Europe

Universities lobby enrolment target, while Jo Johnson leads drive for return of post-study work visas

In sharing his side of the conversation about England’s post-18 education review, Chris Skidmore gives insight into the battle going on inside the government, John Morgan writes

Record rate applying among English 18-year-olds counters demographics but applications to lower-tariff institutions still struggling

New £5.7 million institute at the Technical University of Munich triggers ‘ethics washing’ debate

Seeking special status will further antagonise non-members faced with curtailed access to EU research funding, says Jan Palmowski

No-deal plans for the Erasmus+ programme reveal that the UK has no intention of creating a replacement scheme. This is bad news for students, employers and ‘global Britain’, says Vivienne Stern 

Survey reveals many staff in UK universities are sceptical about the value of workload models

Academics call on university to denounce Mthuli Ncube after violent repression of protests

Academics assess the impact Meghan Markle may have in her new role as patron of the Association of Commonwealth Universities

Birkbeck is first institution to say it does not want to take credit for work of academics who left on bad terms

Gift from the David and Claudia Harding Foundation is the biggest single donation made to a UK university by a British philanthropist

Cambridge economist uses nudity to make the case against the UK leaving the European Union and for ‘my body, my choice’