Europe

Phased return to campus and more clarity on rules for returning international students are needed, says the UK opposition

European survey finds there are large gaps between perceptions of importance of internationalisation and levels of experience and confidence

Academics say online methodologies can produce more collaborative, diverse and ethical research

Comparisons with big pharma distract from ‘amazing’ achievement that will lead to long-term dividends for science, say experts

Institute for Fiscal Studies report shows frozen fee cap beginning to bite

The government points to a decade of funding guarantees, but critics have taken aim at draconian punishments for campus protests and the rushed scrapping of a PhD vetting body

High-profile figures criticise university’s plans for large cuts to arts and humanities, which it says are necessary because of the pandemic and low student numbers

An open letter from cultural figures and academics to the University of Roehampton’s vice-chancellor and council members

But large upturn in Tier 4 visas granted to Indian students tempers overall fall

University’s plan to require staff and students to be ‘respectful’ of each other’s ‘differing opinions’ fought by academic opponents

‘Students and their parents felt they were promised one thing, and they ended up receiving something else,’ says Edinburgh principal

Universities UK chief executive urges greater transparency in admissions