Europe

At a time when stress and mental health issues are endemic within universities, Erin K. Wilson considers the small steps she is determined to take in order to be part of the solution

Academics suggest ambitious targets for reducing air travel and introducing regional hubs for conferences

Party would use review to consider ‘any necessary reforms’, having previously indicated it may favour a graduate tax

Study from European University Association also finds that few universities have targets to improve the ethnic and socio-economic diversity of staff

Lorenzo Fioramonti wants to ‘put his ideas to the test’ and end the country’s brain drain

Elsevier could sell Dutch universities a bundle of journal access rights and software, raising concerns that universities could become stuck in one publisher’s software ecosystem

Society president warns parties must address ‘huge reputational damage’ to UK science caused by Brexit

More Russian universities join top 100 of subject tables 

One institution has 26 vice-presidents, research finds, following calls for the number of senior managers to be radically cut

Jo Grady says ‘a lot of’ university leaders want to strike a deal over contributions to Universities Superannuation Scheme

£9,000 fees permitted per-student funding to rise even at the height of austerity, argues former minister David Willetts

University stands by royal in fallout from Newsnight interview about ties with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein