Europe

The joint degree, a key goal of the European Education Area, is aimed at boosting student mobility across the continent

Researchers say precariously employed academics will lose out if universities are required to stump up fees for open access

Timing of review raises suspicions that ministers are keen to deflect attention from uncomfortable migration data

Recruiting underprepared students is damaging the classroom experience and is soul-crushing for teachers, says a UK lecturer

Tory deputy chair expected to take on higher education brief

Conservative to step down as MP at next general election

Bill adds to £15,000 cost of damages paid by science secretary to professor over suggestion she had expressed sympathy for Hamas

Universities in the same city region clash over proposed rebrand

Author among lecturers at under-fire institution to oppose plans that union says are ‘unprecedented in scale, intensity and speed’

Regulator outlines how institutions could respond to various scenarios as it prepares to exercise new duties

Report on ‘voices from the frontline’ aims to dispel degree apprenticeship misconceptions like that of middle-class takeover

Further government investment is needed to ensure UK is a ‘leading country in the G7 on R&D’, say universities, research charities and learned societies