Europe

Deputies of Bulgaria’s Iliana Ivanova likely to have outsized influence on Horizon Europe and its successor, according to a national official unhappy that the planning process belongs to Brussels

‘Not in a million years’ will English fee cap be raised during cost-of-living crisis, says minister, despite universities’ warnings on falling funding

The new rules are welcome, but change will only truly occur if institutions finally get over their obsession with publications, says the Hidden REF committee

Employer body seeks to end UCU action but faces more strikes as Unison members vote to walk out

Thinktank advocates Swedish-style ‘professors’ privilege’ model to boost commercialisation efforts

Employers opt to defer increases as finances squeezed but majority tell THE they are paying up

Our message is to hold the policy line. The levy has taken time to bed in, but it would be premature to tear it up and start again, say Chris Husbands and Natalie Day

Independent centre should be empowered to follow up high-profile findings and promote good practice, says Social Market Foundation report

But university insists development ‘must happen for the benefit of everybody who lives in the city and surrounding areas and not at the expense or to the detriment of current residents’

Ipsos polling shows lukewarm support for graduate tax, especially among younger respondents

Permanent contracts, lighter workloads and higher salaries would boost the flagging prestige of Ukraine’s academy, says Alexander Kostyuk 

Hewlett Foundation president to join institution in April 2024, succeeding Baroness Shafik