Newcastle set to axe around 300 jobs in ?20 million staffing cuts Russell Group institution warns that it cannot rule out compulsory redundancies after worse-than-expected student recruitment By Juliette Rowsell 22 January
Nottingham Trent v-c Edward Peck to step down this summer Member of Augar panel on university funding and student mental health champion has been familiar figure in UK policy debates By Jack Grove 22 January
Swinney wants Scotland-only two-year graduate visa extension First minister wants UK government to allow country to grant additional post-study work rights to international students By Tom Williams 22 January
Russell Group outstrips rest in growing politics provision Members of elite grouping saw numbers enrolled on courses increase by more than 300 while others experienced declines By Juliette Rowsell 22 January
Support from academics ‘can make student mental health worse’ Attempts by well-meaning scholars to help services ‘drowning in demand’ adding to the problems, finds study By Patrick Jack 22 January
Nobelists urge rethink on MRC unit funding changes Nobel laureates back calls to pause new system of Medical Research Council funding which threatens future of well-established research units By Jack Grove 21 January
No large increases in public funding for universities, says Smith Minister rules out state taking on more of the cost of paying for higher education By Tom Williams 21 January
Exeter claims Russell Group first with Africa branch campus Outpost on Ain Shams University campus to offer undergraduate and postgraduate Exeter degrees By Juliette Rowsell 20 January
Stop ‘micromanaging’ courses and let students decide – Willetts Government intervention in university degree programmes ‘getting worse’ despite erosion of public funding, complains former universities minister By Tom Williams 20 January
With free speech act revised, will Arif Ahmed find his voice? Cambridge philosopher appointed to oversee free speech in English universities has been unusually quiet since starting the role. Might changes seen as ‘clipping his wings’ force him to be more vocal? By Tom Williams 20 January
Leicester has sights on India branch campus as research hub opens Midlands university is seeking to deepen its ties to India as it opens new health research centre in Andhra Pradesh By Jack Grove 20 January
REF 2029: ‘metrics-lite’ research culture assessment welcomed Universities ‘relieved’ by balance of qualitative and quantitative data in environment evaluations By Jack Grove 18 January
