Europe

Shift comes as Northumbria staff agree to ballot for industrial action and Universities UK publishes fresh guidance on self-isolation

Universities minister says campuses can be flexible in their start date, ahead of statement from education secretary on whether A levels will be pushed back

Oxford professor Roger Penrose shares top honour with German physicist Reinhard Genzel and US-born Andrea Ghez, only the fourth woman to win prize

Official censure of Leiden researcher who massaged data indicates authorities are more willing to tackle integrity breaches, says Dutch statistician

Sheffield Hallam says it is moving more teaching online in response to growing outbreak

Participation in Athena SWAN-style initiative mooted as probable requirement for Horizon Europe grants

Rise of graduate class has reduced status of manual workers, influential figure warns in book that may offer philosophy for Tory reshaping of post-18 education

Editing is often assigned to doctoral students from very different fields – but substandard manuscripts may be accepted anyway, says Brian Bloch

Campuses across UK report growing number of positive tests

Success rate by award value also consistently lower for women, EPSRC report finds

Experts welcome Boris Johnson’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee, but call for more details and further progress on obstacles to part-time study

Observers say the country’s universities are led by loyalists, and have long supported president by expelling opposition students and teaching pro-government ideology courses