Europe

New vision for higher education in Hungary needed after defeat of populist leader, says head of Central European University

Treasury to generate £679 million in surplus from last Plan 2 cohort, analysis shows, with graduates paying thousands more than under original system

The former education secretary’s throwaway line arguably fired the starting gun for a new era in which scholarly expertise could be dismissed and social media sages exalted. Ten years after the notorious putdown, Patrick Jack caught up with Michael Gove and his critics on the legitimacy and legacy of his infamous barb

Pretending research environments could be measured by metrics or policies ignored how scholarship actually relies on peer-to-peer relations unique to academic cultures, say Martin Holbraad, Dan Nightingale and Aeron O’Connor

Big providers hit with falling occupancy levels and affordability concerns amid changing enrolment patterns

Professor who set up publisher four years ago to redirect revenue to those doing quality control says it has been an ‘uphill battle’

New Home Office data shows a continued slide in demand for UK study visas, adding to universities’ financial worries

Universities in UK and Ireland encouraged to submit entries across 20 categories as annual showcase revisits Birmingham

Extending UK government technology funding to universities could save sector millions of pounds a year, argues new report

Universities prioritising ‘rapid expansion’ over sustainability threaten survival of the entire English sector, new report warns

With polls predicting defeat for Viktor Orbán in Sunday’s elections there are hopes that controversial governance reforms – copied by Donald Trump and other populist politicians – will be abolished. Yet not all scholars are convinced that reversing a decade of contested legislation criticised for restricting academic freedom would be straightforward, says Seher Asaf

Conservative manifesto ahead of Holyrood poll promises to promote alternatives to higher education, but declines to row back on totemic fee policy