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Experts see move to allow applicants from beyond Europe to apply for UKRI funding as a key plank of the UK’s post-Brexit research base

Some predict lower-tariff institutions will not necessarily be the ones to lose out, while there is also hope that crisis may curtail negative political narrative around HE

Numbers caps lifted for medicine, dentistry, veterinary science and teacher training courses in wake of A-levels fiasco

Call for government to support universities as many students remain locked out, especially in medicine

Patchy access to computers and lack of internet connections among poorest learners hamper transition

They are also less likely than students with graduate parents to go to an ‘elite’ institution 

Fewer casual staff and burdens of increased online teaching leave academics struggling with mounting workload and place question mark over future of traditional contractual arrangements

Top researchers call for universities and funders to sign up to new set of principles to stamp out harassment

Survey of UK academics finds both left and right discriminate against each other in hiring, funding and publishing decisions, leading to self-censorship across the sector

Pension scheme’s annual report shows relationship with members worsening amid ongoing dispute over contributions

Long-awaited publication of Pearce review expected in autumn, but lack of time and changes in government priorities make 2021 awards unlikely