Europe

UUK says students ‘should not lose out on opportunity to go to university’ after exams cancelled

Sexism, unthinking managerialism and toxic ‘them and us’ attitudes are still pervasive within UK universities, according to an anonymous academic who found the dissonances between her values, career expectations and lived reality too much to bear

Independent steering group says new processes must stop penalising those it is supposed to help and restore confidence in the award

New objective to support university finances during Covid-19 crisis suggests a new path for England’s higher education regulator

Experts say institutions should allow students to delay start date and relax entry requirements

Latest data show about a quarter of universities now have a fifth of full-time academics classed as teaching only

As labs shut, researchers in Milan fear losing months of work – and urge colleagues abroad to prepare now for similar restrictions

Some members increasingly wary after 22 days of walkouts already this year, but many remain determined to win concessions from employers on pay and pensions

But budget bonanza will require ‘substantial expansion’ of R&D capacity in many regions

Director of new Kent centre sets out how British resources and researchers can contribute to Indigenous studies

Decision by some institutions to end lectures and seminars prompts others to quickly follow suit 

Influential Portuguese MEP calls for rapid UK-EU agreement on Horizon Europe association