Europe

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Institution’s Canadian leader tackles executive remuneration, Brexit and diversifying the university’s student intake in THE interview

The Leicester space physicist on winning Astronauts, exploring uncharted mountains, and scientists’ social skills

Female lecturers allegedly under pressure to settle legal action after university’s equality charter application rejected

Canadian institution targeting thousands of French applicants who fail to gain place at home

Billy Hunter responds as publishers seek the removal of millions of papers from ResearchGate

Education minister sees break from Spain as a path to more ‘competition and excellence’ in hiring, firing and leadership

Frédérique Vidal determined to confront problems ‘sidestepped’ by career-minded politicians

‘Teaching excellence and student outcomes framework’ switch follows new metrics

Panel debate from the 2017 THE World Academic Summit

Louise Richardson says concentration of functions at college and departmental level creates ‘great deal of duplication’

Students on course forced to find alternative programmes, as government plans to open English sector further to new providers