Backing for union’s ‘middle way’ on strikes as pay ‘crunch’ nears
Union may have united membership again but 18 days of strikes could lead to support ‘withering away’, commentators suggest
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DSIT creation brings fear over ‘political direction’ of research
Michelle Donelan will have to stop ‘fighting culture wars’ and try to ‘make stuff happen on the ground’, says professor
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Michelle Donelan to lead new science department in UK government
Prime minister shakes up structures within government as well as ministerial team
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Salford targets ‘golden triangle’ of jobs, skills, infrastructure
University’s Institute of Technology and proposed innovation district aim to make benefits stick in one of England’s most deprived areas
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Curtailing internationalisation would damage the UK’s global ambitions
Limiting international student numbers or cutting post-study work eligibility is not the way to become a science superpower, says Max Lu
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Whitehall opposition to Braverman plan to cut UK graduate visa
Departments asked to set out positions on visas, with those resisting restrictions on post-study work options said to include Treasury
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Pay talks impasse continues as unions await employers’ offer
Lack of agreement on whether industrial action should continue while talks are in progress hampers chances of resolving dispute
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Anger as social sciences lose cash to STEM under REF rule change
Sciences gain £145 million that would have gone to humanities and social sciences under old system
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Partnership model mooted for long-term EU alliance funding
As bids are polished for the latest round of university alliance grants, debate is building over where longer-term funding should come from
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Is it time for UCU members to go on indefinite strike?
Jo Grady’s more gradualist approach to industrial action offers better prospects for success, say Jak Peake and Adam Ozanne
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What is the real carbon footprint of universities?
Major report seeks to establish true emissions for the whole of the UK sector – and suggest route to net zero
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UK Horizon alternative ‘aims to make Brussels pick up the phone’
George Freeman ‘still pushing’ and ‘still hopeful’ on association, but thinks forthcoming plan for UK global science role could be catalyst
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Indefinite strike or ‘escalating’ action? The choice facing UCU
Long-running divisions brought back to the fore at crucial period in UK pay negotiations