Europe

Money to be taken automatically from members’ bank accounts to support UK union’s strike fund

Deborah Gabriel also calls for imposition of financial penalties on universities that fail to tackle pay gaps

Law professor who sits on Germany's constitutional court warns that far-right attacks on ‘weaker’ subjects would be followed by criticism of more mainstream disciplines

Left-winger shared article that party leader said contained ‘antisemitic conspiracy theory’

Report shows heavier burden for UK students compared with other parts of Europe, with the country’s research funding boost ‘a chance to reform PhD education’

Unequal childcare burden blamed for fall in share of published research by women since schools shut, but funding bodies look to alleviate career impact

Vice-chancellors’ group says ministers must step in to protect graduating students from economic fallout of coronavirus

Ucas data suggest expected spike in delayed starts yet to materialise

Female academics with children say they fear the pandemic lockdowns have affected their careers

Head of English regulator will not seek a second term and will leave in spring 2021

There are benefits to running a young institution like the University of Duisburg-Essen, says Ulrich Radtke 

More than one in eight graduates of GSM London who left two years ago were without a job last autumn