Europe

Office for Students drops plans to require universities to keep a register of personal relationships between staff and learners, but stops short of mandating bans

Union escalates industrial action in bid to block redundancies at crisis-hit institution

More scientists only producing domestic work after collapse in collaborations with US and Europe and Chinese links remaining static

Larger proportion of people back charging more for certain courses when given context, Policy Institute at King’s College London finds

Clauses that gave institution ‘broad discretion’ to increase fees mid-course and avoid liability during strikes among those highlighted by Office for Students

Office for Students investigation finds computing courses are failing to meet learners’ needs, but university claims it is based on old data

Survey of those who have left their roles give up hope of overturning ‘toxic work environments’

Researchers claim that Taylor & Francis kept details of deal quiet, but company insists that citation and limits on verbatim quoting will be sacrosanct

Bridget Phillpson’s decision to reconsider implementation will only hamper wider recognition of universities as a public good, says Abhishek Saha

Cardiff professor works with comedian to explain how players of BBC quiz show can avoid dreaded ‘brain fry’

Whitechapel base is ‘pivotal innovation’ for institution, claims vice-chancellor

New government told to consider post-92s’ legal obligation to participate in scheme as some consider setting up subsidiary companies to opt out