Europe

Freedom of Information requests reveal the wide differences in ticket prices and gown hire fees at Russell Group institutions

Institutions mull estates buyback schemes and more major cutbacks as post-clearing reality hits

From Putin to Orbán, autocrats are using postcolonial theory to flood reading lists with ‘overlooked’ native authors in a drive to further xenophobic identity politics, explain Karolina Koziura, Daniel Palm and Adrian Matus

Italian biologist makes the case for slower and smaller research

Row over payment of foreign lecturers has stretched on for three decades

Record number of students win places having applied after main sector deadlines

Partnerships and flexibility seen as key to company’s continued growth but others may struggle to follow in its path

The vast majority of the fall in student visa numbers can be attributed to large decreases in the number of applicants from India and Nigeria

Sociologist credited with stabilising the distance learning institution, but will leave it facing fresh financial challenges and still reeling from Jo Phoenix tribunal ruling

Unique course denied reprieve as staff say loss of 62 colleagues means averting further cuts is ‘no victory’

New Labour government believes decade-long budgets will lead to more industry investment in science and fewer precariously employed researchers, but not everyone is so convinced

Universities of all types are embracing the earn-while-you-learn qualifications but government can do more too, says Exeter’s vice-chancellor Lisa Roberts