Europe

Forcing academics on to teaching-only contracts based on flawed assessments of their research is ruining careers, an anonymous academic says 

Institutions that pride themselves on inclusivity should be doing all they can to defend student sex workers’ rights and safety, says Adi MacArtney

University leaders are increasingly expected to communicate directly with staff and students, often on controversial topics – how should they handle this tricky task?

Outpost’s £27 million loss in 2017-18 a ‘salutary lesson’ on the challenges associated with international ventures

BMC Biology’s ‘portable peer review’ policy aims to save editors and researchers time and effort, but academics question whether authors will want to share details of past rejections

London university will shut down site as part of new institutional strategy 

Liz Carlile explains why the University of Sheffield has avoided giving unconditional offers to applicants who have yet to sit their exams

The success in attracting Erasmus+ students must be translated into more far-reaching and economically transformative initiatives, says Conrado Briceño 

Separate classes, often in English, mean European students are failing to learn their host country’s tongue, new book finds

Office for Students pursues collation of data on contact hours and class sizes outside teaching excellence framework

Matthew Reisz reflects on a sobering year in academic books that was thankfully enlivened by stories of Barbie dolls, chimpanzees and sex under socialism

Wellcome Trust director Jeremy Farrar also knighted