Europe

Stephen Toope says universities must continue to work across borders even as societies become more inward looking

Breaking free from Madrid may reduce bureaucracy for universities, but could endanger funding

John Morgan looks at Theresa May’s plans for reforms to England's system

Commission wants more comparable data on the jobs students go into, and how well their degrees prepared them

Nick Hillman makes call in book that aims to influence Conservative policy

Leeds, Southampton and Manchester among institutions downgraded by Moody's, but Cambridge keeps triple-A rating

Sir Peter Gluckman, who advises New Zealand’s prime minister, cautions scientists against overreach

Publishing is part of the academic game, says Mike Smith, so you’d better get good at it 

Move comes after country’s top anti-corruption chief turns attention to Italy’s universities

Greater democratic development in post-Soviet nations when students head for EU rather than Russia, study finds

Scholars at Risk counts 257 assaults and persecutions on higher education communities over past year

Critics claim move makes it 'too easy' for new providers to use ‘university’ in name