Europe

Immigrants whose qualifications are formally recognised are more likely to have a job which matches their level of education, says report

With Wales’ Coleg Harlech due to be sold this month, Sam Christie reflects on why ‘second-chance colleges’ have failed to thrive given their role in post-industrial communities

The University of Buckingham will open a new health science campus on Cheshire site

Today’s Office for National Statistics report will make challenging reading for the Augar review panel, but it must not resort to draconian cuts to student numbers, says Greg Walker

Estimated portion of loans that will never be repaid to be classed as government spending, rather than lending

Options said to have been modelled by Augar review could mean students with Ds or Es at A level are in effect blocked from entering university

Why other academic disciplines have not also introduced such markets is a ‘very good question’, organisers say

Credential verification would allow refugees to access education and the labour market, say Terje Mørland and Stig Arne Skjerven

New European rule on protecting data from human research subjects being found so complicated as to slow medical science

Staffing reductions could leave institution unable to meet needs of international researchers, academics warn

Latest remuneration figures bring prospect of more criticism for UK universities

The author and black history researcher speaks on the importance of passing historical knowledge on to the next generation, and reveals her competitive sporting nature