Open question on v-c pay as jobs come up for grabs Sector observers predict that universities will take the chance to rein in executive remuneration By Anna McKie 4 October
Soas to pay former student ?20K over ¡®no supervision¡¯ PhD Law graduate urges research students to ¡®take institutions to task¡¯ on inadequate supervision By John Morgan 4 October
Performance management is performance mismanagement Research will suffer from the collapse of professional development into financially fixated assessments of ¡®capability¡¯, say Gill Evans and Dorothy Bishop By Gill Evans 4 October
University campuses and buildings must remain public places Restricting access to university property is a sorry symptom of commercialisation that is making students poorer, laments Les Back By Les Back 4 October
Birkbeck mulls withdrawing from domestic league tables University says its mission and nature of its students ¡®make it difficult to climb much above 90¡¯ in UK rankings By Ellie Bothwell 3 October
German Catholic abuse study raises questions over church control German academics have uncovered thousands of suspected abusers in a landmark project. But should they have had a freer hand? By David Matthews 3 October
Elite ¡®club¡¯ predicted to dominate UK-EU research post-Brexit Russell Group institutions dominate tie-ups announced since vote to leave bloc By Anna McKie 3 October
Muscatelli: no-deal Brexit would be ¡®unhinged self-sabotage¡¯ Russell Group chair says politicians have ¡®moral obligation¡¯ to stop UK crashing out of EU without an agreement By Chris Havergal 2 October
Conservative conference: Gyimah blasts ¡®right on¡¯ attitudes Universities minister continues campaign on campus free speech at Tory conference By John Morgan 2 October
Registration delays bring recruitment worries on English campuses Office for Students fails to meet schedule for latest tranche of register of providers amid concerns about approach By John Morgan 2 October
Conservative conference: ex-minister brands UUK visa plans ¡®obvious nonsense¡¯ Lord Lilley describes post-study work visas as route to ¡®mass migration¡¯, while v-c stresses universities¡¯ ability to ¡®promote global Britain¡¯ By John Morgan 1 October
Cambridge to raise ?500 million for bursaries and student support University hopes funding will help widening participation goals By Anna McKie 1 October
