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University of Oxford accounts for most UK number-one departments, QS ranking finds

Junior minister will take concerns raised in Lords back to Department for Education

Short course approach sits “unhappily” with OfS regulatory system, MPs hear

David Eastwood tells Lords committee that regulation has burdened both large and small providers
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Key performance measures also show attainment gap for Black students

Researchers say universities should adapt to changing weather as well as aim for net zero

Funder publishes equality, diversity and inclusion plan following consultation with the sector

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology should fix “uneven and fragmented” support for digital equality

Liverpool John Moores found to have breached process for selecting staff entered into REF 2021

Report reveals science and pharmaceuticals workers are the most satisfied professionals of 29 industries surveyed

More roles to be eligible as project leaders on grants under funder’s new action plan

Unite Students calls for more support when neurodiverse students start university and move into halls

Recently created Department for Science, Innovation and Technology reveals ministerial roles

Hilary Evans and Nadeem Sarwar to chair £160 million Barbara Windsor mission on dementia research

University and College Union members walk out after progress made in pay and pension rows

More than 25,000 people still awaiting reimbursement after paying too much in 2021-22

Office for Students survey suggests cost of living crisis is hitting postgraduates particularly hard

Sally Mapstone will take over from Steve West on 1 August

Union will consider offers and could ‘stand down’ from industrial action

Budget 2023: The other R&D announcements you might have missed

Union boss says strike is the “culmination of a decade of pay restraint”

Budget 2023: Chancellor also unveils funding for AI research and university investment zones

Budget 2023: Government also pledges to more than double quantum-focused Centres for Doctoral Training

The Wellcome Trust bids farewell to Jeremy Farrar, who made the charity a global player

A UKRI scheme gives access to the corridors of power

Scientists across the country frozen out of Euratom fusion energy collaborations on the continent

This week: China R&D links review, visa delays, vaccine damages payouts and more

Brain Research UK supports work that drills down on complex conditions

Eighty researchers sign open letter calling for an end to “outdated” read-and-publish models

Loan payments to rise by £900 to support students grappling with rising prices

UK Research Integrity Office reveals new edition of its template for research organisations investigating misconduct

Agreement with University and College Union will see associate lecturers moved to fixed-term contracts

Russell Group students report skipping lab sessions to save on travel costs amid crisis

Research Professional News investigates whether higher education regulators need to spend more time on campuses

Learn Network says statutory duty of care would address “weak and uncertain boundaries”

Proposals to make universities pay for staff costs during investigations revealed in consultation

Imperial and Strathclyde academics appointed Rishi Sunak’s advisers on engineering biology, creative industries and space