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ViewGraduates with autism least likely to find work

Survey suggests autistic students more likely than others to become unemployed

ViewFemale researchers more likely to be bullied, less likely to report it

Vitae culture report finds women are less familiar with their institution’s reporting process

ViewSage warning over student returns and Covid-19

Scientific advisory group also warns over effectiveness of lateral flow tests

ViewJohnson approves 8 March return to campus for some students

Prime minister sets out ‘cautious but irreversible’ way out of lockdown

ViewStrikes begin over cuts at University of East London

Union members walk out in protest at redundancies

ViewUniversity of Cambridge college commits to fossil fuel divestment

One of the university’s richest colleges pledges to take money out of fossil fuels

ViewCommonwealth universities part ways with Meghan Markle

Institutions thank Duchess of Sussex for her patronage after role is returned to Queen

ViewScores of bogus UK university websites shut down

Investigators say there are ‘as many, if not more’ sham institutions as genuine ones

ViewPlea for students to apply for funding early ahead of spike

Loans firm urges students to be organised as bumper crop of applications expected

ViewKeir Starmer sets out plan for recovery bond to boost science

Labour leader says British Recovery Bond would ‘help build the infrastructure of the future’

ViewSoas researchers aim for bigger slice of funding

Plans to grow research income with rewards and incentives for staff who aim high

ViewGlasgow pledges changes after racial harassment report

Research reveals widespread problem and prompts apology from vice-chancellor

ViewAcademy of Social Sciences welcomes 37 new fellows

Fellows selected for thought leadership and practical application of science to real-world problems

ViewUniversity Alliance launches LGBTQ+ postgrad network

Group aims to bring together researchers to create a supportive peer environment

ViewAlison Park appointed ESRC interim executive chair

Park, who joined funder as director of research in 2019, replaces Jennifer Rubin

ViewEU student applications plunge ahead of tuition fee hike

Applications drop almost 50 per cent as EU students say no to international student fees

ViewHopes dashed for Scottish and Welsh Erasmus+ membership

Nations told they cannot join EU student exchange programme without full UK participation

ViewAdam Habib: the future of Soas

The institution’s new director tells Fiona McIntyre about tackling financial woes and ‘pissing off politicians’

ViewMajor push to boost technician careers

‘Largest ever’ survey of technicians launched as national funding agency outlines action plan

ViewA lesson learned

Higher education researcher Paul Ashwin’s tips on lockdown teaching

ViewBrain surgery

Major changes lie ahead at a global neuroscience research funder

ViewChair of OfS ‘spectacularly unqualified’

Influential MP says appointment of Office for Students chair ‘raises issues’ about government recruitment

ViewInterview: Rapid responses

Former head of Innovate UK Ian Campbell on the funding agency’s performance during the pandemic

ViewScottish universities get share of £60m funding boost

Universities’ group welcomes additional money for further and higher education

ViewUK universities get £10m for green finance research centre

R&D centre to help financial institutions shift money away from activities that harm the environment

ViewCall for all universities to come under Charity Commission rules

Academic says universities regulated by Office for Students face laxer rules

ViewOfS ‘to appoint free speech tsar’ to scrutinise universities

England’s regulator will reportedly be able to fine institutions breaching free speech conditions under plans

ViewUK ‘won’t have enough technicians’ to deliver R&D boost

Royal Society says the nation ‘will not have the workforce in place without additional action’

ViewUCU pitches recruitment drive to ‘shift balance of power’

Union wants over half of university staff as members as it eyes battle over ‘casualisation’

ViewCancer Research UK admits ‘more to do’ to fix gender pay gap

Charity records gender pay gap of 29.2 per cent—almost twice the national average