Europe

Tory manifesto pledge brings questions over Office for Students’ future approach on quality - and whether it is right organisation to judge

But paper from League of European Research Universities says that anonymous reports of research misconduct should be avoided

Universities minister says north-south divide cannot be solved ‘in a top-down way, driven by central government diktat’

Academics claim that, as well as impoverishing some institutions, removal of number controls has led to overcrowding at other institutions

About 180 students affected by turmoil at Richmond, the American University of London, with some having travelled to the UK before learning of problems

Matthew Reisz talks to Grayson Perry and an academic expert on performance art about the limits of student artistic expression in higher education 

Almost a third of staff in UK higher education are now classed as teaching-only

Research England throws weight behind new innovation project that promises to raise nearly £1 billion in private capital

Big increase would represent less than three-quarters of eligible headcount suggested by official data

Chinese students worth at least £1.7 billion to sector, representing more than 10 per cent of revenue at several institutions 

Open University head says that students should be randomly allocated if a university is oversubscribed

There is evidence of success in changing attitudes, but effects on admissions remain woefully under-explored, says David Robinson