University tells women to wear ‘low-cut’ outfits to graduation Belgian institution says message was ‘contrary’ to university’s values following outcry on social media By Ellie Bothwell 31 May
German hopes of recreating US-style bursary culture stutter The Deutschlandstipendium, which sponsors students with a mixture of public and private funding, has disappointed some critics By David Matthews 31 May
Hopes rise for solution to Central European University stand-off Budapest institution says it will take in students for 2017-18, but its future is still not secure By David Matthews 30 May
Post-Brexit UK ‘may need to launch global funding council’ Country’s scientists must be able to demonstrate that they can continue competing on the world stage, senior academic says By Holly Else 30 May
Universities combine to steer German internet policy New institute will receive €10 million a year for interdisciplinary research By David Matthews 30 May
Dutch business school rocked by criticism of its links to Shell Rotterdam School of Management contract with oil company ‘promised influence over curriculum and admissions’ By David Matthews 30 May
Learning analytics: a better way to measure student satisfaction Dragan Gasevic looks at how learning analytics can be used to support the student experience as a tool for learning gain By Dragan Gasevic 28 May
AI bot ‘more than halves’ time students spend finding courses ‘Alex’, set to be rolled out at the Technical University of Berlin, is first chatbot to have benefits to students measured By David Matthews 28 May
Jacques Biot: ‘We must prepare our students for the fourth industrial revolution’ Ahead of the THE Innovation and Impact Summit, École Polytechnique president Jacques Biot urges universities to prepare for ‘Industry 4.0’ By Jacques Biot 27 May
Durham’s ‘repositioning’ to create 300 academic jobs Vice-chancellor believes international scholars can be tempted away from the golden triangle and to the North of England By John Elmes 27 May
The pitfalls of working with industry (and how to avoid them) Ahead of the THE Innovation and Impact Summit, speaker Max Lu looks at the challenges of university-industry partnership By Max Lu 26 May
Manchester bombing spotlights universities’ anti-terror role One researcher urges academics to put concerns aside and back Prevent counter-radicalisation strategy, while others say it ‘doesn’t work’ By Jack Grove 26 May
