Europe

GSM London will end teaching at the end of September, meaning current students must find alternative institutions

After the pensions strike, employees’ sense of ‘helplessness’ has ‘evaporated’, says incoming UCU leader

The live unveiling of Germany’s Excellence Strategy institutions is greeted by champagne, confetti and a changing of attitudes

Ex-European Commission official predicts ‘zero chance’ of UK joining Brussels research programmes after no-deal, with ‘going global’ and looser rules the likely alternatives

Thirty-eight per cent of 18-year-old applicants received at least one offer with an unconditional component in 2019, Ucas data show

Lack of a functioning executive and threat of a no-deal Brexit have put Northern Irish universities in jeopardy: could a new university help?

German universities need to collect better data and rethink selection system to improve integration, analysis finds

Some alternative providers could lose access to public student loans if OfS judges non-continuation rates too high

Annual report shows increase in value of fund assets, but dispute over future contributions takes toll on contentment

But overall students are split on the policy of making lower grade offers to applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds

The fate of big alternative providers has implications for the future of English for-profit HE, writes John Morgan

Gavin Williamson named education secretary and Andrea Leadsom business secretary in Boris Johnson Cabinet