Europe

Maria Toft sparked national conversation about exploitation with #pleasedontstealmywork campaign, but she says it came at the cost of her Copenhagen fellowship

Big uptick in female enrolment in final years of school needed to improve higher education representation unless conversion rate improves, or courses are made optional

Michelle Donelan will have to stop ‘fighting culture wars’ and try to ‘make stuff happen on the ground’, says professor

Limiting international student numbers or cutting post-study work eligibility is not the way to become a science superpower, says Max Lu

A domestic ‘Irasmus’ exchange scheme could help make teaching programmes more consistent and counter regional inequalities, but is a post-pandemic generation really interested?

Despite policy pushes, joint degrees remain a regulatory maze. The new European Degree might be the solution, says Kurt Willems

New umbrella body president must safeguard world-leading institutions through a difficult time; luckily, the Neapolitan physicist is ready for a fight

DfE said to think controls could be set without primary legislation, but ministers urged to consider market is already ‘doing the job’

Acas to mediate between unions and employers in an attempt to resolve deadlock on pay

English regulator concedes providers being asked to do too much, too quickly and gives most another year to work on plans

Board members of bankrupt Islamic institution accused of laundering more than €1 million and firearms offences

Country’s top policy advisory body calls for project funding to be more generous with fewer constraints, as institutions’ budgets swell