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ViewDfE targets ‘misleading’ university claims in marketing

Institutions told to include data on dropout rates and graduate job progression in their advertising

ViewAt least 115 UK researchers to lose their ERC grants

Nineteen researchers are leaving UK to keep their European Research Council funding

ViewDonelan to ‘name and shame’ those not backing NDA pledge

Minister again urges universities to sign her pledge on ending NDAs in sexual harassment cases

ViewEnglish universities facing multiple financial risks

OfS report urges institutions to be wary of over-reliance on international students

ViewSurge in number of international academics at UK universities

UUKi analysis shows that international staff now hold almost a third of academic positions

ViewFreeman: three reasons why plan B is taking so long

UK science minister addresses concerns over delays to Horizon Europe backup plan

ViewBritish scientists told they will be dropped from EU space projects

Participation in Copernicus earth observation programme latest casualty of political dispute between UK and EU

ViewSenedd passes bill to reform Welsh education and research

Bill creating commission to oversee universities and research will become law after royal assent

ViewREF 2021: ‘case-study cliff edge’ suggests gaming

Panel member fears that staff contracts may have changed to fit in with REF requirements

ViewDo you need an NDA?

Be careful with confidentiality agreements

ViewWhat’s going on in the UK: 16-29 June

This week: REF impacts and diversity, Researchfish takeover, Sage advice and more

ViewResearch culture: Mind your language

Students and academics are reporting ongoing accent-based discrimination, especially those with regional accents

ViewNERC’s now-or-never grants

Be sure you can hit the ground running before you apply

ViewScores of UK and Ukrainian universities join twinning scheme

Universities UK International programme gets £190,000 funding boost after partnership success

ViewOfS staff kept London weighting despite university cut

Anger after regulator keeps salary top-ups despite such funding being dropped for institutions it regulates

ViewDonelan: ‘Consider carefully’ membership of diversity schemes

Minister urges universities to reconsider membership of race and gender charters

ViewUKRI reschedules call dates after complaint from academics

Funder moves webinar, interview and closing dates after academics question “integrity” of call

ViewArma launches international research collaboration survey

Managing risks associated with international research collaboration is an “essential” consideration for the sector

ViewUniversity of Cambridge launches Ukraine support package

Funded placements for researchers and in-country support on offer at Russell Group institution

ViewSheffield Hallam to cut English literature and few other courses

Institution says no job losses associated with “small number” of course closures

ViewUK academies approached to run replacement ERC fellowships

Plan B alternative to Horizon Europe “still a work in progress” despite science minister’s statements

ViewHealth data institute launches 2022 Black internship scheme

Programme to support Black interns working at health, research and academic organisations

View‘More collaboration needed’ on PGR training in Scotland

Scottish Funding Council is taking applications to its advisory group on supporting Scotland’s postgraduate researchers

ViewStudents ‘not socialised before university due to Covid-19’

Senior figures fear lockdowns left students lacking social skills, prompting worries over consent and alcohol

ViewUK research managers’ association looks for next chair

Successful candidate to take over from Jennifer Stergiou at Association of Research Managers and Administrators

ViewDefence R&D centre to investigate use of data in AI

Consortium led by University of Exeter expected to create up to eight academic posts

ViewUniversity libraries ‘should censor resources’, say students

Hepi poll also shows that 1 in 10 students would ban Conservative Party from campus

ViewUK’s China policy harming R&D collaboration, say academics

Call for clearer guidance among signs that growth in UK-China research partnerships is tailing off

ViewSocieties urge UK government to deliver on ‘missing’ maths funding

Failure to deliver on promised £300 million would be “extremely shortsighted”, says London Mathematical Society

ViewUK launches agriculture and food integrity centre

Belfast centre to help make food supply chains “more sustainable, reliable, safe and productive”