Europe

Furore over Oxford doctoral student’s journal article reignites debate over the limits of free speech

Contract reveals the Free University of Berlin is bound by Chinese law, which critics fear gives Beijing influence over teaching content

Walkouts to escalate over February and March

Data suggest the subject has one of the highest shares of students from other EU nations in UK universities

The hunt for a new UK research supremo continues, apparently after the shortlisted candidates failed to pass muster

Bristol deal also gives greater recognition to ‘good citizenship’ in promotion process and is seen as model for sector

The appointment of Manuel Castells as the country’s universities minister signals a change in fortune, says José Martinez-Sierra

But study shows that difference in career prospects between men and women is considerably smaller within academia compared with other sectors 

Expert stresses that many universities are managing to diversify their income away from full-time undergraduate fees

Lincoln Allison looks back to an age of tougher marking and considers what, if anything, we need to do about the historically inevitable slide towards grade inflation

But data for 2019 show use of ‘conditional unconditional’ offers still high at some universities

Announcements on visas, funding and bureaucracy seen as sign of growing influence of Dominic Cummings