Europe

If the outcomes of ‘active learning’ are so much better than those for traditional lectures, why stick with the old format? asks Simone Buitendijk

Call to consider faith diversity alongside issues of gender and ethnicity

Nele Feldmann and Katherine Miller on the importance of helping displaced Syrians on to higher education courses

Alternative for Germany also wants to end funding for gender studies, saying discipline is not a serious subject

Government analysis finds most academics think postgraduate research standards have held steady or improved

Conference hears educators are neglecting technology because of ‘obsession’ with dated approaches

University of Waterloo recruits British academics ‘worried about future’ after referendum

Findings from the German Excellence Initiative raise questions over impact of TEF

Latest data on research grants show just how much UK institutions get from the EU

Interviews in progress for Office for Students chief executive, with v-cs among those shortlisted

The Excellence Initiative in Germany and the UK’s TEF may bring only bad news for universities’ reputations, says David Matthews

Former president of the British Psychological Society remembered