Europe

Europe’s funding councils oppose idea of requiring researchers to obtain a licence if they want to quote their colleagues or news articles

The chief executive-designate of the UK’s new sector agency discusses her West Country roots, the roles of academics and administrators, and escaping to the country 

Chancellor appears to adopt IFS blueprint, but elements of reported plans bring ‘real concerns’ for universities

Canada and Finland also score highly in research assessing the effectiveness of education systems in 35 economies

For National Postdoc Appreciation Week, we take a look through our archive of advice and information for early career researchers 

Christopher Cripps offers a French perspective on how universities can develop their position in the international academic community

Leru says that commission’s focus should be on improving scholars’ employment prospects

Dishonest to claim that internationalisation is for the common good when it reaches so few people, consultant says

Unions should be seen as investments in teaching and research quality rather than cost-saving exercises, advises EUA governance specialist

Quality assurance professionals call for system to verify refugees’ education credentials before ‘next crisis’

THE pay data since 2010-11 show pay of UK leaders is going up faster than that of rank-and-file academics, but the reasons are less clear

Study reveals that there are now 2,900 English-medium undergraduate programmes in continental Europe