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ViewCome clean on casual contracts, says UCU

Union calls for universities to be honest about extent of staff casualisation

ViewOffice for Students asks for views on £96m savings plan

The regulator has to make large cuts to the teaching grant by March 2021

ViewScotland pulls ahead of target for disadvantaged students

Scottish universities increase share of students from the country’s most deprived areas

ViewUCU mourns death of Nita Sanghera

President-elect dies after a battle with illness

ViewUK scientists win Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists

Three UK researchers have been awarded $100,000 each for their innovative discoveries

ViewPoor show in US print market puts Pearson in a spin

US textbook sales plunge almost 30 per cent as chief financial officer quits

ViewGrade inflation slows, but government demands action

Education secretary calls for an end to 'unexplained' grade increases

ViewStaff have little confidence in ‘woeful’ university management

University employees rebel against metrics pressure by marking down managers

ViewNIHR announces opportunity to build clinical trial experience

Clinical study leaders can now also apply for the Advanced Fellowship Award

ViewUUK chair defends vice-chancellor pay

Julia Buckingham welcomes greater transparency on senior staff pay

ViewUniversity chairs warn of ‘unprecedented change’

Governance body cites ‘dramatic and rapid changes’ for governors as it launches consultation

ViewScepticism over ‘MIT of the North’

Academics question need for a new institution in the north of England

ViewFunding in 2020

Waymarks to guide researchers over the coming 12 months

ViewCrunch USS pension talks underway

Universities UK and the University and College Union to meet throughout January

ViewConfidence interval

How ambition paid off with one specialist cancer research charity

ViewScepticism over pledged university free speech regulation

UCL free speech researcher warns government-imposed penalties would be the wrong way to protect campuses

ViewPension outlook bleak as union hardliners reject compromise

USS discussions between UUK and UCU begin under a cloud as union bloc dismisses JEP...

ViewScottish universities told to recruit more care-leavers

Scotland’s institutions urged to do more to improve access for students with care backgrounds

ViewUse psychometric tests in class to boost graduate outcomes

Researchers say common employment tool should be part of the higher education curriculum

ViewOxford relaunches reproducibility initiative for research

Reproducible Research Oxford to run training and support for meta-research amid concerns over reproducibility crisis

ViewFirst day of outsourcing strike sees police called to St George’s

South London medical school says Metropolitan Police were called out for protest

ViewMayor of London backs Imperial’s new climate centre

Sadiq Khan has pledged £8.7 million for the White City Centre for Climate Change Innovation

ViewGreenwich improves conditions for outsourced staff

Workers will receive a pay rise and the same holiday entitlements as in-house staff

ViewUlster medical school on the table in deal to restart Stormont

Universities and research given boost by draft deal to restore devolved assembly in Northen Ireland

ViewUK maintains dominance of ERC innovator awards

Departing country’s haul of European Research Council Proof of Concept awards dwarfs remaining nations’

ViewOfS teaching grant allocation cut for second consecutive year

Gavin Williamson sets out priorities for regulator and confirms grant reduction

ViewMPs reject plan to ensure full Erasmus+ membership

Commons votes down Lib Dem clause that urged ministers to seek continued participation

ViewRegulator to intervene if no action taken on harassment

Consultation opens on reporting guidelines for harrassment and sexual misconduct

ViewMake languages mandatory at GCSE, says Hepi

Think tank calls for compulsory language GCSEs and more university funding to protect courses

ViewRichmond University pauses student recruitment

Private university cites lack of funds as it pauses enrolment for new students