Europe

UK’s public research funding overseer argues debate over political control of public finances is a ‘false dichotomy’ and distracts from bigger societal issues

Survey finds that almost a fifth of LGBT+ researchers in the physical sciences have personally experienced harassment or other exclusionary behaviour

Economist Lord Jim O'Neill warns political ‘nonsense’ a barrier to urgently-needed research

Minister insists English universities remain good value, despite increase in projected student loan write-offs

Head of fledgling college created by alliance of major research universities talks of ambition to diversify subject

Universities’ income, collaborations and reputation will all suffer if the country doesn’t re-engage with expertise before it is too late, says Gavin Esler

Financial services firm bills plan for 3,000 homes and two science parks as model for how UK universities can help modernise cities

England’s new Disabled Students Commission will help eliminate the institutional missteps that can still blight disabled students’ experiences, says Chris Skidmore

With such wide disagreements in grading, the research excellence framework’s gravity for careers is unjustifiable, says Philip Moriarty

UK government's Prevent strategy is ‘true threat to free speech’ in universities, argues Hepi pamphlet by former US government civil rights official

Disciplinary-level assessment unlikely to survive in its current form, say sector leaders

Jessica Wade tells THE summit that younger institutions can create better equality policies from scratch