The best universities in Eurasia Times Higher Education table reveals top institutions across 16 Eurasia nations By Ellie Bothwell 30 August
Study: millions of students guilty of contract cheating worldwide Landmark paper charts rapid increase in use of essay mills By Anna McKie 30 August
Career advice: how to survive your first year as a lecturer Gavin Buckingham offers new lecturers tips on how to thrive in the pressurised first few months in the job By Gavin Buckingham 30 August
‘Don’t copy Welsh funding regime without considering trade-offs’ Hepi paper highlights that ‘progressive’ reforms mean poorer students will have larger debts and less cash in hand than before By Anna McKie 30 August
UK researchers’ free money will come at a price after Brexit With the cost of UK participation in EU research no longer hidden post-Brexit, a robust case for Horizon Europe membership must be made, says Graeme Reid By Graeme Reid 30 August
Research Excellence Summit: national initiatives 'drive sector competition' National improvement programmes have clear losers as well as winners, THE summit hears By Anna McKie 29 August
Bulgarian university places unfilled as students head abroad There has been a surge of applications for Dutch universities, while students are also trying to ‘catch the last train’ before Brexit By David Matthews 29 August
Iceland’s paucity of male graduates sparks reform plan Men account for just 28 per cent of graduates from Iceland’s main university By Jack Grove 29 August
Hungarian government forces CEU to suspend refugee programme Institution obliged to yield to new government legislation on refugees and asylum seekers By Matthew Reisz 29 August
The Francis Crick Institute: living up to expectations? It’s still early days for the £650 million biomedical research centre, but its director believes it is showing signs of fulfilling its promise By Rachael Pells 29 August
Crick chief voices fears over post-Brexit visa regime Sir Paul Nurse says having to apply for visas for EU researchers would be ‘a heavy financial administrative blow’ By Rachael Pells 28 August
Unconditional offers use ‘still low in Russell Group’ Freedom of Information requests suggest just a handful of members are involved in huge growth seen across sector By Simon Baker 28 August