Europe

The women’s rights lawyer on growing up in Bangladesh, meeting Mother Teresa and uniting against patriarchy 

There’s more to the vases of ancient Athens than initially meets the eye, finds Barbara Graziosi

Davina Quinlivan ponders the importance of the French capital and its representation on screen to the development of film studies

Matthew Feldman considers an exploration of the perception of masculinity and its effects on extremism

Michael Ignatieff says higher education will lose battle against authoritarianism if scholars’ rights are seen only as ‘a corporate privilege’

A switch to open access could save hundreds of millions of euros, says analysis from the European University Association

Funding administrating body aims to survey 600 researchers across four universities to examine effects felt by reforms made to the assessment

Head of Spanish capital's local government investigated over accusations related to her master’s degree

Peter Williams concerned by requirement for English universities to deliver ‘successful outcomes’ for ‘all’ students

Growing discontent among University and College Union members about leaders’ handling of negotiations

Academics at British institutions make one in four successful bids in 2017 funding round, underlining risks of Brexit

‘If we want to do more things for society, we can’t do it by working more than 60 or 70 hours a week,’ Rolf Tarrach tells annual conference