UCU drops ballot for pay strikes, putting focus on job cuts Industrial action threatened for start of 2025-26 academic year if universities do not take action to minimise redundancies By Juliette Rowsell 28 February
TEF ¡®cost more than ?15 million¡¯ but most students unaware of it Only 42 per cent of students have seen Teaching Excellence Framework ratings for universities they were interested in By Patrick Jack 28 February
Cambridge gets Gaza protest injunction for weekend, not five years Pro-Palestine campaigners claim ¡®important victory¡¯ but university says interim ruling demonstrates that restrictions do not limit freedom of speech By Patrick Jack 28 February
Give PhD students discussion points for viva, UK examiners urged Regular breaks, mock vivas and introducing an online option among other recommendations made by review that aims to combat ¡®gladiatorial approach¡¯ By Jack Grove 28 February
One would-be Romanian president is a plagiarist. But will voters care? Victor Ponta quit as prime minister amid scandals including a renounced doctorate. Should he be allowed to run for president, asks Ararat Osipian By Ararat Osipian 28 February
University access gap grows between London and rest of England Almost two thirds of young people in capital participate in higher education, 15 percentage points more than next best region By Patrick Jack 27 February
Chinese students outnumber Indians in UK again after visa changes Country saw demand fall in most major markets last year, with master¡¯s students making up smaller proportion of visas issued, according to new data By Patrick Jack 27 February
Nottingham Trent v-c picked as next Office for Students chair Edward Peck had already announced he would step down from university role this summer By Chris Havergal 27 February
¡®Critical¡¯: only one in 20 medical students from poorest backgrounds Sutton Trust warns applicants with disadvantaged upbringings can find application process particularly complex and challenging By Patrick Jack 27 February
Graduate visa changes ¡®would make university closures likelier¡¯ Proposal to restrict post-study work rights to those in ¡®graduate jobs¡¯ alarms vice-chancellors By Tom Williams 27 February
Birmingham City union threatens strike action over restructure Vice-chancellor reportedly wrote to staff encouraging them to leave if they did not support university¡¯s new strategy By Juliette Rowsell 26 February
AI: cheating matters but redrawing assessment ¡®matters most¡¯ Universities should prioritise ensuring that assessments are ¡®assessing what we mean to assess¡¯ rather than letting conversations be dominated by discussions around cheating By Juliette Rowsell 26 February
