Europe

Proposed loss of certain quality-related streams could undermine specialist institutions’ ability to build research capacity

The success of the West’s oldest university is down to its ability to adapt to the challenges of each era and a strong relationship with its city, Giovanni Molari tells Seher Asaf

US retreat means the UK has unique opportunity to become the ‘global destination of talent’, but risks squandering it, v-cs and politicians tell Labour conference

New funding will finance research into a ‘nature-positive economy and society’ and preparations for the next, expanded Horizon programme

The Egyptian security officers were tried in Rome after Giulio Regeni’s mutilated body was found on a Cairo roadside in 2016

With France’s universities under mounting pressure, academics are organising from the ground up to rethink the system

But universities should increasingly look to establish a relationship between students, regions and local communities, Labour conference hears

Scandals about franchised provision have undermined the sector, and universities need to ensure failings are not repeated, vice-chancellors say

Learners left unable to graduate or progress by ‘last resort’ industrial action

Germany-based sociologist Güllistan Yarkin accused of ‘public denigration of the Turkish state’ over passages relating to treatment of Kurds and the Armenian genocide

Royal College of Art is latest academic institution to pair up with Aardman Academy, as students focus on employability and industry connections

Hopes project could lead to recipe book, in ‘important’ example of collaboration between professional services staff and researchers