Europe

Sociologists demonstrate that brothers and sisters influence the courses students pick

Study inside French science agency shows effects of both explicit and implicit beliefs

Number of students taking subjects at A level drops after introduction of reformed GCSEs

Union brands inclusion of two-year bar on walkouts in compromise offer ‘ludicrous’

Scottish university forges new research partnership with the Caribbean, in response to groundbreaking report

‘Publish and read’ pact leaves Elsevier as last of three big publishers yet to reach agreement with country’s negotiators

Assessment of English universities’ commercialisation activities and industry partnerships to guide allocations ‘in the longer term’

Working-class graduates half as likely to move to Oxford, Cambridge or elite London institutions

Joint negotiating committee says scheme members should contribute 9.6 per cent of their salaries, up from 8.8 per cent currently

Former colleagues call for investigations to disclose what Strathclyde and Heriot-Watt universities knew about Kevin O’Gorman’s conduct

Male guitarists may be disappointed to learn that a study showing they are more attractive to women may be unsound

Schools used to be more honest about the pupils they were putting forward to universities, and not all applicants were predictably ‘passionate’ about their subjects. We would do well to recreate some of that spirit, says Lincoln Allison