Alistair Jarvis named as Universities UK chief executive Former deputy steps up to lead as Brexit and funding challenges loom By John Morgan 7 August
Can rising entry standards explain the rise in firsts? Data on the entry qualifications of students at UK universities suggest that there must be more to the growth in top degrees By Simon Baker 7 August
Anxiety over future careers hits French PhD students鈥 well-being More than half of doctoral candidates surveyed at one university reported 鈥渁bnormal鈥 levels of stress and depression By Holly Else 6 August
English state schools fall behind on selective university access Private school pupils 43 percentage points more likely to enrol in most prestigious institutions By Chris Havergal 3 August
Anthony Evans, 1929-2017 Creator of Leicester鈥檚 courses in applied geology remembered By Matthew Reisz 3 August
More UK universities appeal against TEF ratings UEA and Soas among institutions challenging awards in sector-wide assessment of teaching quality By Chris Havergal 3 August
ERC launches grants scheme for multiple principal investigators Synergy Grants will be worth a total of 鈧250 million but, when piloted in 2012 and 2013, success rates were under 3 per cent By David Matthews 2 August
France鈥檚 scholarly MPs take clinical approach to policy Academics who have become deputies for Emmanuel Macron鈥檚 En Marche! hope to tackle country鈥檚 problems with scientific method By David Matthews 2 August
Teaching intensity: the key to measuring student learning? A pilot planned for the subject-level teaching excellence framework has revived debate about the importance of small group teaching at university By Jack Grove 2 August
Danish university acceptances fall by 2 per cent Drop in students getting go-ahead for study for first time in almost a decade By Holly Else 1 August
Advantage BPP in 拢6 million battle with UK tax authorities HMRC claims reorganisation of for-profit university鈥檚 owner may represent 鈥榓buse鈥 of VAT rules By Chris Havergal 1 August
Study finds widespread variation in 鈥榯eaching intensity鈥 Differences in contact hours and class sizes between institutions and subjects 鈥榰ndermines idea that students receive value for money鈥 By Jack Grove 31 July