New REF rules ¡®risk leaving researchers¡¯ careers in limbo¡¯ ¡®Existential crisis¡¯ in arts and humanities exacerbates risk that axed academics will not be able to find new roles, subject associations fear By Jack Grove 26 March
¡®Tedious¡¯ conferences dominated by authors with multiple papers One researcher was found to have presented 32 papers at same conference in study that examines growing trend towards ¡®repeat authors¡¯ By Emily Dixon 26 March
Transform by addressing ¡®sacred cows¡¯, UK universities told Expensive pension schemes among issues highlighted as institutions look for ways out of current turmoil By Tom Williams 25 March
Cardiff staff vote to strike as axe hangs over 400 academic jobs Welsh university faces mounting criticism over job cuts and course closures By Chris Havergal 25 March
Dundee cash crisis probe to examine ¡®surprise¡¯ deterioration External team to investigate why financial concerns that have led to more than 600 planned job losses were not raised sooner By Helen Packer 25 March
Tech entrepreneur Tom Adeyoola to lead Innovate UK Digital fashion founder will head up ?1.1 billion innovation funding agency after a year-long search for new executive chair By Jack Grove 25 March
Vetting call over ¡®asshole¡¯ PhD examiners, ¡®trial-by-fire¡¯ vivas Survey of UK doctoral examiners reveals disquiet over problematic PhD examiners keen to initiate emotionally charged intellectual exchanges By Jack Grove 25 March
Kent staff seek guarantees over workloads in week-long strike UCU urges management to rule out compulsory redundancies as it stages walkout at institution hit by several waves of restructuring By Tom Williams 24 March
Report ¡®material changes¡¯ to QR-linked research, institutions told Bureaucracy fears as new Research England rules push for ¡®robust data¡¯ on where quality-related funding is spent By Jack Grove 24 March
Fraud experts to probe ¡®targeted abuse¡¯ of student loans Bridget Phillipson flags ¡®wide-scale organised exploitation¡¯ as she announces new measures to combat fraud connected to franchised provision By Jack Grove 24 March
Universities¡¯ spin-out stakes drop sharply after Tracey review Institutions reduce shares in companies after review highlights holding large amounts of equity can supress growth By Tom Williams 24 March
Funding cuts could hamper European efforts to attract US diaspora Governments and institutions launch schemes to attract US talent ¨C but budget and anti-internationalisation policy could get in 바카라사이트 way, some fear By Emily Dixon 24 March
