3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (573+ words) Universities’ establishment of subsidiary firms to hire staff could result in misleading figures in their gender and ethnicity pay gap reporting, experts have warned. Numerous universities have begun employing staff through subsidiaries in a bid to cut pension costs. Institutions…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (684+ words) The Welsh government is “still discussing” whether it wishes to keep some aspects of its bespoke international exchange scheme, put in place when the UK left the European Union. Despite concerns that the Cardiff government has been winding down Taith…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (567+ words) In 2023, the African and the European Unions agreed to put research and innovation at the centre of their quest for a new, strategic partnership. The Innovation Agenda influenced, and in turn reinforced, a wider momentum towards research equity between Africa…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (890+ words) The need to outsource services following redundancy programmes may be increasing universities’ costs rather than lowering them, as well as impacting staff productivity, a report warns. The Invisible Majority: Professional and support staff and the future of UK higher education…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (814+ words) Students whose higher education providers or courses closed have subsequently endured homelessness, relationship breakdowns and the threat of deportation from the UK, a new study says. Drawing on interviews with students whose course or provider had unexpectedly shut down, the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (710+ words) A small clique of academics are accepting each other’s papers for publication in top business journals in violation of clear rules to mitigate conflicts of interest (COI), claims a new study on how “reciprocal handling” of journal submissions has led…...