The University of Plymouth and Newcastle University are both pushing ahead with redundancy plans, as the English sector’s financial crisis shows little sign of abating. Juliette Rowsell reports timeshighereducation.com/news/plymouth-…

Keele University has become the latest to announce job cuts after it said the UK sector was facing “unprecedented financial challenges”, reports Juliette Rowsell timeshighereducation.com/news/staff-dee…

The University of Warwick has been accused of a “knee-jerk reaction” after a draft new code of conduct proposed banning trans people from using their preferred toilets, reports Juliette Rowsell timeshighereducation.com/news/warwick-p…

The Universities and Colleges Employers Association has announced a “full and final pay” offer of 1.4 per cent, warning that it must be “prudent” as institutions’ finances “deteriorate” at unprecedented speed, reports Juliette Rowsell timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univer…

The UK’s University and College Union has threatened to escalate its campaign against cuts to higher education funding by starting an industrial dispute with the education minister, reports Juliette Rowsell #UCU #industrialdispute timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-threa…

Cardiff University has announced that it intends to save its music and languages courses from closure, in a further move to scale back its savings plans. Juliette Rowsell reports timeshighereducation.com/news/cardiff-s…

In-depth coverage featuring @cardiffucu comment on Cardiff Uni Chair of Council and VC’s grilling by Senedd members from Juliette Rowsell at the Times Higher. timeshighereducation.com/news/cardiff-v…

UK universities remain committed to hybrid working, bucking wider return-to-office trends. But at a time of mass redundancies and increasing workloads, would professional services staff be better off if their work were more visible? asks Juliette Rowsell timeshighereducation.com/depth/has-hybr…

Coventry University is falling back on reserve cash to pursue growth through major transformation, including a new teaching model, overseas expansion and controversial staff redundancies, v-c tells Juliette Rowsell timeshighereducation.com/news/coventry-…

UK universities remain committed to hybrid working, bucking wider return-to-office trends. But at a time of mass redundancies and increasing workloads, would professional services staff be better off if their work were more visible? asks Juliette Rowsell timeshighereducation.com/depth/has-hybr…

The interim boss of the University of Dundee has resigned after an external investigation blamed a “hierarchical and over-confident” leadership style on the institution’s cash crisis. Juliette Rowsell reports timeshighereducation.com/news/dundee-bo…

Staff at the University of Dundee have spoken of their “elation” at the release of a “damning” report that blamed management failures for its financial crisis, reports Juliette Rowsell timeshighereducation.com/news/dundee-st…

The interim boss of the University of Dundee has resigned after an external investigation blamed a “hierarchical and over-confident” leadership style on the institution’s cash crisis. Juliette Rowsell reports timeshighereducation.com/news/dundee-bo…

Postgraduate researchers (PGRs) may be overlooked by incoming sexual harassment regulations in universities, despite being particularly vulnerable, academics have claimed. Juliette Rowsell reports timeshighereducation.com/news/phd-stude…

Another £40 million is being given to the University of Dundee by the Scottish government to secure the future of the crisis-ridden institution, reports Juliette Rowsell timeshighereducation.com/news/dundee-gi…

The University of Dundee’s former vice-chancellor has said he will reconsider whether to return a £150,000 payout he received after being accused of “walking away from a university you almost destroyed”. Juliette Rowsell reports timeshighereducation.com/news/incompete…

Former University of Dundee v-c Iain Gillespie said that he had been unaware banking covenants had been breached until reading about it in the report, and said his knowledge of these arrangements was “very poor, very weak”, reports Juliette Rowsell timeshighereducation.com/news/incompete…

The University of Manchester has introduced a partial ban on staff-student relationships, marking a significant shift from a previous policy that said it was up to “both parties” to ensure abuses of power did not occur. Juliette Rowsell reports timeshighereducation.com/news/mancheste…

Science minister Patrick Vallance has warned that “curiosity-driven” research is one of the “easiest” areas for governments to cut, but stressed it must be “protected and grown” alongside improving the UK’s “applied research” base. Juliette Rowsell reports timeshighereducation.com/news/basic-res…

Leader of first higher education institution dedicated solely to diversity training Professor Paul Miller #BLM tells Juliette Rowsell that it faces ‘environment of significant risk and hostility’ timeshighereducation.com/news/attacks-m…