Europe

Appointment of Melih Bulu, a former ruling party political candidate, has triggered days of protests from staff and students at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul

Data show that Italy’s misfortune to suffer early in pandemic was a benefit for research but it could be short-lived

The Turing scheme’s focus on outbound mobility will take the UK off the map for most European exchange students, laments Barbara Lorber

The European programme’s globe-spanning successor, the Turing scheme, is more suited to meeting today’s challenges, says Louise Nicol

New book calls on ‘natural cosmopolitans’ to find solutions to today’s crucial challenges

Universities may think they have more pressing priorities than the UN’s SDGs. But they don’t, say Martha McPherson and Kate Roll

Institutions cut fees after students threaten accommodation rent strikes over lockdown

Holyrood revises guidance in light of spread of new Covid-19 variant

More than 13,000 sign petition calling for blanket policy to protect students’ grades from impact of coronavirus pandemic

Academic couple Theresa Mercer and Andrew Kythreotis are heading into their third lockdown, along with their kids, but this time the expectations are higher and lessons have been learned

Informal use of university scientists as independent advisers is unsustainable when health emergencies last for months, warns committee

V-cs urge government to compensate universities over pandemic rent waivers, with fee refunds also expected to become ‘political football’