Europe

Alliances with university colleagues can be inspiring and life-affirming but may also be grounded in little more than ambition or survival instinct. Six writers reflect on the joys and challenges of having friends in academia

Only two of the 24 members of the Russell Group recorded a surplus for the 2021-22 academic year, Hesa figures show

Rearranged event causes more controversy as activists block entrance to lecture theatre 

Union attempts to rally members behind potentially game-changing action despite threats of 100 per cent wage deductions

Farah Karim-Cooper – one of the UK’s few ethnic minority Shakespeare professors – reflects on being an outsider in a discipline not known for its non-white faces and ponders how diversity can be improved

Challenger institutions offer innovation and dynamism, but ignorance and monopolistic behaviour is holding them back, says Edward Venning 

Legislation aiming to eradicate ‘cancel culture’ will be used across political spectrum, not only by Conservatives, former minister predicts

University of Winchester historian Ryan Lavelle reflects on nearly a decade advising on streaming giant’s blockbuster Vikings series

New leadership of Scottish government told to make sustainable higher education funding a priority after years of stagnation

Universities’ lack of compliance with European standards raises suspicions in foreign governments that hamper expansion plans, warns agency’s chief executive

Institutions will be able to limit or expand recruitment depending on local circumstances, with more centralised management also possible

Regulator will not ‘prop up’ any institution found to be at risk of going under as greater funding pressures start to bite