National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) general secretary, Mick Lynch, joined university staff in a London rally on the third day of sector-wide strike action. Times Higher Education (THE)<\/a> and the Guardian<\/a> report on the rally.<\/p>\n OfS has published a report<\/a> which describes their new approach to grouping higher education providers in the data and analysis they present and reflects the diversity of the providers they regulate.<\/p>\n Almost two-thirds of English universities could potentially face sanctions for failing to meet new OfS quality thresholds that were introduced last month, analysis suggests<\/a>.<\/p>\n The quality of apprenticeships in England has come under criticism in a report from think tank EDSK. No Train, No Gain<\/em><\/a> discusses a lack of meaningful training and high dropout rates.<\/p>\n OfS has published a report<\/a> looking at student co-creation as part of their Mental Health Funding Competition: using innovation and intersectional approaches to target mental health support for students.<\/p>\n Government action including more hardship funding, bigger maintenance loans and restored grants would all complement universities\u2019 efforts to help students cope with the cost-of-living crisis, argues Sarah Stevens<\/a>, director of policy at the Russell Group.<\/p>\n The Student Loans Company has updated its guidance<\/a> for students facing financial hardship due to prior overpayments resulting in a reduced entitlement.<\/p>\n Research England has confirmed allocations<\/a> for the additional QR funding and Research Capital Investment Fund (RCIF) grants announced by the government last week.<\/p>\n UKRI has also outlined the disbursement mechanisms<\/a> for the new Talent and Research Stabilisation funding, which will be allocated according to historic performance in four Horizon 2020 schemes.<\/p>\n UCAS\u2019 latest Next Steps<\/em> report<\/a>, published in collaboration with Unite Foundation, draws on analysis of applications and a survey of 500 applicants to investigate the support offered to applicants with care experience.<\/p>\n Advance HE\u2019s Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) results<\/a> show student satisfaction has recovered to pre-pandemic levels. THE discusses<\/a> how this may be masking concerns among UK students about the impact of rapid expansion and long-running industrial disputes.<\/p>\n Students in England are likely to be hit even harder by cost-of-living pressures<\/a> than first thought, with the poorest now predicted to be up to \u00a31,000 worse off.<\/p>\n Hundreds of University of California faculty pledged to join a strike<\/a> by teaching and research assistants.\u00a0 The University system has reached a tentative contract<\/a> agreement with two of its four striking worker groups, but without yet ending the campus walkout.<\/p>\n THE considers what the World Cup tournament<\/a> \u2013 and the global reaction to it - is likely to mean for the universities based there.<\/p>\n Universities in Saudi Arabia take five of the top 10 spots in the second year of Times Higher Education\u2019s Arab University Rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n University students at dozens of campuses across China have joined a growing chorus expressing their frustration over Beijing\u2019s continuing zero-tolerance Covid policy, THE reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pola Lem, THE Reporter, speaks<\/a> to Ukrainian academics currently based in the UK about what it is like to try to build new lives in difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n Fiona Hill will be the new chancellor of Durham University<\/a>.<\/p>\nQuality and regulation<\/h2>\n
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