UCL to launch open-access megajournal London institution thought to be the first in UK to launch open-access publishing platform, as academics move away from traditional scholarly journals By Rachael Pells 17 January
Anger over pay spikes for departing vice-chancellors Union takes aim at ¡®out of touch¡¯ leaders after accounts show outgoing Kent head got ?45,000 uplift in final year By Jack Grove 17 January
Germany fears university growth threatens apprentice tradition Companies blame a ¡®social shift¡¯ for young people viewing campus as their only option, but others see positives in student boom By David Matthews 17 January
Malta¡¯s ¡®American¡¯ university fires nearly all its staff Jordanian-established institution has fallen short of recruitment expectations By Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed 16 January
Ministers vetoed student champions from Office for Students board Three student candidates deemed 'appointable' to regulator's board were overlooked in favour of engineering undergraduate By Jack Grove 16 January
18 practical steps to help universities better serve Generation Z Mary Visser asks if universities are delivering for people born in the late 1990s By Mary Visser 15 January
UK-France laboratory enables post-Brexit research funding access Mathematicians at Imperial College London will have access to French research grants through new collaboration By Ellie Bothwell 15 January
Stop ¡®over-obsessing¡¯ about net migration, UK¡¯s HE sector told Immigration minister who led crackdown on ¡®abuse¡¯ of student visa system says it ¡®serves nobody¡¯ to pretend students do not count towards figures By Simon Baker 12 January
Research prioritised as European Union budget battle begins As Brexit threatens funding shortfall, European Commission appears convinced research is better done continent-wide By David Matthews 12 January
Quarter of students in UK universities gain first-class degree Latest Hesa data show that share of students with top degree has risen significantly since 2012-13 By Ellie Bothwell 11 January
Greening blocked English tuition fee cuts, says PM's ex-adviser Former Downing Street policy guru Nick Timothy says former education secretary resisted university funding review and potential tuition fee cuts By Jack Grove 11 January
Anti-terror laws ¡®to blame for campus free speech concerns¡¯ Baroness Amos criticises government anti-terror strategy Prevent in appearance before parliamentarians By Rachael Pells 11 January
