Europe

UK again claims top spot in highly competitive scheme, with big increase in interest from US researchers after relocation funding announced

Campaigners call for institutions to commit to giving new dads six weeks off as audit reveals stark differences in entitlements across sector

Range of current providers and questions around which assessment is best requires greater clarity from universities, UKCISA warns

Focus on widening participation and shorter exchanges difficult to replicate in wider Erasmus programme, experts fear

Prime minister fell short of pre-election promise to stabilise higher education sector as focus shifted to other priorities, say policy experts 

University of York leader will switch to fellow Russell Group member in October after seven years in charge

Nearly nine in 10 UK undergraduate applicants expect to work during studies, with many relying on earnings to get by

As academics warn university reforms will threaten autonomy and decimate faculties, country’s education minister says changes are needed to align with labour market needs

Last year’s 1 per cent decline in overall sector income may look insignificant, but it is the tip of an iceberg that could ultimately sink significant swathes of a structurally unbalanced and precarious sector. Fadime Sahin runs through the numbers

Staff and students who would once have picked North America looking to Europe for stability and freedom, according to leading business school dean

Achieving bold attainment goal requires country to overcome fears about ‘over-education’ and provide the right resources, say university leaders

Narrative format of environment statements may encourage institutions to ‘stretch the truth’ with misrepresentations ‘hard to prove’, experts fear