Europe

High-profile figures criticise university’s plans for large cuts to arts and humanities, which it says are necessary because of the pandemic and low student numbers

University’s plan to require staff and students to be ‘respectful’ of each other’s ‘differing opinions’ fought by academic opponents

But large upturn in Tier 4 visas granted to Indian students tempers overall fall

‘Students and their parents felt they were promised one thing, and they ended up receiving something else,’ says Edinburgh principal

Universities UK chief executive urges greater transparency in admissions

Nottingham agrees undisclosed settlement after undergraduate cleared by fitness-to-practise panel 

Glasgow named University of the Year for addressing legacy of its ties to the slave trade

Senior leader says universities should focus on improving and charging more for transnational education

Public engagement expert concerned about communities that scientists are failing to reach

Panel warns that action is needed to tackle excessive competition and casualisation if research careers are to remain attractive

Panel discussion hears that pandemic should be used as a springboard for real change by looking at leadership

Ex-adviser to UK government praises global scientific community’s ‘remarkable’ response and criticises ‘false narrative’ that he was ‘responsible’ for lockdowns