Europe

Forthcoming policies on ‘low-value courses’ and grade inflation must acknowledge how pandemic will hit graduate prospects and undergraduate preparedness for years to come, says QAA deputy chief executive Vicki Stott

Competition and Markets Authority says collusion on prices could have left disabled students with less funding available through support scheme

Cross-party report calls on Westminster government to more than double hardship funding, but says straight refunds aren’t the answer

But for those who wish to continue playing, it takes determination, stamina and strategy when the odds are stacked against you, says Graham Crow

Policy expert says agreement between EU and UK is ‘not at all geared to separate treatment for regions’

Vice-chancellors say they are considering what to do if members of their community refuse Covid-19 inoculation 

THE analysis finds that UK and Canadian systems are also among most prestigious, while Australian universities are losing international stature

Union describes proposed salary freeze as an ‘insult’ but universities point to financial woes

Full impact of pandemic on Office of the Independent Adjudicator caseload may yet emerge

Ambiguous status of postgraduate research students in lockdown has underlined why they should be treated as staff, says Rebecca Teague

OfS head warns that pandemic uplift must not ‘bake in’ further grade inflation over longer term

University Hospital Institute Méditerranée Infection, under leadership of ‘populist’ microbiologist Didier Raoult, continues to push hydroxychloroquine in the face of evidence