Europe

Tel Aviv University launches investigation into complaints made by African and Asian learners on industry-backed master’s

Google and YouTube have removed hundreds of contract cheating advertisements, says Damian Hinds

Switzerland’s flagship university has always been international, but has never been more in need of its global outlook, says Sarah Springman

Stephen Toope cites Brexit and Augar review in all-university email explaining the need to reduce spending

College of Arts and Law tells scholars to spend more time on grant applications as quality-related funding dwindles

Deep political division suggests that post-Brexit negotiations around research collaboration and talent mobility with the EU will drag on, says Chris Husbands 

Teenagers from deprived areas with slow broadband may be less likely to use internet for studies, and hence less likely to see academically orientated promotions

Threatened university says it needs ‘definitive legal certainty’ over its future

Regional networks and corporate collaborations built up over decades will help universities weather the Brexit storm, say Alex de Ruyter and Vangelis Tsiligiris

Inclusion of hard target seen as a major win for sector, potentially shifting power away from Home Office

Brunel University London vice-chancellor to take role at potentially crucial time for English universities

The winner of this year’s Holberg Prize, worth over £500,000, on career setbacks, changing attitudes and decolonising the curriculum