Europe

Expansion of places and radical changes to admissions required or England’s most selective universities may face regulator’s penalties, analysis suggests

Initiative aims to expand the debate about endowments beyond divestment to wider social responsibilities

Economic and Social Research Council may provide four years of PhD funding amid concerns over stress caused by three-year model

Lisa Roberts to succeed Sir Steve Smith next September

Political, economic and demographic considerations all suggest that the demand-driven system won’t endure, says Nick Hillman

Email also says staff should not work from home for general reasons for more than one or two days per semester

Independent process ‘found several areas in which we will need to improve our board of governors’ processes’, says UEL

Universities UK poll shows Britons value skills rather than income level when it comes to immigration

Guardian editor-at-large turned Manchester sociology professor discusses how UK universities are in an ‘analogous crisis’ to journalism on race

Universities offer insights on engaging with industry, excelling at research support and tackling the student mental health crisis

Study finds that overseas scholars in former communist countries work there not out of deliberate choice but often due to ‘happenstance’, love or to escape poor job prospects at home

UK students are concerned about rumours of universities facing data security issues, says survey