Europe

Office for Students’ judgement that for-profit college was ‘not financially viable’ raises questions of why Department for Education extended funding access last year

Lords committee says Augar panel ‘missed mark’ in not considering how reducing tuition fees could force universities to divert research income to teaching

Fees are seen by some as a proxy for quality, so an increase might not be all that bad, says Hepi report

Early career academics dismayed to see 20 per cent threshold for independent projects and personal development dropped from UK guidelines

Conversations with students at the failed for-profit provider reveal much about its business model and the Department for Education’s judgement, writes John Morgan

As in the UK and the US, universities face questions about whether their curricula feature enough non-white voices

Martin Keck, who led the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry’s hospital, is being investigated by Munich’s public prosecutor

Baroness Amos leaves London institution after issuing warning about its finances

Call for other sector agencies to take on research from regulator

LUISS Guido Carli University uses alumni ties to influence political debate

Rise in Continental recruitment offsets overall flattening in transnational education numbers

Jo Johnson is back in his old brief as England’s universities and science minister, reappointed by the prime minister, his brother Boris. John Morgan looks at his most pressing challenges – some his own creation – and his likely goals