This year’sEqual Pay Day falls on 14 November. It’s the day women in the UK effectively start working the remainder of the year for free because of the gender pay gap. There are differences between sectors and industries but education is among the worst, with a pay gap of 25.9% as opposed to the national average of 17.9%. This means that a woman employed in education works, on average, 95 days a year without being paid. More...

University lecturers are striking for the second time over pensions at the end of the month. As a university vice-chancellor, I know that members of the University and College Union will not have voted for this lightly. Staff are deeply committed to their universities and the success of their students and the vote reflects the strength of feeling about the future of their pensions and working conditions. More...

A trumpet fanfare, a wine reception and celebratory speeches, but alongside it all, an undertone of melancholy: the opening of Central European University’s Vienna campus on Friday also marked the first time for decades that a university has been forced out of a European country. More...

The Oxford Union has been lambasted after a blind student was reportedly “dragged by his ankles” out of a debating chamber, leading to calls for the union president to resign. More...

Toxic air contributes to health conditions such as asthma, cancer and stroke, say experts. More...

Birmingham University has refused to investigate student complaints of rape where the alleged assaults took place off campus, it has emerged. More...

Footage appears to show security staff manhandling a postgraduate student shortly before he was allegedly 'dragged by his ankles' out of the Oxford Union debating chamber. More...

We invite entries from UK universities and university professionals across 14 categories, which are shortlisted and evaluated by an expert panel. An ideas bank of all winning and shortlisted entries will be published on the Guardian website after the ceremony. More...

The Guardian University Awards (the “Awards”) recognise excellence in the UK’s best universities and are open to all recognised higher education institutes (those with degree awarding powers) in the UK. The Awards are not open to employees or agencies of Guardian News and Media Limited (“GNM”), GNM group companies or their family members, or anyone else connected with the creation or administration of the Awards. More...

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