Europe

Bringing the UK’s research budget closer to Alphabet’s spending levels is vital for fixing sluggish economic growth, says economist

New legislation opens the way for quality-focused branches to drive up standards across a traditionally public HE sector, says Ianis Matsoukas

Investigation finds research careers create ‘perverse incentives’ that cause academics to ‘lose sight of boundaries’

Radical restructuring of higher education would see lower-tariff institutions focus only on vocational courses, under plans outlined by right-wing thinktank

Proposed Astana outpost responds to country’s call for greater internationalisation of its higher education system

My government-commissioned review is seeking examples of barriers to research on sex and gender faced by UK-based individuals, says Alice Sullivan

Research and education ‘absolutely decisive’ in turbulent times, French president says in Sorbonne speech

Action to coincide with open day comes after widespread unrest on US campuses

Appointment of ex-Greenwich leader confirmed by crisis-hit institution halfway through interim appointment

British Academy president Julia Black contrasts creation of funding-focused football regulator with inaction on higher education crisis

MI5 director general warns vice-chancellors that hostile states are targeting UK universities

Letter by Queen Mary academics is latest to raise concern over plight of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, who was arrested by Israeli police shortly after suspension by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem