Europe

Calculation by open access campaigners questions supposedly unnecessary spending by publishers on lobbying, marketing and executive pay

Swiss university has signed San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, which says academics should not be judged on the journals they publish in

Wen Hai, head of Peking University HSBC Business School’s Oxford outpost, says venture will help foster collaboration between Britain and China

Academics may be asked not to apply for jobs, give lectures or conduct external examining at Trinity

It is not enough for UK universities with charitable status merely to conduct teaching and research, say Nicola Dandridge and Helen Stephenson

University cuts courses but will become first foreign institution to offer law degree in country

Liverpool pro vice-chancellor says new positions would be step between PhDs and traditional postdoctoral posts

South Wales lecturer shared incorrect advice on issues such as electrical safety, fire doors, and indoor barbecues

Chris Skidmore tells peers he hopes for announcement soon but acknowledges that UK is ‘in a very strange place politically’

Director of Universities UK International says some institutions have modelled falls in EU student enrolment of up to 80 per cent

Staffordshire and University for the Creative Arts secure gold, but Sheffield stays on silver

Donation from philanthropist Stephen Schwarzman is institution’s ‘largest since the Renaissance’