Europe

Leading Italian academics often leave the country, which struggles to attract highly rated foreign researchers

Institutions face ‘never-ending rollercoaster’ of assessment, conference hears

Scientific excellence must mean more than ‘how good someone is with a round-bottom flask’, conference hears

Plan S task force leader suggests developed nations could contribute towards article processing charges in poorer sectors

Sector representatives sceptical of ‘kickstarter’ spending

Simon Baker weighs the evidence for the transformation of the country’s higher education system

Living Wage Foundation says that only about one in five higher education institutions has sought accreditation

Study finds current methods used for assessing disadvantage fall short

Deepening deficits of up to £14 million at English universities prompt warnings of damage to cities and towns reliant on universities as ‘anchors’

Circus expert Vanessa Toulmin explains how growing up on a fairground has shaped her academic career, teaching style and approach to life

Academics should not be afraid to challenge the wisdom of requiring institutions to make financial amends for their past links to slavery, says Robert Dingwall

The academy has long had a rich vein of children’s literature running through it, with J. R. R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll and C. S. Lewis all being Oxford dons. Matthew Reisz finds that the seam is still producing modern-day gems