Europe

Sutton Trust recommends reintroduction of maintenance grants, lifting of parental income threshold, and more progressive loan repayment system

Pilot to test potential indicators announced amid sector uncertainty

Requiring OA publication would have left bookshops’ history sections narrower in scope and the preserve of a select few authors, says Rory Cormac

Author of last Tory manifesto warns universities may attract unwanted campaign attention and says ‘everyone hates the Conservatives for the same reasons’

University cites fall in returning students amid cost-of-living crisis for current year’s shortfall, while warning of sector funding crisis impact

European Commission announces launch of EU-Switzerland negotiations with Horizon Europe association on the table

Swift clarification of exemption for mass-market books follows claims that REF open access requirements would destroy publishing opportunities for scholars

Minister calls on universities to learn lessons from last year’s disruption at Commons hearing

Outgoing Oxford chancellor, ‘chairman of the Tory party when there was one’, advocates cross-party consensus on state investment, not higher fees

New legislation will allow private universities to issue degrees and international institutes to open Greek branches

Institutions need more flexibility on whether to participate in mandatory government-run pensions scheme, Ucea and UUK argue

Short deadline for universities dealing with issues internally will ‘inundate’ regulator with partially investigated cases, sector fears