Europe

Glasgow Caledonian University’s new vice-chancellor discusses impact of UKVI action plan on recruitment, collaboration opportunities in more collegiate Scottish sector and her hopes for university funding post-election

Northumbria’s novel cost-cutting scheme is no better than the subsidiary arrangements others are using to avoid pension obligations, says Jon Bryan

European alliances support institution’s rector after he called action a ‘crackdown on freedom of thought’

Free speech campaigners hail ‘overdue’ legislation but concerns remain about how judgements will be made 

London School of Innovation set to launch in June after being given stamp of approval by regulator

Péter Magyar is likely to end the funding of foreign influence operations – but ideological control at home will be harder to overcome, says Liviu Matei

Government announces loans given out in error can be repaid through usual routes but students appear to remain blocked from accessing further loans

Group demands university leaders rule out compulsory redundancies and course closures following new cost-saving plans

Long-delayed grievance process will allow scholars who feel free speech rights have been impinged by universities to seek redress

Challenging for universities to identify and punish problematic behaviour despite its effect on those targeted, finds study

New rules to make it easier to identify recruiters who push ‘fake’ students, but compliance experts fear government will not disclose who can and can’t be trusted

Repairing the mega-fractures caused by Brexit matters for the EU. But it perhaps matters even more for the UK, says Francesco Billari