Europe

Current business model not sustainable for more than two to three years, according to David Maguire

Number of new teacher trainees entering some universities has fallen by as much as 66 per cent, as experts warn of ‘crisis’ in recruitment

Too heavy a focus on skills training restricts universities’ role in the world, THE event hears

Vice-chancellors warn that UK government immigration policy is behind fall in international recruitment by having ‘negative impact on perceptions’

Minister tells THE he has been calling vice-chancellors directly when he receives reports of Jewish students feeling threatened

Recently announced changes to skilled worker visa ‘bitter news’, says European Research Council president Maria Leptin

Adult education and skills development needs separate pot of money, THE event hears

With academics feeling the strain from higher workloads, the days when scholars had time to write novels or run businesses seem increasingly distant. Lincoln Allison suggests that universities have far more to gain than to lose by allowing their academics to broaden their experience and earn extra income

Year-long delay to UK research assessment follows concerns abolishing minimum output rule for researchers could harm inclusivity

End-of-cycle data also confirm falling numbers of international student acceptances, plus a slowdown in overseas applications

Scholars advocate creation of global database after analysing scale of travel, free meals and gifts disbursed by medical sector in France

As many as half of women on STEM degrees report being victims of sexism, with universities’ response seen as falling short