Europe

Study that uses data from a UK university to model typical campus scenario warns fifth of students could catch virus within term one without interventions

Education minister Ingrid van Engelshoven says too much research funding is now competitive, leading to intense work stress

Study calls for race issues to be embedded into curricula, not taught as an ‘add-on’

Winchester polling puts tuition well ahead of research reputation in eyes of teenagers

UK science minister hits out at ‘spurious’ research metrics and ‘publish or perish’ lab culture

‘Settlement’ brought to light by report on union leaders’ pay from pressure group 

French package to nearly double budget of National Research Agency and add extra 30,000 university places

Some criticisms around survey may be justified but there are major risks in a wholesale replacement, warn experts    

With infection rates increasing and online teaching well established, why risk everyone’s health by reopening, asks Richard Watermeyer 

The focus on conducting research in independent institutes is holding the country back, say four academics

Stricter political and administrative controls on what can be said have led to the creation of a pioneering ‘free university’, say Katarzyna Kaczmarska and Dmitry Dubrovsky

From collecting student feedback often and early to alternative assessment methods, four experts from across the globe advise how to switch to online teaching mid-course