Europe

Simon Baker weighs the evidence for the transformation of the country’s higher education system

Living Wage Foundation says that only about one in five higher education institutions has sought accreditation

Study finds current methods used for assessing disadvantage fall short

Deepening deficits of up to £14 million at English universities prompt warnings of damage to cities and towns reliant on universities as ‘anchors’

Circus expert Vanessa Toulmin explains how growing up on a fairground has shaped her academic career, teaching style and approach to life

The academy has long had a rich vein of children’s literature running through it, with J. R. R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll and C. S. Lewis all being Oxford dons. Matthew Reisz finds that the seam is still producing modern-day gems

Academics should not be afraid to challenge the wisdom of requiring institutions to make financial amends for their past links to slavery, says Robert Dingwall

St Mary’s University, Twickenham found that unconditional offers were unlikely to benefit recruitment efforts

Department tasks KPMG with surveying universities on their teaching costs, in work for Augar review

Academics say that online recordings must be emphasised as a supplementary resource, not an alternative to lectures, or some students lose out

Sponsors that do not meet rules should have ethical approval for future experiments withheld, says Science and Technology Committee

EU-backed project using facial-, voice- and keystroke-identification technology enters final stages