Europe

New study shows reading lists are still overwhelmingly ‘male and pale’

Party’s lifelong learning report features call for new organisation to coordinate across National Education Service

UK research culture likened to 1970s car industry, with individuals ignoring quality concerns

A north-south network for educators has been instrumental in the Irish peace process and needs its funding from the north reinstated, say Noel Purdy and Maria Campbell 

The competition among 20 Georgian institutions for international medical students raises a host of quality concerns, says Michèle Wera

‘Geo-specific access models’ will help overcome problem of different nations having different policies towards open access, European Commission expert argues

Restrictions on loan access for university courses with low graduate earnings under consideration for Tory manifesto, though Augar-inspired cuts not ruled out

Lincoln Allison makes the case for the revival of the old-style academic eccentric

A quarter of universities doing only bare minimum to help registration as general election looms, survey suggests

University and further education organisations band together

Report also suggests that spin-outs founded and run by women receive less investment

Former higher education minister will leave in December to seek consultancy and advisory positions