Europe

Pupils in rural and coastal areas are losing out in the drive to widen participation, says charity

House of Lords committee also calls for UK to fully associate to EU’s Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ programmes after Brexit

Welsh university says it is not currently planning compulsory redundancies but cannot rule them out in future

Announcement follows days of speculation over senior leadership at Leicester institution

Royal Holloway professor Jeff Frank back at work after lengthy suspension over ‘farcical’ and ‘non-specific’ charges relating to union activity

Universities in the UK are legally obliged to report clinical trial results and a number of bodies and campaigns are now monitoring their activity to ensure they do, says Síle Lane

Chair of Migration Advisory Committee says target no longer influences policy on student migration

Durham, Imperial College and St Andrews all had a smaller share of first years from state schools in 2017-18 than Cambridge

Vice-chancellor predicts ‘very significant’ demand at Leipzig branch campus

Higher Education Policy Institute director Nick Hillman assesses the history of UK academia’s main pension scheme to ask whether it needs fundamental reform

Bergen rector says UK's failure to commit to European student mobility overlooks importance of ties between Britain's north and Norway

English minister says he opposes minimum grade thresholds for university entry and does not believe there is a ‘creeping culture of censorship’ on campus