Europe

UCU branch rejects redundancies plan and blames ‘poor investment and spending decisions’ for financial woes

Paul James Cardwell considers the alternatives to staying outside the Erasmus+ programme if the UK has no national student mobility strategy 

Cardiff’s Colin Riordan says research-intensive universities will have to ‘adjust’ to straitened times

To earn the hashtag, universities must include a pledge to give due attention to curriculum design and the student experience, argues Rafe Hallett

White students from lower participation neighbourhoods account for fewer than one in 10 students at more than 70 per cent of English universities, report says

Only one in 10 respondents to UCU survey welcomes introduction of UK’s teaching assessment

Continental version of UK’s former Higher Education Academy among suggestions on how to boost educational standards

German-Russian conference cancelled over inclusion of acting rector of V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University

Robert MacIntosh offers managers some hints on how to succeed at their university strategy day

Treasury wants longer delay to England’s post-18 review so it is ‘part of’ spending review, but earlier publication could give sector more say

Springer Nature says highly selective titles need special treatment under European-led open access initiative

University began investigation after concerns about £200 million development project led to suspension of v-c and dean