Europe

Universities minister acknowledges ‘financial peril’ faced by UK higher education sector but insists potential remedies will ‘take time’

Commission needs standalone portfolio for research and innovation or Europe could lose ‘competitive edge’, prize winners warn

Money awarded under Horizon Europe Guarantee helped scholars remain competitive as Britain returns to Europe’s research programme, says UKRI’s international champion

Man tasked with overseeing Office for Students’ transition says innovation, collaboration and mergers can all play a role in ensuring institutions are put on a better financial footing

Some universities pressurising students to stay on unsuitable courses, risking their reputations in pursuit of fees, OfS report highlights

Call for an ‘immediate ceasefire’ is scarcely better than the ‘stop arming Ukraine’ motion that led to resignations a year ago, says Christopher Phelps

Author of report seeking to shape spending priorities says MPs should spend more time consulting the ‘people who know most about a subject’

New role backed by cement company at Trinity College Dublin has prompted protests, but can institutions – and the planet – realistically afford to spurn such funding?

Disruption on campuses as large protests put pressure on Netanyahu’s government after six hostages found dead

Grade deflation hits institutions but Imperial tops THE analysis of universities where students receive the highest marks

Scheme that places researchers at heart of policymaking set to be expanded, but can evidence-based advice really make a difference in heat of politics?

Vice-chancellors can often overestimate the savings from institutional mergers and underestimate their complex challenges, says Malcolm Prowle