Europe

Improved fortunes of UK-based researchers follows return to Horizon Europe, but grantee numbers are still much below pre-Brexit levels

Former universities minister agrees with King’s principal that ‘now is the moment’ for fee increase

More than 70 institutions shortlisted in record-breaking 20th anniversary for coveted sector awards

Forcing UKRI-backed researchers to publish their papers as preprints would save £40 million annually and ‘accelerate scientific progress’, says thinktank

Report attempts to quantify economic benefit of universities as financial issues heap doubts on their future

Next year’s review must consider why the equality charter now views ‘gender as a spectrum’, in addition to questions of cost and effectiveness, says Lucy Hunter Blackburn

Universities minister acknowledges ‘financial peril’ faced by UK higher education sector but insists potential remedies will ‘take time’

Commission needs standalone portfolio for research and innovation or Europe could lose ‘competitive edge’, prize winners warn

Man tasked with overseeing Office for Students’ transition says innovation, collaboration and mergers can all play a role in ensuring institutions are put on a better financial footing

Money awarded under Horizon Europe Guarantee helped scholars remain competitive as Britain returns to Europe’s research programme, says UKRI’s international champion

Some universities pressurising students to stay on unsuitable courses, risking their reputations in pursuit of fees, OfS report highlights

Call for an ‘immediate ceasefire’ is scarcely better than the ‘stop arming Ukraine’ motion that led to resignations a year ago, says Christopher Phelps