UK-led cancer and climate trials at risk as British researchers become liability
British researchers say they are being shut out of bids for major European research partnerships, or asked to keep a low profile, because of fears that the threat of a no-deal Brexit could contaminate chances of success. More...
University vice-chancellor given £270k payoff after resigning
The vice-chancellor of De Montfort University, who resigned earlier this year in advance of an investigation that has since identified “significant and systemic” failings in governance, was awarded £270,000 on his departure, it has been confirmed. More...
Research misconduct claim upheld against former head of UCL lab
A lab run by one of Britain’s foremost academics published fraudulent scientific papers for more than a decade, according to investigators. More...
University admissions and messy exits
Readers debate routes into university, the mess left behind when students move, and Jeremy Hunt’s student loan promise. More...
Festival fatigue and regressive corsets
Is there anything, anything at all, that the Home Office does competently, fairly and in accordance with British principles of justice (Students urge Javid to act over unfair visa test cheating claims, 28 June). More...
Kyle Kashuv may not be attending Harvard, but he’s learning a valuable lesson
The right is obsessed with lecturing liberals on personal responsibility – but as their response to Kashuv shows, they’re not so keen on taking responsibility themselves. More...
Goldsmiths anti-racism protest marks 100th day with rally
Students staging an occupation at Goldsmiths, University of London, in protest against what they describe as “institutional racism in academia”, have marked their 100th day of action with a rally and a pledge to carry on indefinitely until their demands are met. More...
Female academics are too scarce. So their applications are going to the top of the pile
At Eindhoven University we’ve tried many ways to take on more female engineers, to no avail. Time for drastic measures. More...
Vice-chancellors still attend pay meetings despite outcry
University and College Union found only nine institutions allowed VCs to vote. More...
Trinity College could face boycott over pension scheme pullout
Cambridge University’s wealthiest college is facing a crucial vote that could keep it on a collision course with academics and unions over its decision to abandon the national university pension scheme. More...
