Europe

Publishing is part of the academic game, says Mike Smith, so you’d better get good at it 

Move comes after country’s top anti-corruption chief turns attention to Italy’s universities

Greater democratic development in post-Soviet nations when students head for EU rather than Russia, study finds

Scholars at Risk counts 257 assaults and persecutions on higher education communities over past year

Critics claim move makes it 'too easy' for new providers to use ‘university’ in name

No correlation between HEA fellowship numbers and TEF ratings, analysis also finds

Europe’s funding councils oppose idea of requiring researchers to obtain a licence if they want to quote their colleagues or news articles

The chief executive-designate of the UK’s new sector agency discusses her West Country roots, the roles of academics and administrators, and escaping to the country 

Chancellor appears to adopt IFS blueprint, but elements of reported plans bring ‘real concerns’ for universities

Canada and Finland also score highly in research assessing the effectiveness of education systems in 35 economies

For National Postdoc Appreciation Week, we take a look through our archive of advice and information for early career researchers 

Christopher Cripps offers a French perspective on how universities can develop their position in the international academic community