Europe

Creator of Leicester’s courses in applied geology remembered

UEA and Soas among institutions challenging awards in sector-wide assessment of teaching quality

Synergy Grants will be worth a total of €250 million but, when piloted in 2012 and 2013, success rates were under 3 per cent

Academics who have become deputies for Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche! hope to tackle country’s problems with scientific method

A pilot planned for the subject-level teaching excellence framework has revived debate about the importance of small group teaching at university

Drop in students getting go-ahead for study for first time in almost a decade

HMRC claims reorganisation of for-profit university’s owner may represent ‘abuse’ of VAT rules

Differences in contact hours and class sizes between institutions and subjects ‘undermines idea that students receive value for money’

Science policy experts have concerns about the effectiveness of new UK government support model

Discipline at ‘critical point’ in UK as universities struggle to replace retiring staff, says report led by Newcastle vice-chancellor

Some University of Hamburg academics fear decline in German scholarship, and believe international students should learn German

‘Network science’ may help to predict the plot twists in iconic television series, researcher claims