̽»¨ÊÓƵ

European universities¡¯ overcompliance with data protection rules is making social research increasingly difficult, say Carine Vassy and Robert Dingwall   

As he begins his stint as Universities UK president, Malcolm Press tells Helen Packer that the sector¡¯s demands of government need to be realistic about the constrained state of public finances and that the sector will have to address its own problems through efficiencies and collaboration 

Liverpool Hope and Manchester to provide support as Spurgeon¡¯s College shuts after nearly 170 years

Institutions including Liverpool and Southampton to continue to ¡®discourage¡¯, rather than prohibit, staff-student relationships despite new regulations, as others opt for partial bans

Intervention after apparent sponsorship breaches heralds stricter thresholds that some fear will turn institutions into ¡®proxy border control agents¡¯

Staff at Liverpool Hope announce 10 days of action at start of academic year, while union members at Lancaster and Leicester vote on taking action

English universities with gold or silver award qualify for ¡®streamlined¡¯ process that will only take five minutes, says Department for Education

Creating common internship standards and encouraging exchanges between employers and universities key to jobs push, says Coimbra Group

New figures show university progression gap between London and the rest of the country widening, as ministers plan interventions in coming White Paper

Experts warn institutions against losing sight of their purpose, as more details emerge about university¡¯s prolific spending on PR activities

Universities encouraged to offer language degrees to students with no prior experience as low uptake in schools creates pipeline problems

For two decades, Germany has spent billions of euros on boosting the research capacity of its top institutions. As selection proceeds for another six-year Excellence Strategy, Emily Dixon examines whether greater competition and stratification are having the desired effects