Anna McKie
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United Kingdom
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Student spikings: universities told to step up prevention efforts
Wave of reported injection assaults in nightclubs and bars raises questions over level of responsibility that lies with institutions → Read More
Major publisher embraces ‘researcher journey’ journal format
Journals that are part of Cambridge University Press’ Research Directions ‘will better reflect the research lifecycle’ and interdisciplinary research → Read More
Kathleen Stock: UCU statement ‘ends my career’ at Sussex
Union calls for university management to take a ‘clear and strong stance against transphobia’ → Read More
Persecution of Mexican researchers reaches ‘another level’
‘I don’t know if we are going to be successful, but we are certainly going to make a lot of noise,’ says academic resisting government → Read More
European universities plan long-term travel cuts post-Covid
Most institutions plan to swap short trips with virtual meetings → Read More
UK university population becoming ‘more British’ post-Brexit
Brexit and Covid-19 have led to the first increase in the UK student proportion since the late 2000s, analysis shows → Read More
Universities ramp up pressure on government teacher training plans
Oxbridge reiterates threat to pull out of teacher training, as UCL slams proposals as ‘extensive and damaging disruption’ → Read More
UKRI open access policy: a revolution in scholarly communication?
Sector relishing support for wider dissemination of scholarship but takes issue with some of the details → Read More
Oxbridge v-cs and unions call for ‘urgent’ pensions redesign
Ending automatic inflationary increases in benefits should keep contributions below 30 per cent of salary, says joint statement → Read More
University staff less happy and more anxious than UK average
Sizeable number of staff members struggled over course of pandemic and are suffering from chronic stress and exhaustion, researchers say → Read More
Exam chaos at Liverpool as 1,500 students left without results
University accused of treating students ‘with disdain’ as many are left without results and others without complete transcripts, as marking boycott remains unresolved → Read More
From Richard III to boycott: where did it go wrong at Leicester?
As row over redundancies shows no sign of easing, academics see deeper-rooted problems of mismanagement → Read More
Liverpool professors accuse institution of ‘devaluing degrees’
Letter to council says there has been a ‘deliberate breach’ of university policies in redundancy dispute → Read More
Queen’s Birthday Honours: vaccine pioneers and Augar top list
University of Oxford’s Sarah Gilbert and Andrew Pollard among those receiving royal recognition alongside chair of review of post-18 education in England → Read More
Gender pay gap ‘starts in student wage expectations’
Study of Swiss students finds men and women overestimate their graduate earnings, but men do it more significantly → Read More
Cambridge signals major shift towards online learning
New short courses aimed at professionals come with £2,000 price tag → Read More
LGBT+ university staff face slurs ‘at least monthly’
Three in 10 respondents to UCU survey say that they have experienced homophobic language in workplace → Read More
UK university pension fund aims for net zero
Universities Superannuation Scheme will develop ‘meaningful short-, medium- and long-term targets’ towards carbon neutrality → Read More
UCU: students ‘could apply to fewer universities’ under PQA model
Union report on post-qualification admissions model also suggests that institutions should consider scrapping interviews → Read More
Extra study time in lockdown ‘may have driven rise in firsts’
Universities UK and GuildHE say ‘unintended consequence’ of pandemic was less time for socialising, more time for studying → Read More