Europe

Research shows larger intakes and alternative routes to higher education improves happiness among disadvantaged young people

Members of the public will be able to run their own experiments, producing data that could be valuable for scholars

Students in different cities simultaneously performing version of play interact at six separate points via technology

‘Cloud cuckoo land’ to think British-based academics will be partners of choice after exit from European Union, conference hears

Report from Office for Students says ‘unrealistic’ targets on recruitment could expose an institution to ‘significant risk’

Survey finds that European institutions have open access policies in place – but far fewer have specific targets systems to check their progress

Report discloses attack by North Korean and Iranian-sponsored criminals on UK higher education institutions

University support for enterprise in local schools and communities has significantly decreased in the past six years, study shows

Political scientists typically see politics as an exercise in consensus-building. But Chantal Mouffe tells John Morgan that the left must learn from right-wing populists’ exploitation of “them and us” narratives if it is not to be vanquished by them

Agreement that EU research funding should continue to be distributed according to quality is an important step forward, writes Jan Palmowski

Schools have radically improved their teaching in the past 20 years, so what can universities learn from them?

Tough stances on grade inflation, unconditional offers and senior pay will help maintain global excellence, says Michael Barber