald Barnett
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Biden administration plans to publish list of ‘low value’ degrees
Lack of consensus over how to define economic worth of programmes to student and taxpayer hampers education department’s efforts
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Sector leaders urge inquiry into Office for Students’ performance
Concerns over regulator’s independence and sweeping new powers necessitates parliamentary investigation, letter to Robin Walker states
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Birmingham sends Eastwood off with £190K bonus as v-c pay rises
Average leader’s remuneration stood at £308,000 last year, according to analysis of 118 university accounts
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Questions over autonomy as India sets out branch campus rules
Flexibility of guidelines for universities wanting to open outposts praised, but concerns raised over academic freedom
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Universities condemn ‘shameful’ 13 per cent hike in OfS fees
Ministers accused of adding bureaucracy then ‘putting the costs on universities’ with planned rise while cutting student support in real terms
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The Office for Students needs to tighten its belt, too
Reports of a 13 per cent rise in registration fees is unjustifiable in the current economic environment, says Stephen Marston