Europe

Union members declare no confidence in vice-chancellor over proposed plan that would see closure of departments

Pledge to rebalance from ‘poor-quality degrees’ to apprenticeships seen as likely rhetoric only, but there are hopes for international student reset

Figures show that 7.5 per cent of state school pupils in one London borough got into Oxford or Cambridge last year – up from just 1 per cent five years before

Country must address socio-economic and regional inequalities, UN committee advises

University says current cohorts will be the last, blaming declining student numbers

Proposed threshold fails to take account of funding challenges facing universities, sector groups say

Ministers’ communications with their scientific advisers have been revealed, shining a light on how such relationships work, but will wide-ranging exercise change how research informs policy in the future?

The idea that the US is far better at commercialising academic IP simply isn’t true, say three US licensing experts

Twenty-two institutions win awards for innovation and excellence in teaching and research

Charlotte Deane will return to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council after serving as deputy chair throughout the pandemic

College sector leader urges universities to realise that without unified tertiary model ‘we are not going to win any more money’

Institution blames inflation and rising pay and pension contributions